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Amerivespa – The 2007 event wrap-up from TSS

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

[More photo journalism from Lawrence Hsu. Enjoy! Oh, you can click on the slide show to access the photo album and larger images.] WOW! Can you believe it’s over? Amerivespa 2007 has come to a close? I’m sure our on-the-scene reporter, Lawrence, isn’t alone when he says “I wished it would never end.” Well don’t […]

Amerivespa – The 2007 event wrap-up

Monday, July 16, 2007

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(Vespa headquarters for Amerivespa 2007… Vespa Seattle) Alright scooter trash! You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay in Seattle!For a buttload of photographs you can check out the Flickr list or visit the Scoot.net gallery. You can also catch a few shots over at Seattlepi.com or read the story here. The Seattle […]

Amerivespa – Day two (with photos)

Sunday, July 15, 2007

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Friday 13, 2007 (Amervespa, Seattle, WA) The day begins with a delicious breakfast served by the Los Gatos Gordos. Various rides, including a long 100-mile scenic ride, are led by local scooter clubs and they go out all through the morning. Piaggio, Kymco and Genuine gave everyone a feel of their latest products (including the […]

Amerivespa – The Kickoff Report (with photos)

Friday, July 13, 2007

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(Some of the crew from the USS VESPA… that’s not the boat’s real name, but it was last night) This just in from our on-the-scene reporter Lawrence Hsu: [Seattle, WA] The 2007 Amerivespa got off to a great start! Kymco USA chartered a fantastic harbor cruise complete with a bar, a buffet and a DJ […]

Amerivespa kicks off in less than 12 hours!

Thursday, July 12, 2007

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What is SURE to be one of the greatest Amerivespas in the world will begin at 6pm today. There will be wine and song and thick clouds of blue smoke. DAMMIT! I’m more jealous than Hillary Clinton in a cigar shop fulla interns! I’m sorry that I letcha down P-Town. We were supposed to ride […]

1985, Vespa introduces the T5. Consumers say "WTF?!"

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

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This cracked me up. I was checking out the zombieSC’s photostream over at flickr (see title link) and saw this scan from an old “The Ralliest” rag and the title of the photo was “W.T.F. is that?”. The caption says “3 blokes looking in puzzelment at the ‘NEW’ T5 (they are probably still there). Turned […]