Author: illnoise

Second to Last Scooter Club was proud to present the Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade a check for $1200 at their meeting on November 22nd. The money was donated by participants at the Slaughterhouse 7 and 8 scooter rallies. It felt great to be welcomed into a smoky room full of hundreds of bikers, and it feels great to know we were able to support one of Chicago’s greatest philantropic traditions on its 25th Anniversary. Please support the ride this Sunday (12/1), it’s amazing to see how much effort and coordination goes into the event. Thanks to all the rally participants and sponsors that made this possible.

Thanks a million (or at least seven thousand) to Grace, Kenneth, Kenward, Keith, and Carole, and no thanks to Home Depot or the sun, the fence from hell is finally finished! and just in time, too. My back hurts.

The JKSC Dance will take place at Club Foot, Friday, Dec. 13.

If you know us at all, you know that all we’ve talked about all summer is dismantling and re-building the fence around our house. It’s been an engineering nightmare, and we’re about a year behind schedule, but finally the posts are all up and all that remains is mounting the panels. If you’re really bored this weekend, we could really use some extra hands and power drills so we can get this nightmare over with. email me
if you can make it. We’ll set you up with beer and food, and it’ll be like a party. Think of all 2SB has given you, isn’t it time to give back?

Also, if you like our fence, and want to get a similar one for yourself, check out https://www.skilledfencing.com.au/colorbond-perth/. They do a pretty good job.

Read 2SB in skinhead dialect! Converted by the World Wide Wubbler.

Via Jim-Bob: “Got 3500 hours to spare? Need some cues on how to swing like Reg and Ron Kray? Wanna see four English lasses go French on their Vespas? Look no further than British Pathe’s incredible archive site. Everyoyes, everyoPathe newsreel is housed on this site. You can ‘evaluate’ them free, but repeated viewings will cost you (yet another reason to visit your public libraryofree Internet access and multiple IPs). Also check out what looks like the Battle of Hastings, recreated on Vespas. Coming soon: The real story behind R.E.M.’s song, “1,000,000?”

Pride of Cleveland Scooters is now taking orders for the POC/HMF Performance Bajaj Pipe with delivery in time for Christmas. POC is also offering a line of Custom Bajaj Accessories.

If you’re not Chad Schaefer and you don’t enjoy skidding around on ice all winter, here are Scooterworks’ tips for winter scooter storage.

Quote of the day:
“Bedell may be the only person in the world that would talk about putting Cheng Shins on a Ducati.” o The Gome.
Here’s a nice motorcycle tire reference page, not that you asked.

The Genuine Scooter Companysite has been updated with lots more info about the Stella, and they’re swearing they’ll be here by Christmas.

It’s Mykrrr’s worst nightmare, the Flagship II is back on the road for the first time in fifteen years, thanks to our friends at Zombie MPH Skate Shop in Oak Park, IL (315 W. Madison, Oak Park, 708.358.8507). No the trucks aren’t backwards. Yes, they sell less ludicrous skateboards, but I’m keeping it Old Skool. Watch this space for injury reports. Thanks Wayne and Rob, everyone go check out the shop!

VCOA has announced the location and dates of Amerivespa 2003.

Man, when did we become so hateful? We’re like Max-X, only not funny.

As if 2SB isn’t wussy enough: ScooterGal Confidential. More of those uppity California girls. We’re gonna have to start some kinda rumble with them in Vegas and see who Hyder and Nelly side with.

There were a couple hundred stories in the press over the last few days about the NYC Vespa Boutique opening and all the fabulous celebrities that ride Vespas, but I’m not going to even bother posting links because you can tell they were all written from the same PiaggioUSA press release. Did you know that Piaggio was founded in 1946? So now there are something like thirty Vespa dealers in NYC. This is something Jim-Bob should be covering anyway.