When scooter news breaks, we put it under a tarp in the garage.
Scooters pop up all over the place
You know you watch the Rose Bowl Parade every year and wonder where all the parade marshalls’ Honda Metropolitans end up. Duh, Waukesha, WI of course. Looks like they “debadged” them, though, lame! And it’s not as cool without the jumpsuit.
Thanks for the link, Rye!
Via Vespa Lexington:
We all know that the hot angel chicks are really digging his Vespa and his Motul 2T Body Spray.
Great ad, especially compared to Axe’s other ads, but it really could use a Peter Falk cameo.
Mark from Minneapolis passed on to us this trailer for the film Brighton Rock and it’s pretty Mod-tastic with more mirrors than a…place with a lot of mirrors. It shows off a pack of Vespa and Lambretta scooters looking for trouble. Was the Tokyo Film Festival a do-not-miss for the jet-set international Modernist? A quick search turns up the basis for the film. The cast includes the hard-working Helen Mirren. But will it be better than Quadrophenia?
We missed photographer Jeremy Sharp’s monthlong exhibit in Dallas, but his Vespa Serie Fotografica is now available as limited-edition prints. Lovely work! $75 is a steal for traditionally-printed 11×17 color prints, but if that’s too pricey for you, a gallery poster is also available for $35.
Tweet what you love about Corazzo gear @Corazzo and win a gift certificate or a new perforated leather Corazzo 5.0 jacket. 3 certs and a jacket will be given away every weekday until Aug. 25. (Their regular site and contest page appears to be down at the moment.)
Huggy Bear, Starsky, Hutch, 2 hookers and a Lambretta!
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That’s our proposed tagline for Peroni, but 2sbBrandPartners didn’t get the account, so they end up with this: director Gabriele Muccino’s film Senza Tiempo, an Italian film for an Italian beer company about making Italian films for an Italian beer company. Meta! As required by Italian film law, there’s an obligatory Vespa VBB and Fiat 500. (at 1:40). More background (and a better quality video) at Peroni’s site if you can find it through the age verifications and Flash nonsense (don’t get sidetracked by the “Vespa” link that goes nowhere Vespa-related).
I’m so glad I work only nominally in the advertising industry.
Thanks for the link, Bradley J.!
Do it. Now. If I was guaranteed a free Vespa, I might eat at Burger King and go see a Twilight movie. “I Love You Man,” “Transformers,” it’s like they know all my favorite movies. I’m looking forward to the “Eat a live scorpion, then see your grandmother naked, win a Vespa” promotion.
Balloon Artist Jeremy Telford makes a balloon Vespa. Yes, you just spent two minutes and 36 seconds watching a balloon artist, and you liked it. Do you feel dirty?
Here’s the backstory from Glen G. on Modern Buddy. Thanks for sharing, Glen!
Update: here’s Jeremy’s site. Wow.
Update: ESPN’s entry deadline is a bit unclear, but it could be sometime today (Thursday), so ENTER NOW!
We sort of dropped the (Official Adidas Jabulani) World Cup ball this year, since we’ve been so hyped up on the Blackhawks, (see below).
But World Cup season is always a big deal here on 2strokebuzz. If you want to get mixed up in our Quadrennial gentleman’s wager, just sign up for ESPN Soccernet’s World Cup Bracket Predictor then make your picks and join the 2strokebuzz.com group Whoever has the most points at the end of the tournament wins… something. Something good.
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Dibber on Modern Buddy reports that The U.S. Secret Service uses a Genuine Buddy to get around the White House grounds. Awesome!
Steve at the Scooter Scoop wondered about the accurately-rendered scooters on Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb and discovered that co-creator Jeff “Swampy” Marsh is a scooterist. No wonder our daughter likes the show so much. OK, we admit it, so do we.
Gene Simmons of the rock band Kiss is notorious for licensing the bands’ image to anyone who’ll pay for it, so it comes as no surprise that you can now ride a Kiss scooter. The Crossrunner Kiss Celebrity Collectors Edition scooter appears to be just another Chinese Honda Joker knockoff with Kiss graphics. It was noted on Modern Buddy that the paint job is worth more than the scooter, but we’re betting it’s vinyl wrap graphics, the likes of which we’ve seen on several Chinese scooters at Dealer Expo in recent years. It’s also interesting that the photos on the site are a mirror image of each other (note the engine case is visible in both photos), it’s a Photoshop mockup, not a photo of the real bike. (The rotating image at the end of the video appears to be real, the graphics are slightly different.) If this bike features the glass piston, fake ABS brakes, and other shoddy components seen on many Chinese scooters, you might want to order a Kiss casket, too.
If the thought of theft isn’t enough to lock down your scooters in your garage, this will have you drilling eyebolts into your concrete in no time. Via motoblog.it.
2strokebuzz has been turning down advertisers for ten years now, it’s always been important to us to maintain our objective view, and our integrity. So you may be surprised to see a Motorsport Scooters ad up in the top right corner now. Motorsport has agreed to be our exclusive web sponsor for the next year.
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