Category: 2sb Archives

Hi everyone, long time, no post, huh? I’ve been crazy busy lately. Between working on three nearly-running scooters, finishing up the Slaughterhouse Rally site and helping out Gimpy Phil in Cleveland, I’ve been neglecting you, and I’m sorry. I’ve got some big stuff coming soon, including Geoff’s interview with punk rock god Tim Kerr, an account of my two days as a scooter salesman, a review of the ScootRS 12v electronic ignition kit, and, hopefully, a firsthand account of the Genuine Stella. Stay tuned!

After two cans of PB Blaster, a propane torch, an angle crinder, three cutoff wheels, a broken puller, and nine months, the flywheel is off my VBB engine. Lesson: keep your taper clean, if you know what I mean. Mike “King Arthur” Durso finally cut it off and rebuilt it with a new crank. I’m getting it back tonight and starting on Project: 12v electronic ignition. With that and a cowl repaint, I’ll be back on the road at last and I can give Vina her scooter back.

We’ve been making silly Dfilms all week and they’re a difficult genre to master, but Durso’s documentary about Mykrrr, Back in the Ally, is probably the Citizen Kane of Dfilms. Make your own, we’ll have a 2sb Dfilm Festival… Then again, maybe they’re the reason my spam has doubled in the last two days.
Continue reading “Dfilm Mania!”

This would be fun if I was rich and wanted to spend a week with Gina. It would be a great price if you got to keep the ET4 afterward.

If Daniel Rieke was a six-year-old vietnamese kid, he’d make these for a living.

Scooterworks’ spinoff Genuine Scooter Company has the beginnings of a website, with a good photo of the Stella. I wish someone would tell people that “Chicago” is not a vintage typeface, nor is it designed to be used anywhere but the Mac interface, but the site is nice otherwise. The new “LML vs. Bajaj rivalry” starts this fall. May the best scooter win!

2sb is getting more and more Klez virus emails every day. Klez is a virus that sends emails from one random person in your address book to another random person in your address book, and opening the attachment installs the virus on your computer. Since the emails are coming from random addresses, I have no idea who they’re really coming from, so if you’re using Windows and you haven’t already checked your system for Klez, please do so. Here’s some information to get you started.

An amusing NPR “Only a Game” segment on the American Scooter Racing Association, with a cameo from Joe Kokesh of M.A.S.S. Real Player required.

Lots of Mile-High Mayhem photos at scoot.net, including this one of Matt Lombardo’s t-shirt. Sounds like it might have been one of the best rallies ever, although there were at least a dozen crashes and a few trips to the hospital. Hopefully the injured can heal up in time to re-injure themselves at Slaughterhouse.

Lee Durand’s tchotchke-covered Elvismobile scooter is on display at the Holland Museum (Holland MI) this summer. It’s a shame, you can’t see the picture on the Tribune online version, but try to imagine what Chad Schaefer would make if he found himself trapped in Michigan with a fistful of crack, a hot-glue gun, the Sun Sessions, and a lot of spare time.

Feel the need to drop some coin on Vespa trousers which look exactly like something you’d pick up at TJ Maxx? Check out this Italian site. Wait. It looks like you CAN have manpris afterall. Note, these are only approved for EXTREME climbing.

A suspect has been named in Monday’s Baltimore-area hit-and-run accident that killed Vespa rider Walter Lee Robertson. Police are searching for Gordon Everett Booze (seriously!), charged with 12 traffic offenses in connection with the crash, in which Robertson was thrown 120 feet and killed instantly. Please be careful out there!

Carolyn and Deanna like big butts. And the scooterboys can’t deny them. Congratulations, by the way, to Mykrrr and Carolyn, who got engaged a couple days after the Dells rally.

In today’s installment, Smoove Love Soul King Rye Bread takes on his former neighbor, the purple wonder. Take us to the bridge, Rye!

Tim writes: “Tired of talking about riding, well, get off your ass and ride! In honor of Ryan winning (prediction?) his scoot race this Saturday and Steve Olsen (from the Moped Hospital) being in town, a group ride is in
order. Meet at CARIBOU COFFEE (2453 Clark Street and Arlington-1 block north
of Fullerton) Sunday, July 21, 2002
between 11:30AM-noon. Rideout time is NOON. Ride led by the 2 Slow 2 Go Scooter Club.” Yah Mo B there or B square.