The timing for Xerox Canada’s latest contest seems a bit odd – giving away a Vespa in the middle of Winter…but as the winner said, “It’s ironic timing for sure, but who would turn down a free Vespa?”
“For Kendrick and the other residents of Winnipeg, Winter must be a breeze to get through, -40 degree weather being commonplace in the province. Yet trying to manoeuvre a Vespa through the icy Manitoban streets riding against 30 kilometre winds and razor-hail still doesn’t sound like the joy-ride it was meant to be.”
[Full Story at Hub Canada]
posted by pierow at 7:59 pm
Carlos Alberto has made a replica Vespa out of wood – It has an engine and everything. (Though from the looks of it, the engine is not made of wood)
See more pictures at his website. [Via Boing Boing Gadgets]
posted by admin at 4:20 pm
Vespa GTS-300 Super
Vespa just unveiled its newest and most powerful model at the New York Motorcycle Show. The new GTS 300 Super has a reported top speed of 80 mph and gets about 70 MPG. It will be available in either black or white and has an MSRP of $6,199. Reportedly available in March 2009. [Read More]
posted by admin at 4:20 pm
National Scooter Build-Off: Put Up or Shut Up
Quite a few teams are assembling project scooters to be judged at High Rollers Weekend 2009 as part of the “Put Up or Shut Up” National Scooter Build-Off. Check out the progress page for the latest updates from the teams.
posted by admin at 9:09 pm
B-Vocabulary's Vespa Chopper
Saw B-Vocabulary’s Vespa Chopper while cruising on the (information super) highway today. There isn’t much information about the scoot in his blog, he just says that he built it 17 years ago.
posted by pierow at 9:18 pm
Old Lambretta Advert
Hector from the Vespa Club of Buenos Aires has some really choice old photos and adverts on his blog. The blog is in Spanish (naturally) so you may not get much from the text but the pictures are definitely worth a visit.
posted by pierow at 9:00 pm
The Mod Blog “Jack That Cat Was Clean” has published some extracts from the personal diary of an 18 year old mod from 1964. Unfortunately the site hasn’t been updated in quite a while so there’s a good chance that you will never see the second half – but it’s still a good read.
posted by pierow at 9:09 am
Colette has unveiled some new Vespa themed shoes from Adidas. I think the photos speak for themselves.
posted by pierow at 9:09 am
High Rollers Weekend - Las Vegas, NV
The most recent issue of Scoot! Magazine came with a flyer advertising the 2009 High Rollers Weekend scooter rally in Las Vegas. They’ve posted pictures of past rallys on the website and it looks like a good time. If I can’t make this one I would definitely like to see what’s happening the following week in San Diego.
posted by pierow at 9:09 am
Learn to Skank on YouTube
Is there anything that you can’t learn on YouTube these day? We ran across some instructional videos on skanking and tons of footage of people skanking in places ranging from schools to SKA concerts. To see an (ahem) instructional video, check out this one put together by Caleb McGhoulson. And there’s some “old school” skanking here.
[More skanking videos on YouTube]
posted by pierow at 9:00 am
