CA Trip
Recently in mid Oct I had a visit that included business for Scootertronics and personal gig for me after being back in MD in 13 years. My wife and I had lived in LA, CA before moving to MD. During this time my music gig was continued that had started in the 70s in MD so simply a extension due to recording contracts and tours that had taken me all over the states with several bands during the 80s and early 90s, so to make things short I did a reunion gig with Black Cherry at the Viper Rome in Hollywood.
During my visit I did visit several scooter distributors and scooter retail stores. My intent here is just to let all know this is what I do when I travel during the slower months of the year but its increasing that we have no slow months. I do have to say I was disapointed in several places I visited expecting to see waehouses and tech work being done, parts dept and such. Although I saw warehouses with lots of scooters in boxes but since most are simply fill fullment warehouse there are no scooters being worked on or assembled nor tested so once again those who claim they assemble or even inspect or know their product they push is simply not true. Parts are other story they did have a dept but not something or with someone where I can go and ask questions that can be answered with any knowledge. I do understand most who work at these distirbutors never saw or heard of the types of scooters they are selling butits a shame they do not get one person on top o it all.
As far as scooters in CA Yeap big time all over the place all types of sizes and shapes and brands. A lot of Vespas and then again a lot of Chinese 50s and 150s with no tags. I do know how this works its half the public never trying to even get tags then the knowledge that you do not need them and then the biggest reason no tags is they are not carb'ed approved scooters for CA and were shipped there from dealers on the internet that once again do not have knowledge of the business.
The retail shops I visited did not sell chinese but plenty of Twaianese with same exact engines that they say do not work on. Amazing, so I did my thing and told them I can help always.
