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TurtleVespa
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Post subject: Lovely Ride in NJ  Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:15 pm |
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Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:40 am
Posts: 2495
Location: Columbia SC
Scooter: Vespa GT200
named Bogart
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Went for a truly great ride with my DH today!
Saw the sights, found new rich person country to explore, got lost,
and eventually got home safely without any "moments of unexpected excitement"
The picture is of our scooters near the beginning of the ride
They are parked in Jockey Hollow, in Morristown where I live,
and where Washington and his troops spent a miserable winter during the Revolutionary War
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InTheClouds
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:06 pm |
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Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:30 pm
Posts: 1048
Location: Nederland, Colorado
Scooter: SYM HD200
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Very nice complimentary scooters there! Was the apron useful for the ride? Isn't nice to get 'lost' while riding?
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Ellen
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Post subject: Re: Lovely Ride in NJ Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:54 pm |
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Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:56 pm
Posts: 4038
Location: Bethel, CT
Scooter: Piaggio BV200, Genuine Buddy 125
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TurtleVespa wrote: found new rich person country to explore,
Around Bernardsville? I would love to ride around the horse farms there!
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TurtleVespa
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Post subject: Re: Lovely Ride in NJ Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:36 pm |
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Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:40 am
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Location: Columbia SC
Scooter: Vespa GT200
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Ellen wrote: TurtleVespa wrote: found new rich person country to explore, Around Bernardsville? I would love to ride around the horse farms there! Yup, exactly!
Rode straight through the center of Bernardsville (fairly familiar territory for us), then shortly thereafter we got lost
Saw a lot of horse farms
Also some magnificent estate/gardens with the daffodils just coming into bloom
I think we looped through Bedminster and eventually turned around when we reached Martinsville
If so we went right past the Leonard J Buck Garden,
and next time we plan to stop!
(Sorry I don't have pics... my DH likes to ride straight through, at a good clip and without stopping
But since he's the only one with a sense of direction,
I'm happy to let him lead us on)
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Clancy
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Post subject: Re: Lovely Ride in NJ Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:24 pm |
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Joined: Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:30 pm
Posts: 65
Location: Australia
Scooter: GTV 250 (Mine) Fucuo 500 (His - coming soon) Triumph Rocket III (His)
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TurtleVespa wrote: Ellen wrote: TurtleVespa wrote: found new rich person country to explore, (Sorry I don't have pics... my DH likes to ride straight through, at a good clip and without stopping I just don't understand this attitude (I think it's a guy thing mostly). I rather think if you are going for a 'ride', then the point is the journey, not a rush to get to the destination (back home)??? Riding a bike makes it so much easier to 'smell the roses' and stops to enjoy your new surroundings just enhance the whole experience.
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TurtleVespa
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:12 pm |
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Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:40 am
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Location: Columbia SC
Scooter: Vespa GT200
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Went for another lovely "Rich Person Land" scooter ride
and actually made it to the Buck Gardens this time.
Pictures:
Bayne Park in Harding Township & my DH in Bayne Park:
 
A beautiful pond at Bucks Garden:
Columbines in a rock garden at Bucks Garden:
Japanese primroses blooming all over the place at Bucks Garden:
Hope you've been enjoying the day!
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Alter
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:12 pm |
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Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:45 pm
Posts: 1138
Location: SoCal
Scooter: Burgman 400, SYM HD200
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Beautiful pictures!
I went on two longer rides this weekend and kept kicking myself for not having a camera.
The first was through the Port of Los Angeles over to Long Beach. Not natural and beautiful like you had but I find industry interesting so for me it was good. I did this one on my 150 as DH had the Burgman. The last few miles we exchanged bikes. At that point he finally understood why I couldn't keep up when he would gun the engine and shoot through traffic. The 150 is good off a dead stop but once I am going 30 or so there is only a gradual pick up no "passing gear" sort of thing to draw on.
Today I went "over the hill" to San Pedro and the ocean. The most hills and twisties I have dealt with so it gave me good practice. I kept hearing a voice in my head telling me "DON'T BRAKE ON TURNS!", thanks MSF!
The big thing I noticed was all the smells you take in verses being in a car. I thought how beautiful that must be when you are in the country. For me it was refineries, the ocean, BBQ s and even MJ from a car next to me at light (I was in some pretty heavy gang areas at times, to add to the excitement). It really added a whole new layer of sensory involvement to a Sunday drive
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ryder1
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:15 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:04 pm
Posts: 1733
Location: Minnesota
Scooter: 2007 Genuine Buddy 125, Pink
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Postcard beautiful...love the green scenery and dainty flowers.
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Anesthesia
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Post subject: Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:37 pm |
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Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:45 pm
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Location: twin cities
Scooter: 2004 bajaj chetak
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makes me miss jersey.
i grew up there, but now live in the cold wet state known as minnesota.
but i did ride the scoot to work today.......and it was AWESOME!
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