The Birth of LTD

It has become that time. LTD has been established for a couple years now and we are only just getting to this blog. I suppose this is mostly for our own benefits, but maybe even for the lone scooterists out there looking to get involved in even the smallest way, or scoot for fun just a little more often. Its pretty simple, really. We love scooters, we love our scooters, and we love scooterists. We are well aware of those of you who think this may be a little silly, maybe even a little much. It seems though that we have heard it all, and honestly, we are left unfazed. There are plenty of scooter clubs out there that have been started for Vespa only or Vintage scoots. LTD was founded on the idea that scooterists, no matter what they are riding, should hang out every now and then - to talk scoots, share stories, or even just do a bit more exploring on the side streets of their own backyards. There are no rules, there are no regulations - we don't jump in new members (as we've been asked before).

This idea basically spread like wildfire among friends. Some close friends got a scoot, everyone took a test ride and was hooked pretty much immediately thereafter. We had our very first "meeting" at a local Denny's and invited anyone who wanted to come. As you can see from our picture, we got a good handful of people there to talk about decals, business cards, future rallies and rides, and hopes for LTD in the future. We had some great feedback from friends who don't even own scoots, even from our waitress. We gave our friends some test rides out in the parking lot (to plant the seed of course), and headed out for a ride around Thousand Oaks, putting the very first LTD meeting officially in the books.