Born: Philadelphia, PA, 1972
Started Riding: 1991
VCLG Member Since: May 2003
Relationship Status: Single
Rider Status: Daily
First Bike: 1965 Heinkel Tourist 103 A-2
Dream Bike: Vespa Augsburg GS 150 Typ 112
Bikes Currently Owned:
Current Projects: 1979 Vespa P200E custom
Favorite Rally: Summit Point (east coast); Rides of March (west coast)
Favorite Food: Cheesecake
Favorite Drink: Abbott Ale
Favorite Movie: Night On Earth
Favorite Music: Ska, Reggae, Blues, Funk, Classic Rock... the list goes on and on!
Favorite Quote: "If it's true that you're one in a million, there are 7 1/2 of you in L.A."
Pets: Molly, a calico cat
Other Hobbies: VW's, playing bass, karaoke, cooking, collecting scooter toys, VW toys, and license plates
Other Info:
I first discovered scooters in 1986, when I found my 1965 Heinkel in a farm shed in Dalton, MA. After some research and tinkering, I eventually got it running again and back on the road. On Memorial Day weekend 1991, I attended my first scooter rally, put on by the Soul Survivors Scooter Club in Washington DC. I met so many fascinating people there and had such a great time that I knew I was hooked!
I soon bought a one-owner 1979 P200E from a neighbor, which just needed a battery, a plug, new tires, some fresh gas, and a wash. Riding those two bikes, I traveled to dozens of rallies up and down the east coast, including: New York, NY; Boston, MA; Ottawa, Canada; Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC; Summit Point, WV, and Richmond, VA. Out of the all the east coast rallies I have attended, I can count the number that I have trucked or trailered my bike to on one hand! In other words, I like to ride.
While living in Berlin, Germany in 1993, I bought my 1958 Heinkel Tourist, which served as my daily driver while I was there. I brought it back with me to the US and indoctrinated it into the US scooter scene, traveling to many more rallies over the next several years. After finishing grad school and moving to Harrisburg, PA in 1998, I fell out of the scooter scene for a short while.
I moved to San Jose, CA in 2000 and eventually ran into Josh Rogers, who told me about the September Shindig rally that was coming up soon. I got my P back on the road just in time for the rally, and I had an absolute blast. Ever since then, I have been having a great time hanging out with the South Bay scooter crowd and attending west coast rallies. I became a member of the VCLG in May 2003, and I currently serve as the club's webmaster.
In September 2006, I rode my (now kitted) P200E, pictured to the left, in the Scooter Cannonball Run, an epic 9 day, 3300-mile ride from Oregon to New Jersey. In 2008, I rode my Vespa GTS 250 on the Cannonball from San Francisco, CA to Ocean City, MD, a 10 day coast-to-coast endurance ride. I will be riding this bike again in the 2010 Cannonball, a 10 day journey from Vancouver, BC to Portland, ME.
