BajaGeoff
Super Nomad
Posts: 1727
Registered: 1-11-2006
Location: San Diego and Campo Lopez
Member Is Offline
Mood: Heading To Baja!!!
|
|
California Scooter Company - To Cabo and Back
A few months back, one of our clients contacted us about sponsoring a fun ride to Cabo they were putting together. The catch was, they were going to
be riding scooters. Yes....scooters. Little 150 cc scoots that buzz along at a top speed of about 45 miles per hour....to Cabo and back! Always eager
to get involved with something fun like this, we signed on. They had a great trip and here is their story complete with pictures:
California Scooter Company - To Cabo And Back
Enjoy!
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
Great trip, but too little..too late for me. I have/had a buddy who road a Honda 50, the street model, from the Cape to Newport Beach, Ca....before
there was a road.
Just had to mention that. 
|
|
|
BajaGeoff
Super Nomad
Posts: 1727
Registered: 1-11-2006
Location: San Diego and Campo Lopez
Member Is Offline
Mood: Heading To Baja!!!
|
|
Wow Dennis....your friend must have walked funny for weeks after that trip!
I know these guys (and gal) are not the first to do something like this....just sharing the fun!
|
|
|
sanquintinsince73
Super Nomad
Posts: 1494
Registered: 6-8-2010
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
Awesome adventure!! Thanks for sharing.
|
|
|
shari
Select Nomad
Posts: 13048
Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
Member Is Offline
Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
|
|
wow...they are so cute...I sooo want one! I rode a lowrider Kawasaki 400 for 12 years and loved it...it was my only vehicle....sure looked like a fun
trip.
|
|
|
capt. mike
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8085
Registered: 11-26-2002
Location: Bat Cave
Member Is Offline
Mood: Sling time!
|
|
those bikes are too slow for 150 cc.
they need a lesson from honda and vespa.
i'd do it on a helix doing 75 all the way.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering |
|
|
jcbrandon
Newbie
Posts: 2
Registered: 10-21-2010
Member Is Offline
|
|
Thanks for sharing the story, Geoff. And thanks for helping to make it possible. Once again, getting our Mexican insurance with Baja Bound was a piece
of cake.
Hola, fellow Baja lovers. I'm J. Brandon. I was along on the trip Geoff mentioned, driving the support truck. It was a fantastic adventure and I think
all of the team would be ready to do it again in a minute.
I've put together a little collection of pictures I took on the trip. You can see them at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbrandon/sets/72157624964933525...
And the trip gathered a bit of media attention. To see some of it, just Google "California Scooters in Baja"
We had so much fun on the trip we're planning to go back in the spring to see the whales at Guerrero Negro. Watch the California Scooter Company blog
for information on that:
http://californiascooterco.com/blog/
Salud!
|
|
|
TMW
Select Nomad
Posts: 10659
Registered: 9-1-2003
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
Great trip and great story. That is an interesting spring setup on the seat. I need that for my bicycle. And a big seat.
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
Great trip and great story. That is an interesting spring setup on the seat. I need that for my bicycle. And a big seat. |
Bicycles used to have seats with springs like that. It's on the outer fringe of my memory banks.
|
|
|
Steve&Debby
Nomad
Posts: 335
Registered: 12-18-2007
Location: Colusa,California/ Percebu
Member Is Offline
|
|
What a way to see Baja,nice and slow,hmmm ah Foghat SLOWRIDE and maybe a little Stepenwolf and EASYRIDER
|
|
|
oxxo
Banned
Posts: 2347
Registered: 5-17-2006
Location: Wherever I am, I'm there
Member Is Offline
Mood: If I was feeling any better, I'd be twins!
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Steve&ebby
What a way to see Baja,nice and slow,hmmm ah Foghat SLOWRIDE and maybe a little Stepenwolf and EASYRIDER |
And don't forget Los Lobos, LOWRIDER!
|
|
|
mcfez
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8678
Registered: 12-2-2009
Location: aka BN yankeeirishman
Member Is Offline
|
|
Being a putt owner myself...
Curious about how many miles per day was made. Also....what's the tank range? Those springs on the seats.....am going to look for that for my bike!
Very nice pictorial. Thanks for the share'n
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
|
|
|
jcbrandon
Newbie
Posts: 2
Registered: 10-21-2010
Member Is Offline
|
|
Thanks for the kind words.
A typical day on our Baja trip was about 230 to 260 miles. Our biggest day was 357 miles. The bikes are good for about 150 miles or so on a tank. We
usually refueled the bikes from a supply we carried on the truck. This saved time and kept us moving.
The sprung seats are common on bikes like these that have a rigidly mounted rear axle.
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
