Scooter with a Big Gulp on the Interstate...

[rickvan67]

So I'm commuting home from work today on Interstate I-494 near Newport, MN. Its the height of rush hour, bumper to bumper traffic going 65 to 70 mph. I look to my right and I had to do a double-take...I see this old pudgy guy on a scooter so small it didn't look legal on the freeway, he's wearing jeans, a t-shirt, no gear AT ALL. He's got his right hand on the throttle and his left hand holding this huge whopping iced drink with a straw. I mean this thing looked like a Big Gulp and the guy looked like he was tooling around the neighborhood after visiting the Seven 11. For a minute I felt a little silly in my textile over pants, neon mesh armored jacket, gloves, helmet, the works...then my common sense kicked in and I realized, one false move (or teenage girl texting behind him) and this guy is a bloody streak on the interstate with a trail of ice cubes behind him. Other than squids on sport bikes in shorts and flip flops, anyone else see something this ridiculous lately?

 

[ELIZABETH]

my common sense kicked in and I realized, one false move (or teenage girl texting behind him) and this guy is a bloody streak on the interstate with a trail of ice cubes behind him.

I love your description of him! Once I saw a man eating a PLATE of food, with the newspaper on the steering wheel. And, of course, the occasional woman putting on mascara in the rear view mirror. When I see that I always hope they hit a bump and poke their eye with that thing. They give normal women like me a bad name! :spank: No, your scooter guy with a Big Gulp definitely takes the prize! Thanks for the laughs.

 

[jtarkany]

Man, that description is hilarious :rof:

Amazing how people like this guy take something potentially so deadly so lightly :disapprove:

 

[Sawblade]

He's just showing off his lack of a clutch lever.

 

[ELIZABETH]

He's just showing off his lack of a clutch lever.

He's lacking something alright! I think it may be brains.

 

[Norm]

To beat that I'd have to spot a clown on a moped heading down I-95 eating cotton candy. Since I haven't spotted that yet, I fold.

 

[D-Mac]

I hear the Big Gulp is great for treating road rash....:squid:

 

[SovietRobot]

All I've noticed lately are the typical squids on Gixxer and CBR1k's and R1's in shorts, wife beaters, and tennis shoes.

I saw two different people on two different bikes that were wearing the same identical squid gear.

 

[lilfuzz]

The best thing that you could have done was whip your phone out and snap a fast pic. :needpics: Im guilty of texting and driving (and riding)....... But ya :needpics:!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rickvan67]

The best thing that you could have done was whip your phone out and snap a fast pic. :needpics: Im guilty of texting and driving (and riding)....... But ya :needpics:!!!!!!!!!!!

Thought about that but didn't have time to get my phone out of my tank bag as I was flying past him...plus my shock and disbelief slowed my reaction time.

 

[Bates121]

I have seen some squidly :squid: scooter riders but man that really beats them all hands down:rof::bow:

 

[99vengeur]

I have seen quite a few squids, but none as bad as that guy.

The funniest thing I have seen while riding though would have to be the time I was riding down the interstate and passed a S-10 pickup truck with two horses standing in the bed! There was no cage or anything around them. They were just standing there. :squid: