Scooters at the car wash, and more

Yes, that's right - I took Mia to the car wash to blast off the layer of pollen she'd accumulated while I was in Florida.  It was actually kinda fun!  Mia and her scooter buddies (Big Macintosh, Donna Stella, and Carmen Stelladiego) got all nice and clean and shiny.  I also found out that thanks to the new transmission, Mia now tops out at around 50 mph - granted, that was at full-throttle after a few minutes of warmup, but still!  I can sort of keep up with all the scooters that are higher than 50cc!

One of my new scooter buddies, Melissa, has a little tree air-freshener hanging from her scooter's hook - so, while I was at the car wash, I figured, why the heck not?  I'll get one too. :D  Now the entire hallway in front of my apartment smells like vanilla.  Awesome.

I also captured this elusive sight - Bryan on a Buddy!  He said Mia's a bit slower than he's used to, haha.  

On top of all the fun we had cleaning scooters, we also went for a bit of a ride yesterday and today.  It was much needed after being in Florida, absolutely scooterless, for a week.  I think I went into scooter withdrawal on day two of vacation.  It was bad.  But this weekend fixed that!

Current odometer reading: 929.7 miles

Mia had a busy Saturday last weekend.

Yes, Mia had a very busy Saturday last weekend.  Usually I end up going for a ride on Saturday, if I'm feeling up to it, so that ends up with Mia seeing a lot of action - but last Saturday was exceptionally busy.

It started off with bringing Mia to Wick's Wheels to get a windshield installed - and Scott surprised me and showed me new performance transmissions he got in. (It's this one, by NCY, if you're curious.)  So, Mia underwent a fair amount of work before our Saturday ride.

And there's Scott, hard at work on Mia.  The new transmission went in pretty quickly, and the windshield, while puzzling, was a pretty smooth install too.  (Although it turns out that the brackets were originally installed backwards, oops)  Once everything was all done on Mia, we went on a nice ride - off to Griffy Lake, then to the IU stadium for some awesome pictures.

All in all, it was an awesome day - Mia rides so much more smoothly with the new transmission, and while I didn't figure out the windshield installation issues until after I got home, that's gonna make future rides much more pleasant.

Below are some more pictures from our ride!

Current Odometer Reading: 905ish (not entirely sure, as I'm in Florida right now, and entirely scooterless! Boo.)

So much riding this weekend.

I think I put at least 60 miles on my scooter this weekend.   Yesterday, we had an impromptu Hoosier Ride out on Mt. Gilead Road, just outside of Bloomington - lots of twists and turns, and plenty of trees that are all covered in leaves now. And today, I took two separate rides - a short one out to Cascades Park with Ross, and a longer one out to Paynetown State Recreational Area with Bryan and Gina. The latter ride was somewhat terrifying - it was the first time I took a scooter out on a road where the speed limit was higher than 45 mph. Motorcycles whipping past me at 55 mph (although likely much faster, but 55 was the speed limit) was scary. But! We made it there and back in one piece. Now I'm recovering from lots of riding.

Current odometer reading: 859.7