TheScooterScoop

Being privileged has its… privileges.

Friday, February 2, 2007

We all hate scooter thieves and we don’t have it HALF as bad as they have it in France. According to Charles Bremner at the UK Times “Small scooters account for three quarters of the 85,000 motorcycles stolen annually in France. Only 8 per cent of the thefts are solved.” What?! Over 63 THOUSAND scooters […]

Scooters getting a little more "airtime"

Friday, January 12, 2007

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Was on the Western Union site for some reason the other day and saw THIS on their homepage. I also noticed the new TLC commercial for “American Chopper”. Featuring Mikey on a Vespa. As seen here: I wonder what the pop has to say about that. All I can say is “YOU GO MIKEY!” PS> […]

UK Transportation Chief says "RIDE THE BUS!"… Rides lammy to work

Monday, January 8, 2007

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(Martin Mullaney, seen here looking rather dashing, waits to pass the bus so he can point and laugh… just kidding, he wouldn’t do that) icBirmingham had a funny little story about transport chief Councillor Martin Mullaney. It seems he’s been bashing folks for not using the lovely Birmingham public transportation system… It makes sense, it’s […]

Sad news: Custom chopper builder Billy Lane kills moped rider.

Saturday, September 9, 2006

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(whadda waste…) This news from Pete in Florida… The deadly crash happened about 9 p.m. Monday south of Melbourne Beach and near Ballyshannon Street. Investigators said the impact came after Billy Lane — a custom motorcycle builder featured on Discovery Channel’s “Biker Build-Off” and “Monster Garage” — crossed a double yellow line to pass two […]