Up In Stitches: Scooter Hunt

I've never really been into motorcycles or scooters, but one of my friends lent me her scooter over the summer. Just so it doesn't sit around, she says. Well, I'm addicted. During the week, the little 50cc Daelim zips me around the neighborhood cutting errand time in half. On the weekends, my boyfriend and I hop on for breezy rides through Hongdae or Sinchon. It's pretty fantastic.

The summer is slipping by though, and pretty soon I'll have to give the Daelim back. After getting a taste for the scootering life, I don't think I can leave it behind! So the hunt begins.

The parameters of the hunt are the following:

1 mil won in funds
50cc (any higher and I'll need a license)
adequate storage
cute

Online research did not turn up much. I did find a few posts at dagSeoul.blogspot.com, though. The blog has a few good notes for a beginner scooterer. Gary Norris seems to have plenty of experience and some grounded advice. I just wish he'd post a bit more about scooters! Here is a link for a couple of his posts about scooters.

After reading what Mr. Norris had to say, I've decided not to stray too far to find a dealer. There is a little scooter dealer/scooter shop that sells scooters to quite a few of my foreign co-workers. From what I hear, they take excellent care of the scooters that they sell to school employees. Sometimes they even ride up to the campus to take care of minor issues. Considering that they also tuned up my borrowed Daelim for free, it seems to be the logical place to go to purchase one of my own. Maybe I can even sell it back to them after a year if I can't find a buyer of my own.

So it's still just research and speculations for now but in the next few days I should have more to share! Take a look at some of my hopes and dreams. Hope you enjoy. Have a happy weekend everybody!