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  1. Hi gang, I'm copying/pasting from an email I got from a coworker... the mom of the moped owner, a teen who grew out of it. Sounds like a nice toy... I'm betting by now she's very willing to take less than her stated price (stated to me back in Feb) of $950 now that's it June. I ask interested parties to be respectful in contacting her directly using her work email address: Lucy.Chin@wyn.com, being sure to mention my name (Glenn Robertson) so she understands how you found her! She knows I'm posting this: "It is actually a really nice moped… and excellent condition – my son was very careful with it. It’s a 2009 Tomo LX. I purchased it new from a cycle shop in Linden, NJ in Dec. 2010. They said it's a limited edition b/c they didn't make the silver anymore after 2009, and I waited for it. Has only about 900 miles (I’ll have to double check but it’s around there), and every season my son winterized it, so the engine is clean. I had a bi-turbo muffler put on, license plate mount and 2 heavy duty side mirrors. I also have a new extra spark plug and set of new pedals. I think I also still have the original muffler that came with the moped. I had the cycle shop look at it and they said I should sell it for $1100. I would like to sell it for no less than $950. It really is in excellent condition.. it is like new. My son stopped riding it end of 2012 (b/c he turned 17 and had a car , and my 2nd son isn’t interested in it), but he would still take it out for a spin around the block once or twice in the summer, just to let it run. So it has been garage kept the entire time. The only thing may be that it has to run more to charge the battery since the headlights don’t go on right now."
  2. Mike is referring to me calling him in a panic from the rainy ride home that the bike wouldn't start at a gas stop. I was asking him all kinds of questions... does the bike have any odd quirks? Doesn't like rain? With both of us stumped, we hung up, bike not started. Nolan comes walking out of the bathroom at the stop: "Hey dad, aren't ya supposed to flip this red switch off of the kill position??" Vvvvrrroooooommm.
  3. First note: My son Nolan is fine, no crash, no injuries, pardon the use of "bitter" in the title. Second note: Mike, again, you were Superman for getting us the bike. So here's the short timeline on the sale/purchase/sale of Mike'/Nolan's/________'s VTR: 1. Nolan and I met Mike at the halfway point between Tenn and Joisy (Staunton, VA, 400 miles for each of us, one way) on June 11 to buy the bike (see Mike's post). 2. I ride home 400 miles in the rain as Nolan trails in my car the next day. 3. We enjoy casual, low risk rides throughout June. The longest was 20 ish miles. 4. We together complete the full weekend MSF Basic Riders course on the weekend of June 27-29. 5. More casual, low risk riding into July. 6. Nolan joins the family mid-vacation down at the NJ shore on July 16 and proclaims he doesn't 'feel it' and is uncomfortable riding... he wants to give up riding and sell the bike. He adds that a friend of a friend has just been involved in a serious bike crash on Rt. 80 in PA and it has further spooked him. Hence the bitter/sweet moment: Although I like a world better that has Nolan off of a bike, I was looking forward to the sweet part of riding with him for years to come. Ultimately, I praised him for his maturity and was relieved he told me now, rather than at the side of a hospital bed. Pretty keen sense to know ya ain't 'feelin' it. Especially after I explained most riders do indeed get 'that feelin' and get intoxicated with it and can't get enough. He never got that feeling. But no tears... I then asserted firm fatherly rules and made him march down to DMV to get the motorcycle endorsement on his license with the MSF paperwork in case he ever changes his mind. So, Mike's Nolan's VTR is for sale! It now has exactly 13,015 miles on it after the ride home from VA and the short bursts here in Joisy. Again, check out Mike's earlier post for all the details and pics (I'm all thumbs and can't paste the topic page url in this post for some reason... duh me... can somebody do it for me... or perhaps I'll just 'bump' Mike's post?). Of course we would like to get the $2,900 we paid Mike... especially if it goes to someone in the Northeast (free delivery from Tenn!! again, thanks Mike!), but we are willing to listen to all offers. Thanks! Glenn
  4. My son, Nolan, on left (Superman)... Mike on right, a true superhero from our XX brotherhood.
  5. If DaveK is serious, my loss. If he is joking, I am in the market for my son... and interested... in Joisy, so we are close. I'll have my son check out this post... in the meantime, Dave... you got dibs??
  6. I work out as well, but the SB diet isn't really about losing weight so you can look better... like most diets. SB is about retraining your body to operate correctly so you can avoid the health problems that inflict many americans later in life: heart disease, diabetes, etc. It is still wrong to eat 'whatever', regardless of an incredible exercise plan. You need to cut all simple carbs or carbs with high a glycemic index (1. anything with 'white' flour like white breads, most cereals, cakes, cookies, etc. 2. all potatoes, period) and all 'added' sugars, meaning if it doesn't occur naturally in the fruit, veggie, etc. then don't put it in your body (like sugar, corn syrup, fructose, etc.). Replace bad carbs with good carbs (whole grain cereals, breads, crackers) and bad sugars with nothing or with a artificial sweetener. A correct eating plan should always be balanced with exercise. With the SB and exercise, no joke, I am approaching the fitness, stamina and look I had 20 years ago when I was 21.
  7. No alcohol in the first phase, an intense detox of your body off of the bad carbs polluting your body. With a clean slate and your internal insulin retrained, you can add 'good' carbs slowly in phase 2, including wine and straight alcohol (well, at least with mixers that containe NO sugar or corn syrup, etc, i.e., seltzer/club soda = yes, tonic/coke/7up = no). Which is fine for me, cuz i love wine and grey goose on the rocks.
  8. I have been on the SB diet for two months with great results... although I was overweight at 6'3" and 220ish lbs for the past several years (highest ever was 240 back in 1997), I was not obese. I did not even want to go on a diet, I just wanted to eat healthier. I knew having (1) a bowl of sugar cereal, bagel or doughnuts for bfast, (2) pizza or sub sandwich for lunch, and (3) pasta for dinner most days was gunna catch up, especially with what I learned about the threat of diabetes. So my wife and I started and haven't looked back. With the combo of exercise and the good carbs and good fats in phase 2 (after surviving the intense 2-week phase 1), I am consistently residing around 200lbs. I stongly recommend this updated handbook, which has outstanding tables of nearly every food on the planet (30 pages of charts!) explaining what you can eat in what phases. The big, original book is a very good read, but this handbook is a must have for healthy eating: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=books
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