Steve you are getting dangerously close to being a poet. Maybe we should call you the Thoreau of the motorcycle. 👍🇦🇺

We just moved back to my home country and my wife is really worried that I will get killed riding my Vespa out of respect for her I did not buy a new scooter. But I really miss it. Back in the US I hopped on my 300GTS for an errand and realized within minutes that I must have been in a poor mood. Riding a motorcycle / scooter does something to you. When I see a picture of me on my metallic blue 300GTS I can see the happiness. My loving wive recognized that it really makes me happy and agreed we only live once and should enjoy our happiness. This week we are going to a motorcycle show in Utrecht to check out various bikes more importantly scooters :-)

Was beginning to think you and the pups had run off into the wilderness! After seeing the snow and ice in the video, all is forgiven. I understand! Good to have you back. (Always good to see the pups, too, when you talk them in to some screen time!)

This is a strong video for me because it seems more from the heart (and to a lesser extent from the head). So then as you are riding the scooter it feels like I’m riding the scooter. Not just because I have ridden that actual scooter and so has Bob but because the line that separates us seems blurry. When you are melancholy or nostalgic or reflective in your video, I am too.

G'day Sticky Scooterman. I'm still enjoying your videos, thank you for making them. An alternative I have for achieving what you achieve by riding is by playing a musical instrument. I embarked on my musical journey when I was 12: some 50 years ago. It works for me. I love riding my scooter and bicycles too, but picking up my current instrument (which happens to be euphonium) everyday and playing for pleasure is very cathartic.

Hey Steve, another great inspiring video. Thanks for helping with my winter blues... It's illegal to ride in my state of Quebec Canada during winter... Even when the temperature warms up enough to justify a 30 min ride in the neighbourhood... That restriction is lifted on march 15th.. I can't wait!

I totally get the therapeutic effect of "alone time" on the bike. I'm lucky enough to live where there is rarely snow to prevent me from riding, but don't have as many great backroads right outside my door as you do in central PA. However, there is great riding within an hour, if I just commit to it. Looking forward to your first video on your new Honda Trail 125!

Thanks Steve, for another inspiring video. Your voice alone makes me feel relaxed. I too have a need to ride and feel lost if it is more than a couple of weeks, that I am unable to ride. Fortunately watching videos like this, goes some way to fulfilling my lifelong love of motorcycles. Thank you.

I feel that pain of separation from a scooter a few months ago. Right after Thanksgiving, my Honda Metropolitan was stolen from me and was never recovered. For two months, I was without my scooter and my main means of transportation. Thankfully I was still able to get around on public transit but it felt like part of my soul and joy was ripped away from me. And the never ending gray skies of the Pacific Northwest didn't help my mood either. Thankfully I was able to get a new Genuine Buddy Kick recently and I have found my joy for riding once again. I am looking forward to the new adventures when I bring it back home to Tennessee in a few weeks.

What you say, we Vespa dreamers feel it, but it's once you say it that we understand it... thank you for your wonderful videos full of wisdom, Sir.

I have a propensity for staying occupied with all kinds of activities that are not necessarily negative behaviors but do often keep me from sitting quietly with myself and my own thoughts. Perhaps some of the healing that I experience when I ride is that I do have that time alone with minimal distractions to sort through those things.

Welcome back Steve 👋 I'm still riding in the cold however it's warming up down south. See ya next time

Thought provoking indeed, I too have a Vespa ET4 with the 125 engine bought it a few years back with the intention of getting it roadworthy again and sell for profit. In the end I spent far to much time and money on the little scooter so started riding it to work I soon took my 600 Bandit off the road so much easier getting this bike out of storage and riding through traffic. Holidaying in Italy I saw them in every town we visited but I'm yet to meet another in the UK. Thankfully have a car when the weather isn't favourable but the bike stays roadworthy all year and yes having not ridden for 4 days certainly ready for a few miles of two wheeled therapy.

I used to be a guy that parked my bikes all winter. Since the Himalayan came along that has changed. I try to get out at least once a week when the temperature is over 40. Always try for 40 or 50 miles to help beat cabin fever.

VespaTherapy is a real thing!

I am not a winter weather person. I moved to the desert for a reason -- I'll happily ride when it's 110F or higher, but won't open my garage when it's under 50F. Now that I have a Vespa once again, though, I DO find I need to score some regular seat time. Glad it's not under 50F for more than a few weeks a year! Thanks for your always thoughtful videos, Steve.

