This is a little bit I posted on a scooter website (Maxi-Muppets) about myself....
Hi- I just stumbled across this forum today.
I'm a GP in Devon, living and working in Totnes.
When I first moved I had an old Cavalier but soon realised that in a car I was just going to be constantly sat in Summer tourist traffic or in winter school traffic in the rain, so, aged 32 got a scooter.
Started with A Kymco Ego 125- which I was very happy with, but was seduced by the magazines into getting something bigger so got a T-Max in 02.
I've been a sort of 2-wheel evangelist ever since. Some think that as a Doctor I ought to be more "responsible". I don't care- I just love the feeling on my scoot. Fresh air and the smells in the lanes on a summers evening. Just going for a ride- something I never did in the car.
It suits my work- house calls means pulling up right outside the house, wherever it is and grabbing my medical bag from under the seat. I have that big old Givi topbox as well so can even do a half-decent run to the supermarket. Givi tall screen. V good. Short dark screen in the summer
Haven't ever been really far. Up the M5 to Bristol a few times. Bournemouth too. Fuel consumption vs 14l tank doesn't really equate for long trips. Mind you, the seat is distinctly bum-numbing after 100miles anyway.
Crashed it once- Feb 28th on ice-cold wet road in the dark some plonker pulled half-across the traffic to get out from a filling station. Practically invisible side on- almost stopped by the time I hit him though. Got away with a sore toe. Quite smashed up though and had to spend a couple of weeks being mended- bent forks and all the fairings of course. Had a loan scooter from Bennetts insurance- some crappy 50 vespa-a-like. Scary.
Got on local telly once- did a half hour bit on being a GP so I had the cameraman on the back filming over my shoulder while I did some vists. Some top-gear style overtakes too. Good fun.
Impressed with the T-Max. 6th year now. It lives permanently outside. No major problems at all. Battery suufers in the cold though so now charge it up when I can and have a battery-booster in case. Of course there is no kick-start or bump-start for that matter. Got brighter Phillips bulbs- the ones with the orange glow...??
