Vroom, vroom, ride on. On July 12 more than 90 riders aboard motorized scooters – yes, scooters, some with engines smaller than your average lawnmower – will roll out of a hotel parking lot in Bar Harbor, Maine, and begin a grueling 10-day, 4,500-mile ride to Eureka, California. It's not a race, but it will be a punishing ordeal. @usatodaygraphics asked some of them why 👉 They'll be riding, and sometimes suffering, in the ninth Scooter Cannonball, a scooter-only, rally-type event that'll offer relentless heat, cold rain and high winds. They’ll be fighting off exhaustion after 10 to 14 hours a day in the saddle. Riders will travel an average of 447 miles per day. Their longest day will be 527 miles. They’ll use paved secondary roads and gravel paths, and some will ride across mountain passes, 10,000 feet high, which will sap engine power and cut speeds to 10 or 15 mph. #roadtrip #motorcycle #travel