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Another link I can’t believe I’ve never come across, Lloydy’s Lambrettas. it’s like the Lambretta version of scooterhelp. I don’t know enough about Lammies to say whether Lloyd’s advice is good or not, but it looks helpful and it’s well-illustrated.

Niall’s smallframe site, already a great resource, has added links to download his font “Primavera,” based on the ’70s Vespa logo. Nice work, Niall, and thanks for the Mac version!

And how did I miss this? The official home of the greatest garage band that never was:The Huggabaloos. The best dayglo animated band since Cub. Oh, wait, Cub was real. I miss Cub, what the hell happened to them?

Not sure how I never stumbled upon the lovely modchicago.com until now. Mykrrr ‘hepped’ me to the Modchicago Garage Sale at Delilahs. Looks like it’s run by Kris Adams (and DJ John Manion), who I hardly ever see anymore, probably because I run, screaming, anytime I see the word “Mod.”

Thirty-two years ago today, our beloved editrix and my cherished wife Vina Vroom was born in South Bend, Indiana. Send her a birthday greeting. and buy her a cider or two or three at Niagara.

As Apu said last night, “I can not even begin to figure out which part of this to correct first.”

Malaguti USA has upgraded their website recently, it’s a fun place to hang out, epecially in the forums, where melodramas unfold like Temptation Island, and president Joel Martin appears just before things get ugly, like a modern-day Mr. Roarke.

The roof of OTR Scooters’ warehouse space caught fire yesterday. The shop lost power, but Darren, Chelsea, the scooters, and supplies are all OK. Thanks to Elvis for the story.

I promised myself,”no more ‘gay’ jokes on 2strokeBuzz,” and I’ve eliminated retro-schoolyard “gay” from my vocabulary. But come on, this is just way too funny.

SPECIALS: 1.Smallwood (1/1); 2.Beam (2/3); 3.Miller (4/2); 4.Clark (3/5); 5.(tie) Hogenmiller (6/7), Crawford (7/6); 7.Rodriguez (DNF/4); 8.Reeve (5/DNS); 9.(tie) Kokesh (8/DNS), Deck (DNF/8); 11.Hodge (DNF/9); 12.Hazelton (9/DNS) 13.Riley (11/10) 14.Olsen (10/DNS). STOCK: 1.Nicol (1/1); 2.Youngblood (2/2); 3.P. Waters (3/3); 4.DeVries (7/4); 5.Pennington (8/5); 6.M. Waters (4/DNF); 7.Durso (9/6); 8.Engeman (5/DNF); 9.Bastianelli (6/DNF). Official stats from the MASS YahooGroup.

A club for owners of the elusive Vespa 50 and 90 Super Sprint. Lots of photos of these rare and coveted beasts, and a list of owners for you to stalk.

Bob Hodge (via TSS:) “I got my AARP Vitamin Catalog in the mail while I was at the MASS Race in Circleville. Take a look at the front cover!
The AARP is using a Vespa in their advertising. Take that ya young wippersnappers, and now git offa my lawn!”

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Got an extra $125k laying around? Dump that scooter for a Mach 5!

It takes a while to load, but here’s a cool interactive tour of Carnaby Street, the birthplace of Mod fashion.

PART 1 | by Geoff Przekop | Chris woke up in a haze. Light poured in from the closed blinds and the hangover started. Last night came back to him in a handful of scattered recollections and his eyes pounded with pain. He tried to remember how the night had ended up. He remembered dancing with Trish, a chic little Mod girl from the north shore.
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