Video of a Rattler with a ski kit installed, on an actual mountain. Rumor has it one was on display at the sale over the weekend. CWC look out! Speaking of which, I’ll have the CWC entry page set up ASAP.
Category: Lifestyle
Vespa Attack 5 photos
Jordan’s back from Vespa Attack 5 in the Philippines. Every year I post his photos and say “I’ll go next year,” maybe 2010 will be the year!
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$50 Vespa PXes?
Glad I didn’t shell out $100 at the release party: Adidas Originals “Vespa PX” tennies are down to $50 at 6pm.com. (thanks Heather!)
Speaking of shoes, Converse recently came out with All-Star armored-toe work boots. Finally, you can ride in All-Stars without fear.
More scooter-commuting-friendly cities
More ammo for your city council muckraking: USA Today looks at Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Columbus’ commitment to join San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Cincinnati as scooter-friendly cities. (Thanks, Patrick, for reading USA Today so we don’t have to!)
Scooterworks’ Secret Santa, 6 Days Of Corazzo, and Scootmoto
More great holiday sales, this time from Scooterworks and Corazzo.
Philip McCaleb of Genuine/Scooterworks and Bradford Duval of Corazzo, both actually CALLED us (on the PHONE!) to ask us to hype these sales, and they both promise you’ll never see better deals…
Scooterworks Chicago’s Secret Santa Sale is this Friday and Saturday, McCaleb promises lots of bikes from Genuine, Kymco, and more at or below dealer cost, and vintage scooters sold for the best offer. They’ll also be offering big specials from scooterworks.com (only for orders placed at the store these two days) with free shipping.
Corazzo’s already in the midst of their big “6 Days of Christmas” sale, sorry for the late heads-up, with one special per day for the next few days.
Don’t forget Scootmoto is also a great place to stock up on holiday gifts for scooterists or yourself. We don’t have any big specials because our prices are always stupid-low (and include shipping!) but we do have new 2010 Scooter Calendars and the new issue of Bumpstart and we’ll be adding a few new items in the next couple days including Voodoo’s Buddy lighting adaptors and the new American Scooterist. And all your Scootmoto orders benefit 2strokebuzz and other small-time scooterist-owned businesses!
POC Black Friday
POC’s having a Black Friday Sale. Motorsport and Scooterworks have big sales coming up too, more info on Monday!
CWC underway!
Following last Saturday’s ride/party, the 2009-10 is officially underway. Complete rules and entry information are coming soon, but you can look at last year’s CWC page to get the idea. Which reminds me, I still have Bob Hedstom’s Malört, haven’t been up to Minnesota for ages!
CWC Ride/Party SATURDAY
A reminder: Join 2strokebuzz tomorrow (Saturday 11/14) for the Cold Weather Challenge Kick-off. The ride (map) leaves from the Kat Klub at 5pm, we’ll stop for burgers and ice cream, and return to Kat Klub for Berryoke at 8pm.
More Calvin Photos/CWC Berryoke kickoff
Heather Parker came over last night to shoot some photos of Pudge. She’s so good.
Actual scooter content is resuming soon, promise! If you didn’t notice the ad on the site, we’re kicking off the Cold Weather Challenge next Saturday (11/14) with a ride and Berryoke party at the Kat Klub, be there!
Fall/Winter scootering
A scuffed-up Primavera too late (grrr leaves), here are some Fall and Winter riding tips via Scooterism via Scooterdiva, who also offers some good winterizing tips.
Tod(dler)s and Rockers
This one-of-a-kind Vespa Rocking “Horse” is pretty sweet. Let’s see, who do I know who’s having a baby…
Thanks, Scooterism!
You meet the weirdest people
on a Kukuxumusu
Bradford says, “Thank God we don’t have the Kukuxumusu.” Actually he said that like four months ago while I was on vacation, but I just rediscovered his email. I’m an atheist, so I’ll just thank the NHTSA and the EPA.
Even so, something along those lines could really help a somewhat-respectable-but-painfully-indistinct brand of scooters in the U.S. market. I’m looking at you, TGB.
Take the Kymco
Toronto’s Kymco dealer ran transit ads on Toronto’s TTC system imploring riders to “Take The Kymco,” (TTK). A clever idea, too bad they flagrantly copied the TTC trademark and TTC removed the ads. Whatever your feelings about scooters’ impact on ecological, economical, and traffic impact, public transportation is surely better, but that said, public transportation riders are probably a wise target market for scooter dealers!
Drunk-riding no-no
More proof that drinking impairs your judgement: Obviously drunk North Carolina scooterist asks a police officer for directions then blows a .16 on the Breathalyzer.
Cub’s new CV-Matic
The venerable Honda Cub is getting a new CV-Matic motor for 2010. It’s sad to see the Cub go full-automatic after 50 years and 60 million units, but here’s hoping that handsome little lump becomes as ubiquitous as Honda’s GY6. (Who knows, maybe it means we’ll see the Cub back in the United States…)
Update: More, in English from The Scooter Scoop.