Month: May 2002

I’m reading Stoned by Andrew Loog Oldham, the Rolling Stones’ manager who coined one of my favorite phrases “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” It’s a good read so far, and I’m not even to the Stones part yet. All you Mod types might dig it.

A link for all the Yamaha Vino owners out there (this means you, James Ballot of NYC.): ProvoScooter.com, the web’s only complete Vino resource. Info on deregulating, tuning, and riding in a fish costume.

Ooooh, someone messed up. An actual letter enclosed with some 2002-model Vespa ET2s and ET4s:
Continue reading “ET2/4 VIN Snafu”

I’ve started a new 2002 Rally listing page. You can also use the link above. There are only a few posted now, but over the next week I hope to have them all entered and sortable by month and category. If you have rally info that’s not on Stafford’s original list, please email me.

There are so many TV ads lately with gratuitous Vespa usage, they’re not even worth mentioning. But the new Wrigley’s Orbit Gum ad is the best yet, in which Vanessa and her associate from the Orbit Institute chase a Harley guy on their white sidecar Vespa. Very cute. Can’t find it online, though.

2SB’s favorite football club, Arsenal won the English league cup “double,” beating London rivals Chelsea 2-0 on Saturday in the FA Cup final, and topping the despised and nearly-invincible Manchester United 1-0 last night to clinch the Premiership title. 2SB is very, very happy today, even though Vina is a closet Chelsea fan. To learn how to play soccer, check out The 2SB guide to Football for scooterists.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a Vespa story today. Carrot Top has one? Sign me up!

Here’s a story about Freeze your Balls Off from The Independent. Chris 32 claims to be embarrassed, but if you ask me, it’s one of the better mass-media scooter stories ever, there’s actual research involved, and some great quotes.

The Chicago Jedis present Hoosier Daddy? June 7-9 2002 at the mother of all white trash amusement parks, Indiana Beach, in Monticello, IN.

Admit it, they’re better than The Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Beatles combined.
Say it out loud, it’ll make you feel better.

This has nothing to do with anything, other than to prove how much spare time Phil has. But he sent it to me already formatted in HTML, so it’s beating two dozen scooter-related stories to press…
Continue reading “Phil’s Christmas Surprise”

Another link I can’t believe I’ve never come across, Lloydy’s Lambrettas. it’s like the Lambretta version of scooterhelp. I don’t know enough about Lammies to say whether Lloyd’s advice is good or not, but it looks helpful and it’s well-illustrated.

Niall’s smallframe site, already a great resource, has added links to download his font “Primavera,” based on the ’70s Vespa logo. Nice work, Niall, and thanks for the Mac version!

And how did I miss this? The official home of the greatest garage band that never was:The Huggabaloos. The best dayglo animated band since Cub. Oh, wait, Cub was real. I miss Cub, what the hell happened to them?

Not sure how I never stumbled upon the lovely modchicago.com until now. Mykrrr ‘hepped’ me to the Modchicago Garage Sale at Delilahs. Looks like it’s run by Kris Adams (and DJ John Manion), who I hardly ever see anymore, probably because I run, screaming, anytime I see the word “Mod.”