Scootering at Scully Scooters with Lynne Scullard!

A little while ago I won myself a session at Scully Scooters via Twitter, where myself and 2 friends would be spoiled and taught how to properly ride a automatic scooter...! I've been riding motorcycles for a few years but had never ridden a fully AT scooter before! So it was a first for me too.

That's where I met Lynne Scullard, the founder of ScullyScooters and a wonderful lady who seems to share the same sentiments as I with regards to motorcycling and gaining independence in South Africa. What a refreshing spirit!!

Our Date!

Our session kicked off with a great lunch where I got to know a bit more about Lynne...where she started, why she started and where she hopes to see herself. And in turn she got to know a bit more about us and our friendship.

 

We then headed outside for the practical task, which started with getting familiarized with our little scooters, getting them to move and eventually racing around the track....well, for me at least, found the little machines to be too much fun! Deshi was really serious about getting a hang of this riding thing without falling. While Michele was so nervous, I at times thought she was going to have a panic attack, she didn't seem to be having fun...which was a bit foreign to me to understand in the beginning but soon did.

After the outdoor jol in the sun, we went back inside to bask in all the theory about riding motorcycles on the road, safety included.

The most important thing that I walked away with and bear in mind everyday as I ride are Scully Scooters' Three Guiding Principles:

1. 100% Accountability
2. No Excuses
3. No Accidents

When you, as a rider, become about taking 100% accountability for yourself on the road, you fully acknowledge your responsibilities, you accept that no one else is entitled to looking out for you and you stop making excuses that would otherwise put you in harms way!

Our Sentiments:

Why, like other developing African countries, does South Africa NOT have millions of people considering motorcycling as a form of transport? Is our public transport structure that great that we don't see the need to seek independence? Are we not bothered by the constant petrol price hikes? Or can we simply blame lack of exposure and fear of the unknown?

Our economy is not at the place where it should be. For our population, the state of our economy is simply unhealthy. How do we get more South Africans active in the economy? Give them mobility. That alone is probably the most important form of independence. The kind of independence that makes getting to work and/or starting ones own business easier. What's the cheapest way to get people mobile? Get them on scooters. Which is exactly what Scully Scooters is doing! They are showing people that they CAN choose independence! This is not rocket science.

The Rosebank area has caught on to scooter fever! So has Sandton with the 3-wheel Tuk-Tuks... Eventually, the rest of Jozi will too, then South Africa! And you can bet that Lynne will play a big hand at that, as she is already and doing such a great job at it!

For all info on Scully Scooters, their training courses, offer packages and programmes, check out: www.scullyscooters.co.za

Go on, get your neighbour, gardener, teenager, wife and even your boss riding... Life's just better on two-wheels!!