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Vespa Releases New Retro Styled Helmet

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Not sure if it’s available in the states yet, but the UKs MCN magazine has reported this new vespa retro helmet. A bit nicer looking than the helmets available in the states now. This helmet will also have optional goggles with either a clear, blue, sm…

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How to make a waterproof boombox backpack

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

If filling your vespa or stellas glovebox with speakers, cables and an amp doesn’t suit you, maybe you should check out this awesome waterproof boombox backpack.

Link via make.

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Yahoo! to include traffic reports on maps

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Hopefully it’s more accurate than weather reports, but Yahoo! is now including traffic reports on their maps. This could be a great help in choosing that route to wherever you’ll be heading on your scoot. I know the traffic in my town is so bad ri…

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Scooter Taxis in Paris

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

My friend Ms aawaters on the NY Scooter Club Forum found this interesting tid bit in the Wall Street Journal today: This morning’s Wall Street Journal reports on the Parisian company Citybird, a taxi service that relies on select Piaggio…

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Las Vegas High Rollers Rally Feb 16-20

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

There is much need to rejoice! The High Rollers Scooter Rally will be taking place in Las Vegas February 16th-20th! This will be my first year in attendance, and I am tickled. Expect a slew of new posts featuring photos, events and products. How m…

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The Greatness of eBay.co.uk

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

I figure since the Vespa movement in the U.K. was so big, I’d give eBay UK a shot to see what kind of vespa items I could find on there. I found a lot of great items! Items I’ve never seen on the U.S. eBay. Wacky accessories, all sorts of helmets and …

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Conspicuous Thrift Is Cool

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Chris Ayres, Los Angeles correspondent for the London Times provokes chuckles with a BoBos in Paradise sort of approach to the Vespa alternative. Driving a gas-guzzler had driven him to inwardly brooding over keeping up with the Joneses and…

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Piaggio won’t buy DaimlerChrysler’s troubled Smart unit

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

I would never really buy anything from Daimler Chrysler, at least the things they release in the United States. Personal bias I guess, but it looks like Piaggio was given an offer to purchase their smart unit, and declined due to it having problem…

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Vesputer

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

It brings me great joy that one of my favorite blogs, engadget, posted our submission about the vepsa stereo mentioned before. We also found a sweet link on their site about a Vespa with an installed computer and webcam. You can check it out furth…

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The NYC Motorcycle Show

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

The show this year was a bit of a let down as compared to years past. I just felt like there wasn’t much of a wow factor at the show. Admittedly it was fantastic to see a nice big Piaggio…

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