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Binh to the Wild

27. June 2010

Just got a letter back from our friend, Travelin’ Binh, and here’s what he had to say: I’m in Whitehorse, BC. View Larger Map The scenery here has been pretty monotonous, my favorite section so far has been between Bell 2 and Iskut on the Cassiar hwy. The roads here are in very good condition, […]

RIP Scooter World Magazine 2004-2010

27. June 2010

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I’d like to take this moment to recognize a scooter publication that will be woefully missed. I remember driving to my local scooter shop, with excitement in my heart in hopes that a new issue of Scooter World Magazine would be waiting for me in the magazine bin. This was before I even owned a […]

A bit off topic: Congrats to Swampy on winning an Emmy!

26. June 2010

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The 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards presentation will be telecast tomorrow (Sunday, June 27th, 2010) from Las Vegas and we just found out that our esteemed Disney scooterist scored himself a Emmy for Outstanding Writing in Animation for his show Phineas and Ferb! Congrats to Swampy, Dan, Bobby, Kim & Antoine for their meritorious […]

Peirspeed issues a challenge to YOU!

24. June 2010

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Do you have at least one creative bone in your body? SURE you do! How about mechanical skills? Tuning abilities? A penchant for paint? If you answered “YES” to these questions then you could have a good shot at winning thousands of dollars in prizes from Peirspeed in their Sachs MadAss Challenge 2011! If you […]

Binh’s Symba makes Seattle!

23. June 2010

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We just got this bit of video showing Binh in great spirits as he prepares to cross the border into Canada on his way to Alaska. Shout outs to Seattle Scooter Center for sharing this video with us! I imagine Binh got his oil changed and his Symba should be broken in pretty well by […]

“Billionaire” music video features Vespa in place of Veyron

21. June 2010

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(Caution “F-bomb” in the first 5 seconds of the video… keep volume low) You know what, it’s a BIG hypothetical, but if I had to choose between a Bugatti Veyron or $1.5 million dollars worth of cool scooters and microcars for me and my peeps, it’s an easy choice. Yes, I admit I do kinda […]