SF law student beats parking ticket

Michael, a San Francisco law student, was ticketed for parking his Vino on the sidewalk. Here’s how he beat the ticket in court. Note that your city’s laws, the circumstances of your ticket, the judge, and your command of legal jargon may vary, and 2strokebuzz does not endorse contesting tickets that you damn well knew you deserved. Michael’s arguments would be very unlikley to hold water in Chicago, but we thank him for sharing his experience, maybe it will help others.

New 500cc Gilera 3-wheeler, Vespa S

The ScooterScoop just posted photos of the Gilera 500-cc three wheeler we’d heard about a while ago, presumably built on the Piaggio MP3 platform (yes, another sweet Gilera we will never see in the US) and a total out-of-nowhere surprise, the Vespa S, which looks like a retro-upgrade LX50 with styling based on the original Vespa 50S (square headlight, goofy horncover, boxy front fender). Both will debut at the Milan cycle show later this month. We’ll have more details soon about these scooters, as well as Piaggio’s winter clothing line (seriously).