If you already own a motorscooter (don't you
just love it?!), or, if you are thinking of getting one, you are in good and
growing company. Between 1997 and 2002, sales of motorscooters soared over 400
percent in the USA. Sales doubled over the last two years. Americans bought
50,000 motorscooters in 2002 alone.
Check out the some of the demographics: 26
percent of scooter owners are students, 22 percent are females,
and 22 percent work in professional or technical occupations.
Okay, as you have probably guessed, I am a
bit biased toward motorscooters - but with many good reasons. To begin, they truly
are such friendly-looking and user-friendly machines. Even the bigger models.
My Melawend, for example... well, I had never ridden a motorcycle or a
motorscooter before the Odyssey, in fact, I had held that negative sterotypical image of a
"biker". And I took one hell of a leap of faith as I was not mechanically
inclined. As you will discover in the book about the Odyssey, I chose Melawend
and began riding with little more than a positive gut feeling.
In the long run, Melawend helped
turn my life around. During those two years, she took on many extreme conditions of
terrain and climate with so little maintenance. She proved to be a perfect
"international icebreaker" - conversations often began around her, about her...
often leading to wonderful friendships. She became a true ambassador - just imagine
- a motorscooter welcomed onto the protected grounds of the United Nations!
My Melawend carried me and too much gear all the way around the world. I
owe so much to that wonderful motorscooter!
If you are a scooter rider, I'll bet your
scooter has brought you joy and frienships too, perhaps many times, even if you have
never ventured outside your hometown with your scooter...
This series of pages is dedicated to you...
to inform you more about the world of motorscooters - makes, models, touring, safety - at
home and abroad. See what scootering is really like, world-wide. I'll provide
articles and links that will help you learn more about the exciting, growing, wonderful
world of motorscooters - Learn what you can get out of it and perhaps bring to it.
Enjoy your ride!
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Let's
begin...
Finally! There is a new
magzine dedicated to us scooter riders... Check it out!....
READY FOR A LITTLE
ADVENTURE IN YOUR LIFE?
http://www.scooterridermag.com
"Scooter Rider Magazine
has adventure in its soul! It offers broad coverage in a friendly format providing
what a scooter magazine should; information on new models, tech tips, touring and
commuting, modifications, accessories, club news, rallies, an internet guide and much
more."
Tom's NOTE: I'm pleased to
announce that Odyssey of Melawend is the feature story for the Summer 2003 issue
- out now! Here's the cover:
P.S. If you visit the Scooter
Rider Magaine's website, and write to them, tell BJ (BJ Strass, the publisher)
that Tom sent you!
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All the best to you in your life odyssey!
