Category: 2sb News

Jason took some time away from his garage-sale N64 to let us know the new version The Sims starts you out with a motorscooter. Cute. Where do you go from there? The Faggio is still my favorite vehicle in Vice City.

At the risk of getting that shitty Geggy Tah song stuck in your head, props to the guy who cut me off in his minivan on Friday.
Guy: (FX, van skidding)
2sb: (FX, duck-fart horn)
Guy: , (leaning out of window) “Oh God, I’m really sorry! I didn’t see you!” (Starts to drive off)
2sb: “Hey, guy!”
Guy: “Yeah? Look, I’m really…”
2sb: “no, I just wanna say I’ve been riding for seven years and have been dangerously cut off by hundreds of people, and you’re the first person ever to apologize, thanks!”
Guy: “Yeah? Wow. Uhhh. OK then.”
So that was cool until ten minutes later when a van whizzed by within a couple inches of me and the guy tried to smack me in the head for fun. People are neat.

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to attend the
BloggingWorks workshop run by Coudal Partners
and 37 Signals. It was enlightening to see how weblogs can be used by business, and I had many opportunities to share my wisdom, surely the high points of the day, ha. If you’re a weblogger and are interested in transferring these skills to your day job or freelance work, it’s worth checking out. Jack Vinson took some notes at the presentation, a weblog in itself (Death to Powerpoint!). Sooner or later, all this work is going to pay off Bwahahaha.

22LSC and friends will be riding in the Chicago Columbus Day parade again this year. It’s October 13 at 12:30pm on Columbus Drive from Balbo to Monroe. If you want to participate, email Ryan for details. Here are some photos from last year.

The Agents of Indianapolis and the Ten Year Lates of Cincinnati are hosting their annual ALMOST VEGAS rally this weekend, in Indiana just downriver of Cincinnati. I hear it might be your last chance to fondle Adam Biddle as a Cincinnatian.

Chicagomotorcycle‘s kickoff party is this Thursday at 5:00, at Dante’s. Stop by after work, it’s a nice place and they have five-dollar 12″ pizzas on Thursdays. Lets start a tradition of scooters outnumbering motorcyles at their events.

Chicagomotorcycle.com is a brand-new site that looks like 2strokeBuzz, scoot.net, and Yahoogroups rolled into one, they’ve got photo galleries, forums, calendars, classifieds, and lots more. Very promising, and very slick. And yes, scooterists are welcome.

I forgot to mention this the other day, but the Chicago Fire beat the LA Galaxy 3-2 on Tuesday, and will play either the MetroStars or DC United in the Cup final on October 15. The Fire are kicking ass in the MLS as well, and looking at another double. They return to Soldier Field for their last two home games, Oct. 11 and 18.

Hey, our Times thingy got us a mention on Gapers’ Block. That’ll pull in more hits than the Times thingy, thanks Andrew! Gapers’ Block is a daily must for all Chicagoans, but I’ve been meaning to ask them, what’s up with the FIVE-pointed stars?

Bob Hodge sends us news that Indian Motorcycle Corporataion is closing their doors before producing any 2004 models, surprising dealers and owners. Still no word on Indian’s website. Now let’s get to work shutting down Harley-Davidson.

If you can hear pint glasses clinking, see scarves waving and hear the drunken warble of a soccer fan in your local pub, then you know the English Premiership season has started. One of my favorite places to go during the season is Ginger’s Ale House on Chicago’s north side and for good reason. The food is cheap, the fans are rowdy and it’s not Fado’s.
Continue reading “Ode to a new season”

at Briggs and Stratton Motorplex at Road America.
Elkhart Lake, WI. SPECIALS: 1. Scott Smallwood (Supersonic Scooters) 2.Matt DeVries (Brookespeed/Primoparts/2strokebuzz) DNF: JKo (HardLuck Racing) STOCK: 1. Ryan Bastianelli (Moped Hospital) 2. Myk “Ego” Rodriguez (Supersonic Scooters/2strokebuzz) 3) Tim Hugh (Moped Hospital) 4. Michael Durso (Speed Shed/2strokeBuzz) 5. Rick Swagger (Zoot Scoots/Supersonic Scooters) 6. “Silent” Ron Brockman (Baron Von Scoot) DNS: Tauras Stonys (independent) Official stats from the MASS YahooGroup.

Rumor has it 2strokebuzz will make an appearance in the New York Times men’s fashion section this Sunday. We’ll see. Carrie Dubiner, eat your heart out.

Birmingham, England’s National Motorcycle Museum lost 650 vintage bikes, two-thirds of the collection, in a huge fire. Many were one-of-a-kind. Tragic.

This one goes out to all the New York readers that saw the blurb in the Times (if it’s there). When I started doing 2strokebuzz, Vancouver’s Cub was the first band I interviewed (in Issue 1). They were one of the greatest bands of all time: they, more than the Sex Pistols or Ramones, proved you could start a band with nothing but good intentions and make great music. Sadly, they broke up a while back, but I still listen to them almost every day. There’s a typically Lo-Fi video for their song “New York City” on the Mint Records web page, later to be covered by They Might Be Giants. Robyn, Lisa G, and all of your drummers, I miss your smiles! DeVries and I have been talking about a men-in-drag Cub cover band (the Pillow Queens?), but we need (of course) a drummer.