Mopeds are taking over, ok, not really, but they are getting more popular. At least in downtown Toronto. Makes sense to me though. Free parking where ever you want.
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really reminded me of another planet or the cover a lurid sci-fi adventure - no scantily clad princesses about tho
This what caught my eye
and not a bad pic for the mcycle forum on the fixed lens with the sweep of the fields.
But then as the sun came lower this lovely red blossomed and I fumbled to get the zoom on.
Really should have had it in my pocket instead of stored in the back pack put all worked out okay. Knew I would only have a few minutes and the light would change a lot. Kinda neat going through the shots in order.
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Mopeds are taking over, ok, not really, but they are getting more popular. At least in downtown Toronto. Makes sense to me though. Free parking where ever you want.
Nice shot but they aren't mopeds they are scooters... they can't be mopeds as there is and can not be any peddling involved.
When I was a boy mopeds were all the rage with the older kids and who had parents with the cash to buy one for them. They looked more like a motorized bicycle and could actually be peddled if you ran out of gas.
The eBikes are the current version of the moped - the current scooters run 50 cc up to mine ( partly in the photo ) which will cruise at 100 mph and get there right quick and it's not the fastest one on the market.
The smaller scoots are good for in town as shown and get some parking privileges but with gas prices there are a bunch of sophisticated machines coming out in the $9k to $15k range. Roll and go.
Like sports cars the sports auto transmission is entering the mcycle world and once you ride that way you don't want to go back. eBikes and city scooters are big time growth and the commuter class is growing as well. Nice to be out on it today tho so hot and hazy not likely much to photo. Might go back up the road and see if the tortoise I passed is still wandering.
Big sucker.
While we are on the topic....
My fav coffee hangout up at The Forks of the Credit gets some cool classics in.
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Nice shot but they aren't mopeds they are scooters... they can't be mopeds as there is and can not be any peddling involved.
When I was a boy mopeds were all the rage with the older kids and who had parents with the cash to buy one for them. They looked more like a motorized bicycle and could actually be peddled if you ran out of gas.
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The eBikes are the current version of the moped - the current scooters run 50 cc up to mine ( partly in the photo ) which will cruise at 100 mph and get there right quick and it's not the fastest one on the market...
MacDoc if you can't peddle them by definition they aren't mopeds... call them that if you want and maybe lots of people do but I know what a real moped was and they aren't it. I know it is semantics but they were called mo peds for the very reason that you could peddle them as well as going motorized. The new ones are small scooters...
First shot at the moon. I could stand to pick up a longer telephoto...
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