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Vespa’s Go Green Challenge winner is well deserved

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Congrats to Rex Hermogino of San Diego, CA for the win. Rex is quite a talented dude. Wrote a fun and catchy song, made an entertaining video AND he as good drawer… drawing guy… drawist, he’s good with a pen and a white board. Thanks to Scootin’ Old School for the scoop! (title link) ***UPDATE […]

Worlds most frightening Vespa

Friday, November 9, 2007

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Vespa BaliOriginally uploaded by Satu Lagi Wow! You’d be hard pressed to make a Vespa more scary than this Vespa from Bali. Stretched, welded, ratted out with an animal skull on the front fender. Even the bikers at your local Harley hangout would be a little taken aback when they saw it. Thanks for sharing […]

Vespa S / Honda Aero 50 – Seperated at birth?

Friday, November 9, 2007

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Gabbo over at the Burgundy Topz SC forum made this interesting discovery. Seems Honda may have been on to something back in 1983 when they made the Aero 50. Sure it’s not as sleek and isn’t a metal body, and won’t be as fast as the new Vespa S, but it was still pretty stylish […]

Anyone wanna bail out a fellow scooterist?

Thursday, November 8, 2007

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Sin City badass and award winning actor with nearly 60 film credits has found himself in a Miami prison last night for riding his green 2007 Vespa whilst under the influence. I don’t usually post scooter crimes, but this one was kinda funny. Mickey Rourke was stopped and got off his scooter stating, ‘What the […]

Hrm… a way to make money with your scooter?

Monday, November 5, 2007

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IMG_2330.JPG Originally uploaded by GregoryH GregoryH shares this photo of a p-series kiddie ride. This was shot in Barcelona, so I doubt that there’s one in your city. Whoever figures out a way to mount their scooter on one of those motion platforms might have a way to pay for their gas while they are […]

Best sidecar ever?

Monday, November 5, 2007

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vespa Originally uploaded by brazov1971 Perfect for someone who is torn on getting that classic Vespa or getting the classic car. This pair is about as hip as it gets. You know what would be real cool? If you could walk across the platform and control the steering from the car. Anyway, thanks to brazov1971 […]