speedway

“Speedway” by Sybil Andrews, 1934. Via: Dwell

Ride the Machine..

Welcome to Vintage Motos

Welcome to Vintage Motos.

Denver’s vintage and modern PTW museum.

i think if i can’t get over there soon i might just wilt into a little blonde puddle and die.

Get Out & Ride Magazine

what looks to be a moped ‘zine.

Get Out & Ride Magazine.

also – New Café Racer Society seems inexplicably to have changed their name. why? the original had more panache, frankly.

http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/

well, whatever.

Top 10 Reasons why riders don't wave back.

Top Ten Reasons Why Harley Riders Don’t Wave Back

10. Afraid it will invalidate warranty

9. Leather and studs make it too heavy to raise arm

8. Refuse to wave to anyone whose bike is already paid for

7. Afraid to let go of handlebars because they might vibrate off

6. Rushing wind would blow scabs off the new tattoos

5. [...]

I get around

Retro Vespa Pin 2 1/4 inch by picturama on Etsy.

Look, Internet, it’s only $2.50. surely you can afford to buy me this, Internet.

you would, if you loved me.

Street photography of scoots & riders! « Who rides a Vespa?

check out this beautiful gallery of the Vespa Club of the Philippines.

Street photography of scoots & riders! « Who rides a Vespa?.

Scooter gang raids Mayfair designer store

Scooter gang raids Mayfair designer store

A gang of scooter robbers staged a raid on a designer store in Mayfair last night stealing thousands of pounds of leather jackets.

The four-strong gang, on two mopeds, struck at the Belstaff store in Conduit Street and used two large stones to break the glass front doors at about [...]

Don’t put plastic bags on your head

Don’t put plastic bags on your head.

a friendly reminder from my neighbor and hardware slave, Alex.

Tiffany Scooter charm

Tiffany & Co. | Item | Scooter charm in sterling silver with Tiffany Blue® enamel finish.

Vespa Rocking ‘Horse’

oh look, it’s yet another in the newly discovered line of PTW-themed rocking-horses. shades of the cruiser frame rocking horse, anyone?

it’s cute that they’re convinced this was upcycled from a real body. that’s some rear cowling, innit?

FFFFOUND! | Vespa Scooter Turned Vespa Rocking ‘Horse’? »

iScoot.org

are you on iscoot?

if so, add me, o reader.

iScoot.org | modchen

if not, check it out! it’s new and swell.

in which other scooterists are more dangerous than cars sometimes

great. that’s great.

old fart on some POS no name buddy looking f’in thing goes 32 mph all the way up cherry creek, and i mean ALL THE WAY up cherry creek, so i pass him at my usual speed, which is the speed limit, 40 on this road, to get to colorado blvd. when i [...]

Vespa Wall Sticker

and while i’m on the topic, you can buy me one of these, internets.

it will go with the giant tree i’m going to freehand out of contact paper, as soon as i quit my job* and have oodles of free time.

Vespa Scooter Wall Sticker.

*never

Lucky Scooterist Escapes Scary Crash [Video]

Lucky Guy Escapes Scary Crash @ Break.

seriously? he’s yelling at her, in Greek, that she ran a red light – i don’t see any lights.

i don’t know if this could have been avoided, no matter how much attention he was paying.
but i hope he was, because (a) in the whole scooter-vs-car contest, scooter always loses, [...]

The Sartorialist: On the Street….Stylish Ride, NYC

oh, look. the sartorialist’s beyond-questionable trainwreck of a fashion eye has finally captured something interesting.

i guess even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

The Sartorialist: On the Street….Stylish Ride, NYC.

Worldmapper: Mopeds And Motorcycles

Territory size shows the proportion of the motorbikes and mopeds in the world found there.

The Asian regions (Southern Asia, Eastern Asia, Asia Pacific and Japan) are where 65% of mopeds and motorbikes are driven. Mopeds are less powerful than motorbikes, having slower maximum speeds because of their smaller engines. Some mopeds can also [...]

GoGo gear fashion show – chicago

it’s part of Acetoberfest

I would totally go just to see the fashion.

in other news, i’m now 34, a p0rnstar, and the proud owner of an oscillating dremel and some new mirrors for Il Putto.

tia Tia gave me a beautiful nouveau-style card case (cough) which i love.

and i’m never buying anything from [...]

while i’m waiting out an inauspicious aspect of my stars to wilfully circumvent a corporate firewall, i’ll clean out my delicious for you lovely people.

here’s a fab modernmechanix retrospective: the AUTO-SCOOTER!

it’s made from jets, but … yeah, no.

okay, okay, here is a self-propelled unicycle-thing powered by an electric motor, stabilized by an internal-self-balancing gyroscope system!

do [...]

sugar shenanigans

raise your hand if you think someone ought to stage an intervention for Andy’s sugar habit.

and i quote:

Everyone,

This scoot will be one Saturday in late Aug or early Sept. We will scoot around to different cupcake shops in the area with the goal of finding the best cupcake. Maybe some type of game involved and [...]

yootoob wednesday: Huangzhou freestyling

check this brother’s skills out.

i want to see this added to gymkhanas everywhere by the end of the year. chopchop, rally organizers.

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in which left bank scooters: shady or intriguing? or both?

another reason to visit paris, in case you don’t have enough already:

Rent a Vespa, See Paris by Scooter.

that’s right, you can perform feats of death-defying daredevilism with the COMPLETELY INSANE paris traffic on an LXV125, as long as you’re over 30 (?) (what?) (weird and arbitrary), and willing to give money to people who think [...]

the munich Puch

okay, it’s not from munich.

but speaking of awesome things of noble canadia, check out this hardy bavarian-cum-canadian dude that found a Puch in someone’s garage or whatever.

you should go help him ID it. you really should. deep in your heart, you know that.

quick updata

i’m a little rundown and overworked lately, so i haven’t been too posty. i’ll post some quick links, maybe, in lieu of actual content.

here is a nice roundup of a rally in Toronto. sounds like they had a good time. sweet.

heh. i hate orange, as a rule: it’s just sort of one of those things [...]