The great scooter adventure...(the beginning)

However, rather than doing this in one go (which would not only be extremely time-consuming and knackering, but would probably kill our little scooters) we have decided to do it in little bursts - a weekend here, a weekend there.
Yesterday, we started this adventure, getting as far as Kanazawa by 2.30pm from Asahi, taking the good ole' Route 8. We made amazing time, stopping only en route at Plant 3 for a pizza and some engine oil.
Kanazawa on a scooter is pretty cool, and quite strange. Firstly, it's strange driving around

Kanazawa is built for scooters, what with all the little alleyways and cute little sidestreets. I'd read about a Geisha area in Kanazawa but had never got round to seeing it. But within minutes on our trusty 50 cc beasts we had found Higashi Chaya and were winding our way through the cobble streets, whizzing by temples and tea shops and scooting up hills over-looking the city. We were seeing things that we would never had bothered to see if we had been walking, or even been able to get to in a car. Traffic is always bad in Kanazawa, particularly on a weekend, but on a scooter it's no problem, weaving amongst the cars and buses and parking wherever you want to.
So for all of you who have scooters, this is the big one. Join us!

3 Comments:
damn! I'm impressed. Too bad my scooter is BROKEN. There is a big leak in the. I think I should sue the previous owner(s), or ask for my money back! :)
Maybe in the spring, I'll make it out with you boys!
Yeah, I second the broken scooter thing. I believe I bought mine from the same two mondaijin that Kirsten did. At least you got to ride yours more than once. Perhaps leaving it under Amy`s stairs for a month while in India wasn`t the best thing.
Anyway, if anyone knows a good scooter doctor, hook me up!
umm i think that scooter has been under my stairs a lot longer than a month. i know how to hot wire it. i'm kind of assuming you've completely given up on it.
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