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Austin’s "Go To Hell" Rally starts TONIGHT!

8. November 2007

Well, it says tomorrow… but those in the KNOW, know to meet at Whole Foods (Austin’s theme park) at 8pm tonight. More evening events tomorrow at Home Slice (8pm – ’till) and the big kick-off going on Saturday at 10am (Jo’s on Soco). This promises to be a kick-arse rally… after all, we haven’t had […]

Manjit Bassan wins the Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally

16. October 2007

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Damn! Mud bogging?! You ever seen anything like this at the Gymkhana?Another year of the Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally has concluded with Manjit “The Man” Bassan taking home the Rs (money). Here’s a snippet: It was lucky that a competitive sector was canceled due to heavy water logging. Under the circumstances, riders had to exercise […]

Riding to Crawford, TX tomorrow morning at 9am

13. October 2007

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Tomorrow I’m meeting up with a woman who has completed an AMAZING feat… 11,000 miles across the USA in 3 months on a Genuine Buddy! While I’m there I’ll be covering the event and then escorting Alix Bryan back to Austin where the Urban Moto Shop has a little BBQ & champaign toast planned for […]

Third Coast Rally III was a success!

10. October 2007

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Wow! So much catching up to do. While I finish editing my photos, you should check out what was posted at Scoot.net . Also, big shout out to Kevin (of WireTree) for this awesome video that would be even MORE awesome if it didn’t have so many damn digital compression artifacts. Gimme a buzz man, […]

3CR3 Rally is THIS WEEKEND!

4. October 2007

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Publish Postw00t! Tomorrow the denizens of Central Texas will begin to convene on San Antonio for the ever popular Third Coast Rally (of which we are a proud sponsor). The crew in SA are great people and excellent hosts! Last year’s was a blast and I’m sure this years will be as good or better! […]

Gilera Fuoco 500 to arrive in the USA as the Piaggio MP3 500 (CONFIRMED)

18. September 2007

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(woohoo! I can’t wait to do THIS)This could be the biggest news to hit all year… Are you ready? (takes grain of salt) The grapevine known as the ModernVespa Forum (see title link) has word from “Lucky Bastard”, that the attendees of the recent Piaggio dealer meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona were informed that the USA […]