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2010-11-17T08:14:00.001-08:00

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Good luck, Vespa Twins

2006-06-02T12:32:00.000-07:00

In what may turn out to be the ride of a lifetime or a lifetime in hell, two brothers (Jack and Cespu) are bisecting Australia on a pair of 80's Vespa.The idea was to ride all over the Australian’s coasts, but not together, a solo trip. They would leave together form Adelaide, Jack to West direction, Cespu East way, and finally they would meet again after some months in the North of the

Breaking News from NPR

2006-05-10T14:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday on Morning Edition, NPR ran a story about a growing trend. It seems that with gas prices at all-time highs, some people are thinking about trading in their gas-guzzling SUVs in favor of....wait for it....Scooters!When a hummer drives up to NoHo Scooters in North Hollywood, Calif., owner Mike Frankovich is no longer surprised. With big jumps in gas prices, sales are skyrocketing at

Scootin' around high gas prices

2006-04-26T10:06:00.000-07:00

I know I shouldn't. I know I should be more dignified and understanding of other people's pain. I know all of this, but I still can't help feeling more than a little smug when I pull up to the pump with Vinnie.Take this morning for example, despite the needle persistently pointing to "E" for the past couple of days, I had put off getting gas. Since I had been pushing my luck for two days, I

The Vesparados

2006-04-24T11:53:00.000-07:00

A funny scooter cartoon from the New Yorker (of all places). Click the link in the punchline below to see it. “The Vesparados” (Mexican outlaws riding motor scooters through the desert.).

Just do as you're told

2006-04-20T16:20:00.000-07:00

Hot on the heals of our post about the GPS on a Vespa installation, comes a story that is, well, frankly hard to believe.In the most recent case, drivers passing through the village of Luckington have found themselves landing in the River Avon, by following a GPS-recommended route that pointed to a bridge that has been closed for a week. Despite warning signs on both sides of the road, and

Don't stop for directions

2006-04-17T20:33:00.000-07:00

Looking around the web you will see a fair number of discussions and pictures about attaching a GPS to your Vespa (and occasionally other scooter). Most people have done it to check the accuracy of the speedo. With many of these the installations range from those that make use of copious amounts of duct tape to nicer versions with only a little duct tape.Here is a really cool custom installation

Mile high BBQ - a bit closer to heaven

2006-04-17T09:14:00.000-07:00

On my last day in Denver, I had a couple of hours to kill, so I took at "stroll" to Erico Motor Sports, which is Denver's Vespa dealer.Stroll isn't a word I use for a nearly 3-mile (rt) hike, but it was sunny so off I went. Erico is down an industrial road on the outskirts of downtown Denver and after passing a couple of art galleries and wholesale meat places, I found myself surrounded by Vespas

Denver is very scooter friendly- updated

2006-04-10T18:11:00.000-07:00

<--- poor quality phone pic of free scooter parking in downtown Denver. I'm in Denver this week to present at a computer security conference. I had some expectations about scooters and Denver. After all, I had read the articles about Denver's Vespa riding mayor. I had heard some rumors about easy parking and other scooter niceties.Despite having read about it, I was still surprised when I

How much do scooters pollute?

2006-04-07T14:48:00.000-07:00

Studies have shown that some motorcycles spew large amounts of air pollution ( a swiss study pegged the number at 16x hydrocarbons). While there are a number of questions about this study, I've been wondering about how well "modern" scooters fare.Recently Paolo Timoni, President and CEO of Piaggo USA (Piaggo owns brands such as Vespa, Aprilia and others) published an open letter to US mayors. The

Vespa 4, Dogs 0

2006-04-06T08:40:00.000-07:00

Steve over at Scooter in the Sticks posts an interesting article about his experience out smarting and out running a seemingly endless supply of dogs.I've had to use this technique a few times and it works like a charm.From Scooter in the Sticks:"As I rounded a curve I caught a flash in the corner of my eye and looked to see a brown dog racing towards me on a collision course. After the initial

Welcome to The Angry Bees Blog

2006-04-05T09:10:00.000-07:00

Let me welcome you to The Angry Bees blog. My wife Nancy and I got our first scooter (a new Vespa LX150, pictured on the left) a little over seven months ago. We spent a long time looking for the right scooter and visited most every scooter store in the Seattle area (more about our search in an upcoming post).Ultimately, we chose a purple, aka Daring Plum in Vespaspeak, that was promptly named