Introduction to Heinz & Frenchie

We are newbies in the scooter world and just bought two Vespa LX150, a red one and a yellow one. Larry, the sales guy at Varsity Cycles was joking and said they were like Catsup and Mustard, Heinz & Frenchie. That stuck, hence Heinz and Frenchie were christened in South Florida.

Before we made the big purchase, we enrolled and attended Scooter School, a must if you want to ride safely. Go to MTII. http://www.mtii.com/ The Scooter School is only 4 hours on a Saturday afternoon and you learn on a Vespa LX150, how cool is that? You are actually riding for most of the 4 hours. Here in South Florida, if you are buying anything more than a 50cc, you need a motorcycle endorsement on your driver’s license. You have the option to take a written test right after the riding course. We highly recommend that, as the teacher is there to help, and your score is entered into the DMV database, making it a cinch to get your Motorcycle Endorsement. The next week after our Scooter course we made an appointment online at this link http://oasis.hsmv.state.fl.us/ and were in the DMV all of about 15 minutes from start to finish. It was a breeze.

You should study for the written test. You can find the online manual here http://www.dmv.org/fl-florida/motorcycle-handbook.pdf It is a PDF so you need Acrobat Reader to download and read it. But that is free. Get it here if you don’t already have it. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html We printed the handbook and studied it. There is also a cool site that coaches you for the test. It is not free, but cheap and so much fun. They make learning a blast. http://www.testquestionsandanswers.com/

This is my first attempt at a blog, been on the Internet for years but never felt like creating a blog. We hope to help other people, new to scooters, get started the right way. Let us know if we helped you.