Hi George, I started a new thread so this wouldn't get lost. One of our friends added a second seat to his scooter so he and his wife could ride together. He even took the scooter on vacation and rode it on the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD. We all took turns and it was fun and attracted loads of attention. Hope your pain will leave so you can have fun with your new scooter too.
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George - a modified scooter
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Funny I was thinking about something like that. I mentioned it to the wife how nice it would be. 
She said. "You got to be kidding" You are crazy if you think I'm going to ride with you.
Have you got a picture? I'll show it to her and tell her, here you go dear, its a done deal. This is the closest I can come to one. 
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/863/cautiontowind3dv.jpg
Courtesy of Del, I think.
George
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Ok, I just posted a picture on Flickr and hope this will work.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8551012@N08/512641858/
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.... wives can still be back seat drivers.
Angeline (who can;t find her signature right now.)
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Showed it to the "War Dept." (wife). No response.
I can see a lot of work went into modifying the original. Must have some pretty good hefty batteries in there to run it. I like it.
George
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And she isn't going to ride any scooter with you LOL! But Jim said it looks like fun! You could drive and he will wipe out the shelves 
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...friend could get around on.
http://www.lightningmotorcycles.com/images/502/cc1053_00.jpg
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...the orange glow coming off the hot exhaust pipes...LOL
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...top of the line "GO MACHINE"...LOL...and about 550 HP...give or take...depending on enhancements. In that configuration, it'll do a quarter mile in about 9 to 10 seconds. It even has an automatic transmission...a big "moochie" one. Be sure and look at the other links on that web page.
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Jack, all I have is the picture which is fantastic, but no links to others.
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...link to the main page and they got 'em all.
http://www.lightningmotorcycles.com/
I know because I checked it out and I didn't want a repeat performance...LOL
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That blue one #13 with the little blond seated in there is awesome.
George
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...these pages existed. You seem to have a propensity for "catchin'" that "good stuff"...LOL.
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I like that bottom one (Trike). Side by side seating. Plus the Black one (cycle-blk). Hell, I like them all.
George
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..."go fast wanna be's" ain't seen nuthin' 'till they see one of these "scooters" be up in the next County before the "wanna be" is outta 1st gear.
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I saw a guy riding a 'real' scooter, the kind with two wheels. He was just barely moving along, too, because it had such a puny motor on it (well maybe it can go faster?). I looked around and saw observers getting a kick out of it. The scooter guy seemed to be oblivious to all that. I Googled "scooter" and saw something similar to it, except this one is red instead of yellow. This red one is an electric one, which must explain the absence of a gasoline engine.
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Yep, it looks like the old Vespers, that was popular around here a few years back. (An Italian Scooter) They are alright on the road and will go about 25mph to 35mph I think. Probably gets 125 mpg too. I'm not familiar with the electric ones.
George
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