cdn-bigfoot
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My wife and I ride a Harley together at home and she also has a 150cc Vespa. :rider I secretly love to ride the Vespa!
We took a cruise :newsmile092: in the Caribbean a couple weeks ago.
While in Roatan :HONDURAS Honduras we decided to rent a 150cc scooter at the dock and proceed with a self guided tour of the island. After a fantastic day of riding, exploring the island and snorkling :small3d004: the reef we headed back to the dock. This 150cc BWS could really go on the narrow 2 way roads that snakes up and down the island. Easily capable of 120km/h riding 2 up. While clipping along the little paved "highway" a pick-up truck pulled in front of us about 20 metres ahead. I saw something green and shiny falling from the crack under the tailgate. Was it grass? I can't see anything hitting the road. Then I see bubbles. :small3d014: My wife and I shared a laugh :bigsmiley20::bigsmiley20: as we rode through the bubbles made by what was obviously soap spilling out of the pick-up box. Still nothing was visible on the road. As we started to round the next corner at 80 km/h the scooter started to shake in a violent death wobble and slide towards the outside of the bend. :Banane10::Banane10: This was a real tank slapper! I let up on the throttle and kept it upright. Seems the soap we had just been laughing about had sufficiently coated the road and/or the tires of the scooter to cause loss of traction and create the wobble. :bigsmiley30: We felt fortunate to get back to the ship unscathed.
I know most of you will say "that dumb Canadian didn't know soap was slippery!" :newsmile078: Of course I know that. But at the time the ridiculous sight of bubbles flying towards us was comical enough to make us dismiss the potential danger. :bigsmiley40: As it was a very hot day I hoped the tarmac would bake the soap before the next unsuspecting biker (or scooter) came into that stretch of soapy roadway. :small3d031:
Only on vacation! :cheers:cheers
We took a cruise :newsmile092: in the Caribbean a couple weeks ago.
While in Roatan :HONDURAS Honduras we decided to rent a 150cc scooter at the dock and proceed with a self guided tour of the island. After a fantastic day of riding, exploring the island and snorkling :small3d004: the reef we headed back to the dock. This 150cc BWS could really go on the narrow 2 way roads that snakes up and down the island. Easily capable of 120km/h riding 2 up. While clipping along the little paved "highway" a pick-up truck pulled in front of us about 20 metres ahead. I saw something green and shiny falling from the crack under the tailgate. Was it grass? I can't see anything hitting the road. Then I see bubbles. :small3d014: My wife and I shared a laugh :bigsmiley20::bigsmiley20: as we rode through the bubbles made by what was obviously soap spilling out of the pick-up box. Still nothing was visible on the road. As we started to round the next corner at 80 km/h the scooter started to shake in a violent death wobble and slide towards the outside of the bend. :Banane10::Banane10: This was a real tank slapper! I let up on the throttle and kept it upright. Seems the soap we had just been laughing about had sufficiently coated the road and/or the tires of the scooter to cause loss of traction and create the wobble. :bigsmiley30: We felt fortunate to get back to the ship unscathed.
I know most of you will say "that dumb Canadian didn't know soap was slippery!" :newsmile078: Of course I know that. But at the time the ridiculous sight of bubbles flying towards us was comical enough to make us dismiss the potential danger. :bigsmiley40: As it was a very hot day I hoped the tarmac would bake the soap before the next unsuspecting biker (or scooter) came into that stretch of soapy roadway. :small3d031:
Only on vacation! :cheers:cheers