Exercise while scootering???

My friend Connie, a serious cyclist, would on occasion comment that she felt somewhat guilty scootering, when we would encounter a bicycle rider. These emotions are Greek to me, a slow, casual, some might call "lumbering" cyclist. The highlight of my pedalling would be coming across a turtle, throwing down the challenge, and racing he or she......it's hard to tell with a turtle, you know........to the next.....well you get my point. Easily distracted by Mother Nature.
You know, she does have a point tho. Riding a bicycle the way Connie rides, burns 47,000 calories per minute. Riding a scooter, because of the Kingsize Snickers hidden in your right glovebox, you GAIN 600 calories. Add the hot apple pie with 2 scoops of vanilla, from Scoops at Warsaw Il,.....highly recommended......and we've just christened the last hole in the belt. I say surrender, buy a new belt.......
But......Not so fast.......a little exercise while riding you say??.....how...and what......and how many calories would it burn? If you actually take the time to answer this post, you are highly creative, but your parents always said you were the one they worried about. Jeff.

It's easy... get OFF the scooter and get a dirt bike. (scooters don't generally do too well on dirt). The amount of calories burnt will depend on how hard and how long you can put up with the continuous movement required to just travel a straight line, let alone negotiate tight trai............... ohhh never mind, just stay on th scooter and save the kidneys.

Hi Kurt. Just checked my 1995 Dennis Kirk Snowmobile catalog, and cant find any knobbies for the Silverwing. I do have a Victorias Secret catalog tho.......again distracted by Mother Nature. Jeff

Jeff Rosenkranz wrote:

Hi Kurt. Just checked my 1995 Dennis Kirk Snowmobile catalog, and cant find any knobbies for the Silverwing. I do have a Victorias Secret catalog tho.......again distracted by Mother Nature. Jeff

Wow, where can I get that catalog!!!...wow, an original 1995 Dennis Kirk special!!!!!

Being from the 'Great White North', a Snowmobile suit is way more practical than a 'Mother Nature' suit.

One of my other toys is a 150 hp Yamaha Apex snowmobile, so I want, no, I NEED that catalog...

During the winters, I dream of biking, and during the summers, I dream of snowmobiling.

YammaPapa

You French accent speaking Canadians.......again you have bested our best efforts. We are lucky enough to have a little longer riding season, on two wheels, but you....... you get to continue the simulated motorcycling on your....how you say.....snowmobiles. Oh, but we have them. Every small town in the midwest is littered with them, rusting away, with snowmobile trailers converted to 4 wheeler hauling. Snow?.....No!...... It's just not fair. And......You have Shania Twain.!!!!Jeff.

Might waving at the Harley riders be considered an exercise (in futility). I mean it takes effort to remove your hand from the grip drop it a couple of inches then replace it. Or the leg waving method. Also if you make certain too ride the road with the most stop signs, red lights etc. and come to a full stop then you can do your leg lifts, neck stretches by looking both ways(look up and down never know when you'll run into a plane or armadillo) and so on .You can get a full work outif you put the effort into it (ride in gravel and you get to do your weight lifting when you drop the bike and have to pick it up). just use your imigination and you too can work out with the best. Trade your Swing in for a Harley and you can have the opertunity for long walks when it breaks down in the middle of nowhere.
Craig

Maybe Dennis needs to design some chrome Tupperware guards so that the dropping
and lifting in the gravel exercise isn't so hard on the paint.

Wes

Jeff Rosenkranz wrote:

You French accent speaking Canadians........ And......You have Shania Twain.!!!!Jeff.

You can tell I'm Canadien Francais by my h'accent...n'est ce pas?...mais oui!

Shania Twain...siiiiiigh.........now where was I...?

Oh yeah... that's how I get my exercise on the old scooter. I tap my hands and feet to the beat of our Lady Shania and do the old head bobbing thing. I happily roll down the road listening and singing along to her "I feel like a woman".

Papa Yamma

Hi Wes. After we make Dennis B a millionaire, and an overworked madman with all of these Silverwing accessories, do you think he'll ever forgive us?, or invite us over to the lake house for a brewsky with him and Shania.
Hi Craig and Y.P. Thats the most I've laughed in a long time. Good stuff.
Y.P. Any nice lake houses with attached shop available in the Winnipeg area? Contact DennisB and Shania@Singingshopmiths.com. Jeff

Jeff whats to laugh at those were serious post's not meant as humor. Do you actually think anyone on this group wolud poke fun at Harley's or for that matter exersize ? This being said from an x Harley rider that weighs in at around 325lbs whose biggest allergy is exersize.
Craig

Hi Craig. I'm with you, the seriousness of your post was stingingly serious. I do not for one minute think, that anyone involved with Silverwing600.com, would lower themselves to criticize or berate any person, group, or thing. Hey, got one for ya, A Rabbi, Nun, and a cross dressing Vespa rider walk into a bar.........Jeff.

Hey Jeff, if the cross dresser were to wear a dress, would he have to ride his Vespa side saddle to be considered 'lady like'?

Inquiring minds need to know!

Jeez Y.P., my cheeks hurt and my eyes are watering....... but, back to your most serious of inquiries. The Vespa owners manual, page 35, answers your question completely, and without prejudice. It states.......oh,...... 30 Rock is on....that Kenneth is probably a cross dressing, side saddle, Vespa rider! Only Corner Gas is a funnier sit-com,.......but it's Canadien ya know....... well, I seem to have forgotten your question, but I hope this answered it. Now "Take off, You Hoser". Jeff.

Hi All,

If I ever get rich, manufactureing and selling Scooter accessoies, I will, have you all over. Huntington Lake California, that is where I would like to have a nice cabin.

Dennis, Buy your lot now, soon it will be ocean front.

Hey Jeff, Corner Gas must be about a diner?!?!?!

Hi Dennis. Just Google Earth'd your lake side cabin in Ca. Wow. Have you vacationed there?, bike trip? Well Shania will be pleased for sure. And dont go overboard for us on the beer......plain old sudsy cheap stuff is o.k. Again, thanks for the great work on the hitch that you built for my 03 SW. Jeff.
Hi Wes. Good one. Yep, Corner Gas is a Canadien sit-com, located at a cross road in the middle of nowhere......gas station, and diner. You have to see it. The cast of characters is really funny, but mind ya, I've got dibs on the young lady police officer. Lacey in the restaurant is still available. Hulu might have episodes? Jeff.

Dennis and Wes. Checked Hulu.....no luck......but all episodes of Corner Gas are on Youtube, 8 to 9 minutes at a time. If you can use a little garage, diner, convenience store humor, it's a treat. Now about those uppity, clean air breathing,snowmobile riding Canadiens.......where all the women look like Shania......and the men look like...... well ,manly sort of........well they dont look like Shania anyway!! Cue the Canadien National Anthem. Jeff.

Jeff,
I will check it out, I can always use a good laugh.

Thanks, ride safe,
Wes

Are you serious? I am always sore after a good ride! I bet I've lost a good 15 pounds in the past month just by scootering!! But I'm a vegetarian and mostly live on trail mix when we ride. So as long as I stay away from pizza places, I do well. Ironically, I have a nice stationary bike that I can "ride" after my ride. ha! I wonder if I could sell that on Craigslist?

It's not my list but i'm betting if you listed it some sucker I mean prospective buyer would want it.
Craig