Author: illnoise

Here’s a new archive of scooter art and logos, which is a brilliant idea if he sticks with it and takes that rude disclaimer off the bottom of the page.

Nothing to do with scooters, really, but as you surely know, the “new” (i.e. overpriced and lacking everything that was good about the “old”) “Minis” are coming on the tails of the “new” “Vespas” and “new” “Beetles,” and what better way to hype them than to poorly remake one of my favorite movies with a “coincidental” marketing tie-in. What are the odds that someone would decide to re-make The Italian Job the very same year that the new Minis came out? And Michael Caine, who’s like 60 now, can still kick Marky Mark’s ass.

2SB reader James Ballot writes, “For the person who feels that $145 is a fair price to pay for a vinyl toy as long as it looks like a Vespa, we submit for your approval: Estate Sam Lee & Scooter.” He’s got our style of writing down pat, doesn’t he?
Actually, Kid Robot has some really cool stuff, some of it more reasonably priced.

Just when you think Piaggio ate all the idiot cake, you find out they left a slice or two for Italjet.

As promised, here’s the video of Bones’ pyrotechnics outside the Cock & Bull in Covington, Kentucky: .avi file, 646K. Let me know how it works, I’ve never posted video before.

from rec.motorcycles: 128 Ways To Dump Your Bike. I’ve got #29, #50, and #95 covered. And a few others they haven’t thought of…

2strokeBuzz was at the Cincinnati Rally this weekend, and we’ll have some photos (and video) up soon. Thanks Adam and all the other XYL’s for a great time! In the meantime, here are Jeff’s (and now Jhosef’s) pictures from scoot.net.

How cool is this? A small-displacement TT race in Chicago May 19th. Racing begins at 8am on Goose Island.

Rich Alexander found this broadcast of Scooter Boys by Gareth Brown on totallyradio. I bet it’ll be good, if Windows Media Player ever finishes downloading.

John Stafford’s put together a pretty comprehensive list of rallies at
twostrokesmoke.com (no relation). If you’re looking for Galewood 2K2 info (it’s supposed to be here) it’s not really planned yet, I’ll post it ASAP. If you’re wondering why The Unforgiven are hosting a tribute to the Clash’s drummer on April 20, so am I. And yes, there will be a new Hodgehead list, sooner or later.

Matthew reminded us today that the first US-market Bajaj Chetaks are due to arrive in about two weeks. The MSRP is going up from $1800 to $2000 (equal price to the Bajaj Legends) on February 1st, but pre-orders will be accepted at $1800 until Thursday. Keep in mind that with added charges it’s a bit more than that, but I’m still excited and I can’t wait to crash-test Matthew’s.