Tomorrow I'm riding out...Scooter Style

Tomorrow I'm expecting a nice little ride. Some friends who are big berg riders are meeting up with me and then we're gonna 'crash' the scooter club meetings at Jo's on SoCo (2pm and 3pm). A little Austin tour. I'm looking forward to the April 2nd Blue Bonnet Ride out in Fredericksburg... I'll be callin' up Fubar1764 from the Helix Riders newsgroup and we'll check the scene.

Here's some quick specs on my scoot...
Called the Helix in the UK and US, the Fusion in Japan and the Spazio in Italy.
1986 Honda Helix - Pearl White
About 244cc engine... No mods
Less than 2000 Miles on it (previously owned by a little old lady?)
Gets about 65mpg
Max Speed of around 74mph (at least that's all I could get outta her)

If any one is in the central TX and wants to scoot... shoot me a msg. We'll hook it up!

BTW - To my friends who want to know what riding this scooter is like, see this quote from John R. Hunter in the UK:

"What we have here is a genuine hybrid between urban scooter and mid size touring bike, and believe me it works better than you could ever imagine from its rather Star Trek appearance. It has a rear mounted 250 cc single cylinder engine which gives 17 bhp, driven through a fully automatic gearbox, so your only controls are a hand throttle and brakes. Conventional instruments are replaced by a colour LCD panel, and there is a substantial boot at the back. The driving position seems weird at first, but you soon get used to it, so used to it in fact that your own bike will feel very odd when you get back on it. It is known as FF, or feet forward, and although it is sneered at by most bikers, the concept is gaining ground amongst dedicated cyclists where it known as the recumbent position. Whatever you call it is very comfy, and with a light agile chassis, and a very low seating position, it takes all of 200 yards to feel confident about the bike. The only immediate downside to this low position is that it makes you less visible in traffic. Recumbent cyclists usually have a flagpole and pennant to make themselves visible, perhaps this little Honda should have one too.

The auto box is superb, a flick of the throttle and it just whizzes off, and around town you can concentrate on the traffic rather than all that tedious gearchanging. Admittedly most scooters are autos, but where the Helix scores is that with its bigger engine and excellent aerodynamics, it is completely at home on the open road too. I don't know its maximum speed, but I do know that on a short motorway stretch I saw an indicated 70mph. Not bad for a scooter, eh? The long wheelbase and little wheels give the handling a very curious feel at first, but again it only takes a few miles to realise that it is astonishingly good, as it corners and stops with real confidence. The low frontal area and good clever fairing give excellent weather protection too."

I couldn't have said it better without thinking or aggravating my carpel. Thanks John!