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Viet Nam News – Piaggio revs into Viet Nam with new Vespa factory

28. May 2007

Looks like Piaggio’s got big plans for the near future. Let’s hope they produce plenty of the new Vespa S! HA NOI — Piaggio SpA intends to invest 15 million euro (US$20.4 million) to build a new plant in Viet Nam in 2009-10 that will construct Vespas for the local market, according to AFX News. […]

The Arizona Star: Time is here to haul out your old motorcyles, even scooters

28. May 2007

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Here’s another one… but in THIS story pay attention to “legal parking on sidewalks”. It’s about time to do a report on “how to convince your local government to show some love to scooterists.” Here’s a snippet: As an alternative, many people are buying inexpensive new and late-model scooters. Scooter sales are up about 20 […]

Plum Aspen | Gass Guzzling: Plum’s Alternatives to Four Wheels

28. May 2007

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Check out what this article is talking about… No, ignore the standard issue, “Save the planet, buy a scooter” part and, well… pay attention to the “we get free scooter parking in Aspen” part we wanna talk about that some more in the near future. More importantly you should pay REAL attention to what the […]

TWO FOR THE ROAD / An Avalon, sure, but a scooter? Yes!

28. May 2007

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TWO FOR THE ROAD / An Avalon, sure, but a scooter? Yes! The tale of why a girl, 60 years young, decided to get a scooter to compliment her Toyota Avalon. Here’s a excerpt: And the scooter? As I approached the age of 60, I knew it was now or never. How long will I […]

Scooter News – Japanese get’s cloud shaped scooter plates

28. May 2007

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The Mainichi Daily News covered the new (Mario inspired?) cloud plates for scooters. How cool is that? When you city has custom plates JUST for scooters? I’ll take mine in white… they should make them in grey too. Here’s the story: MATSUYAMA — Cloud-shaped number plates will be issued for scooters in the city of […]

Impressive paint – Vespa Italia

27. May 2007

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moped – italian style Originally uploaded by ross edwin Check out this flickr submission from Ross Edwin. Quite an eye-catching set up with the silver paint ripping away to reveal the Italian colors. Bravo! And, thanks for sharing Ross!