TheScooterScoop

Ride to work MONDAY!

18. June 2010

(Mod Rod was so excited that he wanted to get involved!) It’s time to RIDE OUT! That’s right, you did it last year, Right? HELL, you probably do it everyday! But, Monday is the day to put on your calendar. Monday is the day to show the world that you are a two wheeled commuter […]

To Weewanie and BEYOND!

18. June 2010

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SAN JOSE, CA (TSS)_ Long distance rider, Binh Cheung has just begun the longest ride of his career. Today, Binh leaves San Jose, CA headed for the Arctic Circle 8,000 miles away, on his 110cc SYM Symba. “In the scooter community I’m mainly known for riding a 50cc scooter everywhere”, says Binh. “So far the […]

Officially licensed Vespa boxers? Yes please.

14. June 2010

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Officially licensed Vespa boxers? Yes please.

Here’s a new one to me. Apparently in early 2000 Piaggio had some officially licensed Vespa boxer shorts available. The original post, on a Japanese blog called Besupagasuki’s Blog, said there were only 198 of these available… which makes me want them even more. Arigato to Akisan for sending in that scoop! ***CORRECTION*** Aki said […]

AmeriVespa 2010 Round-Up

2. June 2010

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We’re working on cleaning up photos and editing videos today, so as an appetizer we’d like to link you to the Flickr images we’ve found for this year’s festivities. So far we’ve got: 1) Pistol Pete 2) South Texan (as seen in the header image) 3) ScooterFun 4) Loren-zo 5) Dan_Ciccone 6) Village Idiot! There’s […]

Help me find things “Made in the USA”

1. June 2010

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BACK STORY (you can skip this little rant if you’d like) Scooters aren’t made in the USA any more… very little is when you put it all into perspective. As a matter of fact, most everything we buy today seems to come from China. What happens when you start making everything in China? Prices go […]