Stories from Ace Scooters
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Ace Scooters Mid-year Review
Ace Scooters &bull Jul 21, 2010
Well its been another hell of a year. Q1 started very nicely, and at the end of the quarter we were either no2 or no3 top selling Vespa/Piaggio dealer in Australia. Sales were not on the same level as 2008, but certainly better than 2009, so things were looking good and then...well, Perth had a… Full Story »
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Summer Loving
Ace Scooters &bull Nov 10, 2009
Well finally the decent weather seems to have arrived, and everyone is out riding again. The guys at Piaggio Australia are helping out too with some great offers on their range, particularly the Vespa GTS 250ie (possibly our favourite scooter in the range) whereby you can now save $700 against RRP! The first $500 is from the summer of Vespa… Full Story »
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Where did the year go?
Ace Scooters &bull Oct 20, 2009
I can't believe that its already a quarter to November! It doesn't seem so long ago that I was writing my mid-year round up, and its nearly year end and I haven't got to the bigguns yet! Well, that will now have to wait till the year-end round up I think. So what's new at Ace? Well, sunshine. Its… Full Story »
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New Vespa's in town
Ace Scooters &bull Sep 16, 2009
Just got delivery of the new Vespa LX 150 ie and a new Vespa S 125 ie. Both in white, and both for customers. All that remains is to get them pre-delivered and road tested. Thursday should be fun! Whilst… Full Story »
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Perth Motorcycle and Scooter Show
Ace Scooters &bull Sep 12, 2009
Today is the third and final day of the Perth Motorcycle and Scooter Show being held at the Perth Convention Centre. The economic downturn has meant that its a very different show to previous years, with none of the Japanese manufacturers, BMW, Harley or Ducati bringing their all-singing-all-dancing stands along. This year the the stands… Full Story »
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2009 Mid Year round-up - winning products Part 3. Revenge of the Sith.
Ace Scooters &bull Aug 2, 2009
Well not really Revenge of the Sith, although given that according to census figures a high proportion of the population are Jedi knights. But for many people, this is the episode that they've been waiting for - our review of the 250cc scooters! Why so? Well, there is no greater variety of scooter styles than in this class. And why is that? Because IMHO this is the optimal engine size for scooters. Big enough to do just about everything and do it well, but small enough to still be highly economical (in fact nearly our most economical scooters are in… Full Story »
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2009 Mid Year round-up - winning products Part 2.
Ace Scooters &bull Jul 17, 2009
Ok. Part 1 of our product review raised a few interesting points on the concepts of value and price, and I suspect that today's post won't be too different. In the words of the Fast Show, today we will be mainly looking at 125cc scooters. And gloves. Whilst the 125cc scooter is easily the most popular scooter size in those states without the enlightened 50cc rules, licensing in WA often results… Full Story »
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2009 Mid Year round-up - winning products Part 1.
Ace Scooters &bull Jul 10, 2009
Well, the year to date has been fairly tumultuous and the scooter market has been very tightly squeezed with overall sales in the first six months down 30% on the same period last year. What has been most interesting is that for the most part the brands suffering the least have been the best known ones, which reinforces the point that when times are tight, people put their money… Full Story »
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Ace Scooters - best scooter emporium in the known universe
Ace Scooters &bull Jul 2, 2009
In a pathetic and futile attempt to steal some of The Scooter Shop, Launceston's thunder over an amusing and clever blog post announcing their internal award of the worlds best scooter shop, the management at Ace Scooters have voted by… Full Story »
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New Zip on the block - and its great!
Ace Scooters &bull Feb 10, 2009
For us in WA, the arrival of the new 2-stroke Zip 50 was a highly anticipated event. Due to our licensing laws, 50cc scooters remain the most popular engine size for new entrants in this market, and cost effectiveness is… Full Story »
