

| Subject: | Re: Motor Scooter hung off backside? |
| From: | David Bohannan |
| Date: | Sat, 3 Jun 2006 20:40:45 -0400 |
Harbor Freight is your friend:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42708
Dave
On 6/3/06, Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/3/2006 12:54 PM Greg Potts wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > My parents picked up a small electric scooter a few years ago for
> > about $250 in FL. It'll allegedly carry one adult a couple of miles
> > with a full charge. They use it for sort hops around the campground
> > and carry it inside the bus.
> >
> > Electric scooters are nice because they are whisper quiet during those
> > late-night trips to the loo. If carrying capacity and range are an
> > issue then I'd recommend a small gas-powered scooter or minibike.
> I'm with ya on the noise issue. But we don't camp anyplace where we
> could charge up an electric, and our preferred sites are mountainous and
> usually nowhere within only a couple miles of a store. We'll be looking
> for a dinky, street-legal, 4-cycle (low emissions) scooter, one that
> runs a quietly as possible, then only use it during "awake" hours.
> Unless, of course, the only other people in the campground are some
> obnoxious youths who stayed up all night drinking, playing heavy metal,
> and howling at the moon. In that case, a few noisy trips around the CG
> at, say, 7am, might be fitting.
>
> Such scooters, it seems, are reasonably available. And hitch receivers
> for Mellow Yellows backside are findable. The trick appears to be
> locating a very lightweight, economy trailer.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> KG6RCR
>
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Dave - KC9FYM
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