Spot a scooter

Everyday I see at least one scooter on the road. No, not the kiddies’ bare-bone ones.
Actual motorized 2 wheelers like vespas. In downtown.

Iam excited. There needs to be more.

Have they been around always but I am noticing them only now?

I don’t know.

Zooming past, well, actually just sharing the road with the cars.
Along with the occasional biker, these days are cool.

I hold my reservations to the motorbikes. Possibly am even prejudiced. There is something brutish about the average motor-biker.
The slickest of them are yet bulky, invariably either perfectly fit or hefty people with a mean look.
In their smiles, they still seem better off at a distance. This is in spite of knowing a die-hard biker very well.

With the way the gas prices are shooting, it makes sense to ride motorbikes, eh scooters or even bikes.

Economical that is smart, sensible choices.

Especially in downtown.

The freeways can be rash; I would like to see them in smaller roads too.

Accepted this is California, the roads here are wide, and everyone owns a car, and this is not Europe to mind the old narrow streets.

I guess that's why it is a refreshing sight to spot a two-wheeler.

Sensibility over grandiose.

Definitely more charming than a Hummer, for instance.