Re: Who Rides a Moped?
Last summer my g/f and I went to a Waikiki moped rental and decided to ride from Waikiki to Kaneohe through Waimanalo. Uhh... bad move. LMAO... we went through portlock and up the coast via Kalanianaole hwy. Comming down the side of Hanauma bay in 1 lane 2 way traffic at 5 pm, I was thinking, "This is a damn good reason to not have a moped". So as I'm stressing out and grinding into the guardrail, inches away from being runover or falling over the guardrail and off the cliffs, my girlfriend is just laughing her head off and "can't wait to grind @ Zippy's in Kaneohe". Having barely survived, we decided to put gas in Waimanalo riding on these cheap, BRIGHT YELLOW tourist mopeds getting the stink eye from all directions. We are getting near Kam hwy and I run over a machete on the side of the road which popped up and about cut me up. Bruised and bloody we get to Zippy's, and after my delicious double scoop chili and rice, I discover that my moped wont auto start. Kickstart is broke too. So I'm checking the oil; running over to Checkers and asking them for help; trying to call the rental guy for service but he's not answering cuz he sucks. So after an hour and a half of tweaking in the parking lot I get it kickstarted but its dark now. So, with the best idea of the day, my g/f decides to ride to her family's house 2 blocks away. After an hour of scorning and being made fun of, they let us stay the night, and load up the mopeds in the truck the next day(thanks Uncle Bulla). The best advice I got about mopeds.... "Mopeds are not safe on this island". I'm pretty sure they hate us now.
Don't think I'll ever ride one again.
Last summer my g/f and I went to a Waikiki moped rental and decided to ride from Waikiki to Kaneohe through Waimanalo. Uhh... bad move. LMAO... we went through portlock and up the coast via Kalanianaole hwy. Comming down the side of Hanauma bay in 1 lane 2 way traffic at 5 pm, I was thinking, "This is a damn good reason to not have a moped". So as I'm stressing out and grinding into the guardrail, inches away from being runover or falling over the guardrail and off the cliffs, my girlfriend is just laughing her head off and "can't wait to grind @ Zippy's in Kaneohe". Having barely survived, we decided to put gas in Waimanalo riding on these cheap, BRIGHT YELLOW tourist mopeds getting the stink eye from all directions. We are getting near Kam hwy and I run over a machete on the side of the road which popped up and about cut me up. Bruised and bloody we get to Zippy's, and after my delicious double scoop chili and rice, I discover that my moped wont auto start. Kickstart is broke too. So I'm checking the oil; running over to Checkers and asking them for help; trying to call the rental guy for service but he's not answering cuz he sucks. So after an hour and a half of tweaking in the parking lot I get it kickstarted but its dark now. So, with the best idea of the day, my g/f decides to ride to her family's house 2 blocks away. After an hour of scorning and being made fun of, they let us stay the night, and load up the mopeds in the truck the next day(thanks Uncle Bulla). The best advice I got about mopeds.... "Mopeds are not safe on this island". I'm pretty sure they hate us now.
Don't think I'll ever ride one again.
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