Thanks for the video. Your thoughts about the therapeutic effects of two wheel riding made me look at used MC prices for a dedicated Winter bike.

Great video. We don’t have that cold weather in Puerto Rico but I need to ride by the beach and in the sun in the weekends to start a busy week with energy.

The therapy from riding anything is quite amazing. Whether that be a motorcycle, a horse, or even a ride on mower. Ride!

Nice to see you slow-rolling on the 150. It will get you set for the Trail 125! For me, in winter, I find walking very therapeutic. Good for the heart too! Riding is nice, but it ain't exercise.

Salt damage vs mental damage. Hee hee, I like that.

Nice video! I have a black 125cc ET4 here in Greece.

HI Steve, you nailed it. I feel exactly the same way right now. I don;t mind riding in the cold much but the salt does stop me. I am jonesing right now and cranky and procrastinating. I need rain. Thanks for keeping up the videos. ALways enjoyable.

Lovely to see this, and to hear your well-composed thoughts about our shared winter plight. I’m in Western Washington, so I can eke out a ride in each of the 12 months with little trepidation. But winter is still winter and these aging bones do get creaky. Cheers …

I had a 60 mile round trip commute, which meant being on a bike 12 months a year. Incidents are too numerous to mention, but include a hurricane and the onset of hypothermia. My last ride was October and I hope to get the bike out again beginning of March.

Hi Steve. I really enjoyed this video - almost poetic. I am a year-round rider. Although I don't like the cold, it does refresh the soul and make one even more appreciative of the creature comforts when back home in the warm.

Another thoughtful and thought-provoking video, Steve. There is one other alternative, one we made a couple decades ago: move away from winter. Yes, I know you appreciate the cloudy, misty, drizzly, (insert your weather favorite here), meteorological stuff. Probably as much as I appreciate that golden orb in the sky that warms my old bones. When we lived in the frozen northland (western South Dakota, in the Black Hills), there were extended periods of time that the roads were simply not safe to ride on two wheels. I tried it a couple times (see: I am trainable), and the bike suffered for it - horror as I watched my full dress HD "roll" (side over side, not on its wheels) down a snowy embankment off the driveway from our house in a canyon. It was around that time, I came to the conclusion that the winter sports we participated in didn't light up my soul like riding our motorcycles did... it wasn't a matter of "different activities for different seasons." When 5' of snow would fall over a weekend, there was NO opportunity to safely get a bike out of the garage. We did what any other sane (questionable) person would do: move away from winter. My plan: strap a show shovel to the front of the motorhome and drive south until someone asks: "What is that?" For 20 years, it was the Tropical Tip of Texas. And now that I am old enough that our daughter feels the need to see me regularly to gauge the decrepitness, we are in the Arizona desert. BUT - I can ride almost any day... and on those occasional "Baby, it's cold outside" days, I can stand to wait a day or three... so I can ride and my fingertips don't burn (a leftover from those winters in the frozen northland). Enjoy your rides, Steve - many of us understand. You do what you have to do. Ride safe, enjoy! Jim

Again, you’ve captured my thoughts regarding why I scoot. I say, “If ya know, ya know. If ya don’t, ya won’t.” I am a retired psychologist. This is therapy for some of us, therapy which keeps us moving. Cheers mate!

Enjoying the video, always feel better after a ride. Who's doing the pickin'?, nice too -thanks

Cold here in nj as well but i get out for 30mins or so

I was about to say it takes one of my motorcycles to lift my mood....but it doesn't. Even my two scooters will do the job. Although I'm waiting for the Trail Cub ride to see if it makes you smile.

Hello, Steve. You always make me think about the stuff in your videos in a good way, of course. I was thinking about general riding last couple on months and the transition to EVs. I have nothing against them but it seams that the governments part of the 'west' don't want us to pleasure ride. For them, we are parasites and riding should be just A to B. They don't say it directly but as you said, only a rider can understand.

great video Steve, what happened to the 250 le? just wondering?

I’m between a Vespa 150 and 300 not sure if the 150 will be enough power but kind of like the small frame Vespa most of the riding I’ll do is in town and country roads going 55-60 mph tops let me know your thoughts thanks

I heard that you will never see a motorbike parked in front of a phsyk's office , riders don't need them.