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P.E.A.C.E shirts

Alix B. is in Atlanta already, and she’s got some really cool t-shirts for sale via Scooterworks.  

May 9 · 1 Comment · Read the story »

Piaggio USA names new PR firm

Looks like Piaggio USA won’t have Access Communications to kick around anymore. Hard to believe anyone could be worse than CooperKatz, who botched the “Vespa Blogs” idea, but you’ve also gotta wonder... 

May 8 · No Comments · Read the story »

Yes, I Am A Geek: Yamaha Vino Gadget Overload

What ever your choice of epithet for those who embrace some sort of technical esotericism, get ready to shout it right..about…now! But in all seriousness, this Yamaha Vino 50 crammed with all kinds of electronic gizmo... 

May 7 · 3 Comments · Read the story »

Piaggio stock drops

It’s always the day after a new product release, right? Piaggio’s stock dropped 2.8 percent after an announcement that the company’s quarterly profit was down 21%. Bobby C. tempered the announcement with... 

May 7 · No Comments · Read the story »

Gas Tax Scam

A funny site about the misguided and pandering “Gas Tax Holiday” idea proposed by Clinton and McCain. We’ve tried it here in Illinois and it doesn’t work.  

May 7 · No Comments · Read the story »

Mercado Libre Lambretta

A cute commercial featuring a Series II Lambretta. It’s for MercadoLibre, eBay’s latin american site. (Thanks, Matt!)  

May 7 · 3 Comments · Read the story »

“Total Cost of Ownership”

Related to the the last story: Justin’s Vespa LX150 Total Cost of Ownership. His situation is perhaps not entirely typical, but if you’re putting a few thousand miles a year on your scooter, you could expect similar... 

May 7 · 1 Comment · Read the story »

Do the scooter math

Based on these sources (1, 2) and a little bit of guesswork, the average American uses about 500 gallons of gas per year. That means the difference between $3/gallon gas and $4/gallon gas is costing the average American roughly... 

May 6 · 6 Comments · Read the story »

Vespa GTS 300 Super

More GTS 300 Super photos in the 2sb Gallery. (Photos courtesy of Piaggio) We’d long heard the rumors a 300cc Vespa GTS was on the way. That was big news in itself, 300cc is the biggest displacement ever offered by... 

May 6 · 3 Comments · Read the story »

Scooterfix, née Girlbike

Crystal and the Girlbikers (I saw them at the Apollo once) have rechristened their blog. Welcome to Scooterfix. I thought “Girlbike” was a great name for a blog written by four women posting about pink helmets,... 

May 6 · 1 Comment · Read the story »

Econo in Windsor

Rover Eric sent us this clipping from Windsor, OT’s “WAMM” magazine, featuring an interview with his clubmate Otto Buj. There’s a lot of stretching of the truth involved in a lot of the ecology, economy,... 

May 5 · 2 Comments · Read the story »

Huuuugs! Achewood Vespa for sale!

OMG OMG OMG! I heart Achewood. I heart scooters. I’ve been lusting after this Vespa Rally that Chris Onstad painted for years. Now, that very scooter is for sale in the scoot.net classifieds, and it’s going to... 

May 5 · 1 Comment · Read the story »

Ryan rebuilds the “Spindle”

Berwyn, IL demolished their famous “Spindle” of cars late Friday night to make room for Chicagoland’s 100,000th Walgreen’s. Like most of us, Ryan and Alison were outraged, so they set about rebuilding... 

May 4 · No Comments · Read the story »

Duluth: “Scooters, it’s just not working out.”

Duluth’s old mayor bought some scooters for the city. Duluth’s new mayor is selling them at auction. (Thanks, M5.) UPDATE: Here’s a little more info.  

May 2 · 2 Comments · Read the story »

P.E.A.C.E. is go!

Alix B. left Scoot Richmond an hour ago, launching into her second P.E.A.C.E. scooter ride, circling the U.S.A. I totally dropped the ball on getting the word out about her raffle,, but we’ll be watching her blog and... 

May 2 · No Comments · Read the story »

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