Author: illnoise

A few new items: TOQUES: baby, it’s cold outside… keep those ears warm with our stocking cap, “scoot or die” patch applied, dark green or black acrylic, $9.00ppd. KNEE PADS keep your sta-prests tidy with a 2sb-brand gardening-style blue foam rubber kneeling pad, a mere $6ppd.

The long-awaited Bajaj Legends have arrived on U.S. soil. Chetaks are due in January.

For those of you who’ve ordered ‘mersh, It’s on it’s way… I was out of t-shirts for a while, but I’ve got more now, so I’ll be shipping it all out in the next day or two. WE now have: TSHIRTS “ricambi” design, black on green or blue, most sizes, $12ppd. WORKSHIRTS “ricambi” design in nearly impossible-to-see black on navy short sleeve, with patch on chest, $18 ppd. TOOLBAGS “ricambi” design in white on royal blue $6ppd. SHOP TOWELS “ricambi” design on natural or red, $1ppd. PATCHES “scoot & destroy” design, $5ppd. PINS, various, $1ppd. See the page for more info.

If you’re sick of your paul frank screensaver, there’s another one at nanopops.com. Check out the History of Kraftwerk, too.

Part of Team 2SB/AFG will be practicing at Norway Speedway (Norway, IL) Saturday afternoon (11-3-01). Anyone interested in scooter racing is welcome to attend or participate. Email for more information.

Welcome to the 2strokeBlog. Now I’ll be able to update and post news a lot faster. If you have any cool scooter-related links, news, or rally info, please email me and I can get it on the ‘blog for you. All the news will be archived by date and category for easy reference.
If you’re interested in being a correspondent, let me know.

The Cycle World International Motorcycle Show comes to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont this weekend. POC Phil reported a huge turnout at the Cleveland Show last weekend, with the usual suspect scooter manufacturers present, plus a Benelli Car-Bike Hybrid. Rumor has it the Stella will be there, and who knows, Piaggio might even show up. Watch this space Saturday morning for our report.

Just noticed in the new Craftsman Club catalog that Craftsman’s #82139 Multimeter is on sale for $21.99 (or $19.79 if you’re in the Craftsman club). If you’ve been looking for a good multimeter for the garage and home, this one can’t be beat, especially for the price, and it comes with a good instruction book.

Sorry about the late notice, but Christian just sent word that Tim Kerr, guitarist for The
Big Boys, Poison 13, Bad Mutha Goose, Jack O’Fire, Lord High Fixers,
Total Direct Sound Action Commitee, etc. is in town and throwing one of his famous soul dance parties at Delilah’s (2771 N. Lincoln) this Sunday (2/23). Awesome, we’ve been looking forward to this for months!

Grace found these 8″ long toy scooters at Cost Plus World Market. They’re $13 and come in red, blue, or purple. She guesses they’re made by children or prisoners, but darn, they’re cute.

This just in: Supersonic Scooters is giving away a brand-new Derbi Atlantis scooter at the WKRP in Cincinnati Rally. It’s awesome how many scooters are being given away at rallies, I’m going to have to give away a moped or something at Galewood to get anyone to come.

There are already Vegas Pictures up at scoot.net. Dana’s taking a laptop and a card reader so people can upload on-site. This is going to be something else.

Bishop Allen’s Support The Thunder Tour rolls through Schubas on Saturday, they’ve shown up on several ballots in
our music poll. I really regret missing them in that tiny venue last time, but I can’t go this time either, someone let me know how they are live. If nothing else, check out their free downloads. And VOTE in the 2sb music poll, you don’t need to fill out ALL the blanks! The deadline is this weekend!

After “response that has been nothing short of incredible,” Ducati has decided to go ahead with production of three retro-inspired concept motorcyles unveiled at the Tokyo Motorshow. They’re beautiful, but don’t get too excited, The Big D is hedging their bets with a five-digit deposit and a two-year waiting list. Perhaps this “collect the cash before building the factory” approach will inspire Piaggio to re-issue a modernized Vespa GS. Thanks to Matthew for the link.

For all you safety-minded skinheads, ICON makes a flight jacket with armor pads. My homemade armored parka should be ready by Niagara. ICON has some other good stuff, too, check it out, wha-hey.