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Puff and Go
Over the past few weeks I've seen three of four guys puffing on a cigarette while riding their scoot. (The best being a guy on a large Yamaha 250cc scoot wearing shorts, short sleeve shirt, flip flops, a half helmet and smoking on a huge fricking cigar.)
I'm NOT trying to start a rant thread, I really just find the smoking while scooting thing amusing. I really want to know if this is a common thing?
I'm NOT trying to start a rant thread, I really just find the smoking while scooting thing amusing. I really want to know if this is a common thing?
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Puff and go
It's rather like smoking during sex ... poor form.
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Re: Puff and go
I think you just hit it on the headPeterC wrote:It's rather like smoking during sex ... poor form.
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For those that smoke, it is common to smoke while riding. I smoke regularly when I ride. Not a big deal. I ride with a number of scooterists that smoke.
One of the reasons I wear a modular is so I can smoke while I ride.
One of the reasons I wear a modular is so I can smoke while I ride.
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I heard on the elevator today after the Vespa Boutique Party down in SD that there were several smokers on the ride from the Vespa store and that many other dropped out of the ride because they didn't think it was safe or pleasant to be down wind.
I don't think that's enough to have me drop off a ride but yea, I think smoking while in group formation ain't cool either.
I don't think that's enough to have me drop off a ride but yea, I think smoking while in group formation ain't cool either.
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I know riders who do this.
Doesn't bother me as much as the guy who rides smoking big ol' stinky cigars. The cigarette guys suck 'em down and toss them. The cigar lasts forever.
Doesn't bother me as much as the guy who rides smoking big ol' stinky cigars. The cigarette guys suck 'em down and toss them. The cigar lasts forever.
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Can't get that. A stop sign is a stop sign. I wear my earbuds and stop all the time...and the car behind me honks when no one is coming in the other direction...whatever dude. It's a STOP sign. Not a PAUSE sign.digital-entropy wrote:Is that all? I like watching them blaze through stop signs with both ears plugged by earbuds!beeporama wrote:I frequently see bicyclists talking on a cell phone... nothing surprises me now!
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Yes smoking while riding is stupid, but it is a talent!
Thinking while riding is dangerous, George Orwell was correct....we NEED thought police!
Turn signals on scooters are way too complicated to operate while riding, I will be starting a petition to have them removed from all scooters
Yes enjoying the smell of fresh cut grass is so distracting it should be illegal. Grass smell filtering face masks should be mandatory!
Halter tops are responsible for scooter accidents, outlaw them...um no...not that...
I LOVE THE SMELL OF 2 STROKE SMOKE IN THE MORNING
IT SMELLS LIKE
SCOOTERS!
I just love it when groups that are "all accepting" start to break into "us" and "them" categories.
The entertainment factor is priceless!
Thinking while riding is dangerous, George Orwell was correct....we NEED thought police!
Turn signals on scooters are way too complicated to operate while riding, I will be starting a petition to have them removed from all scooters
Yes enjoying the smell of fresh cut grass is so distracting it should be illegal. Grass smell filtering face masks should be mandatory!
Halter tops are responsible for scooter accidents, outlaw them...um no...not that...
I LOVE THE SMELL OF 2 STROKE SMOKE IN THE MORNING
IT SMELLS LIKE
SCOOTERS!
I just love it when groups that are "all accepting" start to break into "us" and "them" categories.
The entertainment factor is priceless!
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I am living Comfort Eagleiwabj wrote:Smoke a pipe -- dude.
They are calling me
DUUUUDE!!
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Hahaha, this is too funny.jijifer wrote:I heard on the elevator today after the Vespa Boutique Party down in SD that there were several smokers on the ride from the Vespa store and that many other dropped out of the ride because they didn't think it was safe or pleasant to be down wind.
Don't tell those dropouts that people still smoke in their cars with the windows open! Never mind the crap that comes out of their tailpipes.
Maybe they should stay home, inside, and count how many eco friendly grocery bags they have. Inside where BBQ smoke and the daily smog doesn't invade their bodies.
I love stories like this. It re-affirms on any given day there will be less paranoid idiots navigating the roadways with me.
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It was Reverend Bastard, wasn't it?jijifer wrote:I heard on the elevator today after the Vespa Boutique Party down in SD that there were several smokers on the ride from the Vespa store and that many other dropped out of the ride because they didn't think it was safe or pleasant to be down wind.
I don't think that's enough to have me drop off a ride but yea, I think smoking while in group formation ain't cool either.
Honestly, as a former smoker and someone who still occasionally partakes, usually when scootering, I don't enjoy the smell at all and think a lot of smokers tend to be rather inconsiderate about it. I know this touches on a whole political ideology "my rights vs. everyone else's rights" thing and we really won't go there in this thread or elsewhere on the forum. Courtesy, however, is pretty easy and it doesn't take much to go stand somewhere else, away from non-smokers, or stick to areas where it's permitted.
If I was smoking while riding, not that I ever have, I don't know if I'd think about the people behind me because I'd assume it would dissipate. In a group, though, probably not.
I'm sure that living in CA, where smoking is heavily restricted, has sensitized me to this. But even when I smoked habitually, I could not deny that it's a foul, nasty and stinky practice. There's no reason why those who don't indulge shouldn't want to avoid it.
Of course, talking about it, now I really want one. It's like watching an episode of Mad Men. Ooohhh smoking is cool and makes me feel good.
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