I’ve been looking for an army surplus parka that would fit my fat ass for ages, and last night I found one. Christ, what have I done?
The Vespa Genome Project continues
Otmar Hoefer, Typography nerd, Vespa racer, Seagull enthusiast. One of us.
Will IKEA be next?
Piaggio, God love ’em, have finally found the perfect marketing partner. Buy a Vespa along with your new Eames chairs. I wish that stuff was within my reach.
Scooters in BusinessWeek
Scooters Come Zipping Out of the Past from BusinessWeek. A ho-hum story, but at least they got some quotes from scooterists.
P Series Maintenance
Check out Richard Hoar’s P Series Maintenance & Repair page. Lotsa good explanations of the basic principles, and he keeps it simple by covering only P-series Vespas.
Piaggio loses the plot
Vespissimo!
2sb welcomes a new scooter site that looks likely to thouroughly eclipse ours: Vespissimo Vintage Vespa from Holland. Hopefully Hubert will update more often than I do. It?s always good to see the bar raised (as long as I can still reach my drink).
Scooterworks USA open house
Scooterworks USA
is having their annual open house from 11am – 5pm on Saturday, December 8, 2001.
$3 grand for a Go-Ped?
Has anyone figured out how to cram a P200 engine into one of these yet?
German Rally Patches
Oliver and friends at Scooter-Sports have a great online collection of (mostly-German) rally patches, as well as many other goodies. It makes 2SBis collection look meager in comparison. Your contribution of patch scans to both sites is encouraged.
Freeze Your Balls Off
The Incriminators SC announces their 2002 Freeze Your Balls Off rally on January 18-20. I’ll bet it’s going to be warmer in Chapel Hill than it will be here in Chicago. I just might harness up some sled dogs to an old Vespa frame and head on down there…
Spice Girls v. Aprilia Drama Continues
A bad idea continues to gets worse. From the BBC: Spice Girls appeal in scooter case. Thanks for the link, akyana! personally, I’m holding out for the Destiny’s Child Malaguti.
Las Vegas rally
The High Rollers’ Las Vegas rally is February 15th-18, 2002. Book your trip now, it’s a great time. And rent a Kymco here or a motorcycle
here.
2002 Scooter Racing Nationals?
Tony Tice of
C.IA YSR is organizing YSR/SuperMotard/Scooter/Pocketbike Nationals for July 2002.
Toys for Tots update
Before riding in the Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade on December 2, join the Jedis at EXIT at 7:30 am for coffee and donuts.