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Vespa PX to return?
With rumors swirling that the 4-stroke LML Star/Genuine Stella sales are sparking a P-series competitor from Vespa, our pals at French site Scooter-Station asked Jean-Philippe Dauviau, Marketing Director of Piaggio France “Will the PX be produced again?”
Dauviau answers that several markets have requested it, and it’s likely, though it wouldn’t be a 4-stroke.
Rumors of a [...]
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Cannonball 2010 starts today!
Today marks the beginning of the 2010 Scooter Cannonball Run, starting in Vancouver and crossing the northern U.S. and Canada to end in Portland, Maine in 10 days.
Eric’s post on Modern Buddy nicely links up all the blogs and sites to follow their progress. 2SB is rooting for Karen G. and her Vespa GTV 250.
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Thoughts On 2-Wheeler Trends?
As powersports industry struggles from snowmobiles to scooters, there will be changes for producers and consumers. Some folks may make less money on each sale and there may be fewer options for people looking to purchase a new ride. But transcending the current problems and powered by the fact that as long as there’s [...]
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Slaughterhouse 16 (with gallery and video)
What a great weekend, thanks to all new and old friends! If I learned one thing this weekend, it’s to never show up for a DJ gig without the theme from “Jaws.” Video and photos are below!
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VVV: We Sell Soul
A couple hours left for a Vespa Video Vednesday, so here’s a quickie musical Interlude with scooters: The Spades (featuring Roky Erickson) doing We Sell Soul, featuring a nice slideshow of mod scooters. No one could be less mod than Roky Erickson, but it works. I’m DJing at Slaughterhouse, maybe this song will get me [...]
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New York: A Scooter Perspective
If WYNC’s Jim Colgan report “New York: A Scooter Perspective.” is accurate, NYC scooterists act as entitled and above the law as scooterists in many other cities. I love how many scooterists complain about lack of respect and tickets, while showing no respect for the law, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Still, kudos on a well-done piece [...]
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Slaughterhouse XVI this weekend
If you’ve been a scooterist in Chicago for the last sixteen years or so, Labor Day weekend is synonymous with Chicago’s Slaughterhouse Rally. This year promises the “Bittersweet 16 Scooter Prom” and an exclusive Scooterworks sale, along with the usual great riding, drinking and eating. 2SB will be there, and you should too.
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Motorcycles Reviewed by a Scooterist
Scooter in the Sticks’ Steve Williams has been test-riding motorcycles for the last year or so, and now he’s compiled all his reviews in one post. If you’re looking for a scooterists’ perspective on some current motormocycles, look no further; as always, great writing and great photography from one of our fave bloggers.
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Dealers get a Stella 4T Update
Genuine dealers finally got an official update today on the status of the 4-stroke Stella. In short, the first batch was not manufactured to the specifications approved for import. Genuine explains that the fault lays with the manufacturer (LML) and that the variation was “easily corrected,” non-mechanical and not emissions- or safety-related. Plans are underway [...]
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World Meet 2010 Micro/Minicar Show
2SB visited the World Meet 2010 Microcar and Minicar show in Crystal Lake today. Ever since reviewing the book A-Z of Popular Scooters and Minicars a while back, we’ve been keen on checking out a microcar show, so we’ve been looking forward to this show in our backyard (well, our distant suburbs) for more than [...]
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Scooter Superstore and the Beginning of the End
On July 27, Scooter Superstore of America, a Ft. Lauderdale-based chain with several dealerships in Florida and Georgia, filed for bankruptcy. While many shops have closed their doors lately, and individual importers have faced some unique problems, SSTAM’s trouble could be–pardon the tired idiom–the straw that breaks the industry’s back.
Court documents reveal SSTAM owes about [...]
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Genuine: Discounts Coming
Tweet from Genuine honcho Philip McCaleb:
Genuine scooter will announce “save ferris” prices for 150, 125, blackjack, and 2 stroke stellas early next week.
Thanks to a combination of the economy, market saturation, too much regulation too late, and bad luck, things are bad for everyone in the industry right now, sadly even the best of ‘em. [...]
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Corazzo Twitter Contest
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.)
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Symba, Fiddle II Approved for CA
Scooterism reports that SYM models including the Symba and Fiddle II were finally approved for sale in California. (Insert sad trombone.)
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SYM auctions 110 scooters
Guido Ebert reports SYM USA is auctioning 110 scooters, in various states of title… ed… ness.
It’s unclear from Ebert’s story where these 110 scooters came from, but as we’ll discuss in detail in a coming story, in the rapidly-declining scooter market, most scooter importers and their dealer financiers (usually GE Capital) are finding themselves with [...]
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