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Play the Burger King® “The Twilight Saga:
Eclipse” Game, win a Vespa

Do it. Now. If I was guaranteed a free Vespa, I might eat at Burger King and go see a Twilight movie. “I Love You Man,” “Transformers,” it’s like they know all my favorite movies. I’m looking... 

July 15 · 4 Comments · Read the story »

Carter Brothers/SYM-USA HQ
destroyed in fire

Steve at the Scooter Scoop worked for SYM-USA for a few days, so we’ll defer to his ex-insider-coverage of the fire at Carter Brothers’ Alabama headquarters. Glad to hear everyone’s allright, but man, that’s... 

July 13 · 2 Comments · Read the story »

Pinasco Gears Up For New Stella

Pinasco sent out an email announcement last week describing their new exhaust for the 4-stroke LML Star (AKA, the Genuine Stella 4-stroke. It is described as made from special INOX steel. That must make it fast. The dyno... 

July 11 · 8 Comments · Read the story »

Massachusetts Cracks Down on “Limited Use” Scooters

The Massachusetts RMV is targeting scooterists that have registered their “Limited Use” scooters as mopeds. Many states don’t require plates for mopeds, so some dealers and scooterists exploit the confusion... 

July 6 · 4 Comments · Read the story »

World Cup Semis!

Well, a few upsets later, our brackets got a serious shakeup but “tnpsc1″ stays in first for now. Argentina and Brazil’s losses bombed most of us, and all the Holland fans I made fun of when this started... 

July 6 · 2 Comments · Read the story »

EPA Retracts Certifications
from Four Chinese Manufacturers

The EPA has withdrawn certification for off-road vehicles from four US importers, Hensim USA, Loncin USA, Peace Industry Group, and Seaseng, affecting 200,000 vehicles. All four companies used broker MotorScience Enterprise... 

July 2 · 1 Comment · Read the story »

Merge: Dance ‘n’ Ride

Starting a couple weeks ago, and into the foreseeable future, Chicago has a weekly Mod allnighter at LateBar called The Merge. It seems to be run by a rotating coalition of mod groups and scooter clubs (and it’s so... 

July 1 · 1 Comment · Read the story »

Chicagoans: New Tags Today

A reminder to Chicago scooterists: New city tags start today. There’s usually a grace period through mid-July, so if you don’t have ‘em yet, move fast. All motorcycles and scooters registered in the city... 

July 1 · No Comments · Read the story »

Balloon Vespa

Balloon Artist Jeremy Telford makes a balloon Vespa. Yes, you just spent two minutes and 36 seconds watching a balloon artist, and you liked it. Do you feel dirty? Here’s the backstory from Glen G. on Modern Buddy.... 

June 27 · 1 Comment · Read the story »

2SB World Cup Brackets Heat Up

Two exciting weeks of football are behind us, and the group stage of the World Cup is almost over. How are the 18 contenders in our 2SB World Cup Bracket doing? France and Italy’s early exits really hurt just about... 

June 24 · 3 Comments · Read the story »

Mods vs. Rockers 2010 (Gallery)

We missed this year’s Chicago Mods vs. Rockers rally because we were at PVSC but Jordan Cinco sent some great photos (below). Looks like an even better scooter showing than usual, but that’s no surprise, it’s... 

June 24 · No Comments · Read the story »

49ccScoot.com

49ccScoot.com is a newish site focused on GY6 and Minarelli engine tuning and maintenance, with forums, videos, and more. If you’re looking for tips to hop up or fix your Chinese bike, this looks like a good place to... 

June 24 · No Comments · Read the story »

PVSC Band Camp 2010 (+ gallery)

To tell you the truth, I’ve become a bit disillusioned with rallies. I’ve only been hitting a couple a year, and they’re always pretty great, but modern-scooter city rallies just aren’t the same as... 

June 23 · 1 Comment · Read the story »

What a Deal!

Why not just rent out an elementary school gym and sell recalled toys with lead paint? “OK, kids, whatever you do, DON’T PLAY WITH THESE!” Bastards. Thanks for the link, POCphil, who’s currently rebooting... 

June 22 · 2 Comments · Read the story »

Who rides a Honda PCX?

If you speak Russian and dig guys wearing Speedos, you’ll love this Honda PCX video. It’s sort of the “Vespa Gringo” of Russian-Thai-scooter videos, so you know it was Rye that found it for us. Admit... 

June 17 · No Comments · Read the story »

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