I’ve been lusting after Corazzo’s armored Shop Jacket ever since it came out, and after trying one on at Dealer Expo, I finally broke down and ordered one. It just arrived and it looks/fits great. I’ll do a real review once I break it in a little (though I hope not to road-test the armor anytime soon).
Category: Lifestyle
Horse Prices
From one of my favorite sites, Married To The Sea:
P.E.A.C.E shirts
Alix B. is in Atlanta already, and she’s got some really cool t-shirts for sale via Scooterworks.
Gas Tax Scam
A funny site about the misguided and pandering “Gas Tax Holiday” idea proposed by Clinton and McCain. We’ve tried it here in Illinois and it doesn’t work.
“Total Cost of Ownership”
Related to the the last story: Justin’s Vespa LX150 Total Cost of Ownership. His situation is perhaps not entirely typical, but if you’re putting a few thousand miles a year on your scooter, you could expect similar expenses. Thanks for sharing, Justin!
Scooterfix, née Girlbike
Crystal and the Girlbikers (I saw them at the Apollo once) have rechristened their blog. Welcome to Scooterfix. I thought “Girlbike” was a great name for a blog written by four women posting about pink helmets, but “Scooterfix” is good too. “Fix” is pretty similar to “Buzz” in its thinly-veiled drug reference-ness and multiple entendres, but our team of attorneys is on vacation so I’ll let it slide. Looking good, ladies.
Huuuugs! Achewood Vespa for sale!
OMG OMG OMG! I heart Achewood. I heart scooters. I’ve been lusting after this Vespa Rally that Chris Onstad painted for years. Now, that very scooter is for sale in the scoot.net classifieds, and it’s going to pretty much take everything I’ve got to not call the dude. Thanks a lot, Matt.
A personal note to dude selling the bike: Please send me more photos, and then tell me it’s already been sold so I can stop thinking about it. Then post it on eBay Platinum Reserve where it belongs.
Ryan rebuilds the “Spindle”
Duluth: “Scooters, it’s just not working out.”
Duluth’s old mayor bought some scooters for the city. Duluth’s new mayor is selling them at auction. (Thanks, M5.)
UPDATE: Here’s a little more info.
P.E.A.C.E. is go!
Alix B. left Scoot Richmond an hour ago, launching into her second P.E.A.C.E. scooter ride, circling the U.S.A. I totally dropped the ball on getting the word out about her raffle,, but we’ll be watching her blog and waiting for her in Chicago. Good luck, Alix, be safe!
Start Seeing Motorboobles
NSFW in NSW! The Aussies step up the humble motorcycle visibilty PSA a notch with this full-frontal masterpiece. Apparently all this time we were wearing yellow reflective vests, when we we would have been much better off wearing much less. Where’s that guy tucking his I-Pass? Ooof! I’m starting to sound like Michael Musto, sorry. (Thanks Ben!)
Lespa patch on eBay
Just found this beauty on eBay. As my coworker Sarah would say, Dub Tiff?
Archive: Slaughterhouse 4 soccer
Thats Norm and me and I’m embarassed to admit I can’t remember the other dude’s name right now, “playing soccer” at Lane Tech High School after Slaughterhouse 4 (1998), as originally seen on our original website in 2000. Rally Soccer was sort of a tradition back then, with the various options and rules outlined here.
Bajaj activates their CAPS LOCK key
The Bajaj empire consists of financial services, consumer electronics, and insurance companies along with their motorcycles, scooters, and industrial vehicles (and soon, their consumer automobile). It’s time for a new logo, though the story doesn’t bother showing us what it looks like. It sounds like the all-caps “BAJAJ” text (used under the “flying B” in the Bajaj Auto logo) will be used within logos for Bajaj Electricals, Bajaj Allianz Insurance, and Bajaj’s other holdings and financial services companies. Yes. I just linked to a Bajaj toaster. It’s not as silly as KTM’s toaster.
Celebrity crash of the week: Jason Segal
This time it’s Jason Segal, of “Forgetting Sara Marshall” and “Freaks and Geeks.” Segal was rear-ended while he was standing up to stretch, leaving him standing safely as his Vespa was knocked out from under him. He says, “The guy thought I was crazy because I just started laughing hysterically. It was amazing.”