Category: 2sb Archives

More ideas for Galewood 2K4 from the DeVrieseses.

I wonder how many BladeZ electric scooters Pride of Cleveland Scooters sold at 5:00 yesterday? 2sb Correspondent Mike Durso was in NYC last night and sent us this gripping photo from ground zero. Anyone have any scooter-related blackout stories?

Wanna live in Las Vegas and make a ton of money (at least one weekend a year)? Sin City Scooters is selling their rental business.

If you’re anything like me, you despise Bruce Springsteen, and that’s part of why I’d ignored Durso for months as he rambled on and on about Stevie Van Zandt’s syndicated radio show. But I finally checked it out last night and it’s goddamn brilliant, it really couldn’t be any better. If you like rock and roll, go listen online right now.

Speaking of Lucash, he’s been working on a story about how Yamaha ripped off the idea for the Vino from TN’G. Good luck with that, Dave, but TN’G’s Milano 125 beat the Yamaha Vino 125 to market by months, so explain that!

“Bajaj to introduce new model of scooters” and “LML planning re-entry into scooter mart”. Thanks to David Lucash, reading The Times of India so you don’t have to.

POC Phil finally answered the age-old question: Yes. A scooter will fit in a Honda Element. “We took the mirrors off a Bajaj and it went in quite easily after tilting
it just a little bit to accommodate the headset.
The Chetak is a solid 2″ taller than the average P2Oe I would say we could have put a smallframe in there next to it with no
rear seats installed and still closed the hatch properly. The multiple
tie-down points and rubber floor are a huge bonus.” So there you go. Thanks, Phil!

Indianapolis sucks. I can’t think of much nice to say about it. But the Agents SC is one of the coolest clubs anywhere, and The Shivers, featuring Agent Shimmercore, rock. Check out RMN (.mp3). Can’t wait to hear more.

When I was a kid, I hated all sports but hockey. No sports event was a bigger deal to me than the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team. Mike Eruzione and Jim Craig replaced C3P0 and R2D2 as #1 subject matter for my crayon drawings. Now I’m a graphic designer for the Blackhawks, and I thank Herb Brooks for setting me on the right career path.

Coming soon! Heh.

Chad took some photos Saturday. Man am I fat. The VBB started great and ran great, so props to ScootRS and Durso. Cigars and Stripes is cool, it’s a cigar store with a bar in back and a big parking area off the street, a good destination for group rides, hint hint.

Brian over at nh-scooters.com has been trying to get info on these new Vento Scooters, but so far he’s not had much luck.

From AdAge: According to PiaggioUSA’s advertising agency, the DePlano Group, new PiaggioUSA CEO Constantino Sambuy pulled the plug on a Vespa/Trojan Spring Break cross-promotion. The story features links to two posters (poster 1) (poster 2) from the proposed campaign. In 2SB’s opinion, it was a pretty funny campaign, but apparently it doesn’t fit in Piaggio’s master plan, whatever that is. Perhaps they were worried people would find out that Vespas are available in the United States. A 2SB source alleges that Piaggio insisted in a memo to dealers that the campaign was never approved in the first place, and expressed anger that the creative materials were leaked by DePlano. The AdAge story also reveals that Scottsdale, AZ engineer Paolo Vianson, a descendant of the Piaggio family, is organizing a $109 million effort to buy a 20% stake in Piaggio.

Don’t forget, that Hammerhed biker party is tomorrow (Saturday) from noon to 5pm, if you wanna ride down with us, we’re leaving my house at noon sharp. email me if you need directions.

Apparently, I own a Honda/Yamaha/Polaris dealership in Missouri. Who knew?