Well some here might not think this is very "tech related", but I sure as heck do! Recently I decided to sell off my old car, without having a replacement at the time of the sell. So currently I'm between vehicles, and while I am, I decided to purchase off of Graig's List a nice little Veco electric scooter. It gets about 25 miles range per battery charge, nice headlights, turn signals, brake lights, multiple cargo areas, horn, passenger equipped, with a max speed of around 35-40 miles per hour. So this is going to be my "in between cars" little putt putt! What makes this story "techy" is the fact that I bought it "as is" and it had a messed up wiring system and the battery was on the blink. I re-wired the bike myself, thanks to my education in the world of computers, the wiring for this went fairly well. Got a ride to my local Honda motorcycle shop and bought a new battery and 12V trickle charger. I also had to re-wire the recharging port, that is just under the seat.
Kind of interesting to take your ride completely apart, but it has to be done to get to the wires inside! Now this sucker runs great, while I was at it, I noticed a governor system on the throttle, I removed that and now am getting that 35-40 miles per hour, vs. the 25-30 miles per hour stock. I got this thing about 5-6 days ago, it's kind of nice driving by gas stations, looking at the prices and chuckling as I drive by it. This picture doesn't do the scooter justice, the picture makes the thing look smaller than it is, it is pretty big.
Zen = Gone Green! 
