Boston Scooter Convention Boston MA Jun 2004

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The Boston Stranglers are an avid group of Boston area scooter riders. They had their Boston Stranglers' 2004 Scooter-Addict National Convention from June 17-20 in and around Boston. There was a rally Kick Off at O'Brien's Bar on Thursday evening at 7PM. There were planned rides on Friday and a gathering at the Baseball Tavern Thursday evening. Saturday had a 10:30am bagel breakfast and swap meet at the Howard Johnsons Fenway Park and then a group ride to the view point at the Larz Anderson Transportation Musuem in Brookline and an evening gathering at the Kinvara Irish Pub. Sunday had a final barbeque at the home base Howard Johnsons motel.

We attended the Saturday bagel breakfast and saw more scooters in one place than we had ever seen before. I would estimate that between 30 and 40 scooters pulled in. A $10 registration fee not only got you a bagel breakfast but also a nice welcome bag of scooter related goodies. Unlike many motorcycle events where seldom used bikes are brought and displayed most of these scooters were daily riders with enough miles on their odometers to make many motorcyclist envious. There was a broad range of scooters from the 1950s up to the present and a significant number of lady riders. As one would expect Vespas were in the majority. The weather was hazy but comfortably warm. When most of the group headed out on the Larz Anderson ride they were an unusual and impressive sight. The groups size and loud roar caused cars to make way as they made their way through traffic. The view of the city from the Larz Anderson parking lot lookout was well worth the effort to get there.

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