Stories from Honky-Tonk Dragon

  1. Pics of the new scoot

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Apr 4, 2010

    As promised here are some photos of my new (to me) 2005 Piaggio BV200. Not a lot of modifications to this beauty yet. Lucked out, and we had OEM side-cases, a wind-screen, and a top-box in stock. The windscreen can… Full Story »

  2. New Scooter!

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Mar 13, 2010

    Here's to my new-to-me scooter, a full dress 2005 Piaggio BV200 I picked up for next to a song and some sweat equity. It's deep blue with sidecases, a topcase, and windscreen. Full Story »

  3. More Proof that Vespas have Class

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Nov 7, 2009

    A couple weeks ago, the New York Times ran a story about Tom Boissonnault, a technology teacher at Eastchester Middle School in Eastchester, N.Y.Mr. Boissonault, it seems struck upon the brilliant idea of teaching kids about design and engineering through… Full Story »

  4. New Blogging Duties

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Nov 5, 2009

    So I rarely have the time to devote to this blog these days, and it looks like that is only going to be increasingly true over the next few months.HOWEVER, I will be blogging all sorts of Power Sports goodness… Full Story »


  5. Take the Skinheads Bowling and discuss Mod History

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Aug 16, 2009

    I guess parenthood has made me tragically unhip... I had no idea that Camper Van Beethoven had gotten back together, but here they are, performing that late 80s college radio classic "Take the Skinheads Bowling"Schweet!and along a similar vein, I… Full Story »

  6. Rules for the Cult of Capitalism

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Apr 14, 2009

    Recently, my buddy Klint renamed his Technoccult blog, Renegade Futurist, and his focus for the blog seems to shifted some.No worries, though, he's posting some awesome stuff like this "Rules for the Cult of Capitalism":3. When the government charges for… Full Story »

  7. Triggering Traffic Lights on a Scooter.

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Apr 14, 2009

    Every scooterist has faced this at one time or another, those damned traffic light sensors that your scooter can't trigger.I've seen discussion of this on several scooter forums, but really never expected to see it addressed in the mainstream media.… Full Story »

  8. American Scooterist: Issue # 54/55 Scooting to the Beat

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Apr 14, 2009

    Somehow, I got the latest issue of American Scooterist today. My dues for Vespa Club of America must have expired two years ago, and I never changed my address with them when you changed coasts.Not that I'm complaining.If like me,… Full Story »

  9. Scooting Again!

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Apr 2, 2009

    And Hello again!Well, I have to plead fatherhood for the umpteenth time on my lack of posting recently.But it is Spring, and I have a new (to me) scooter.It's a 1992 Honda Elite 80. This little beauty came into the… Full Story »

  10. Life Imitates the Illuminatus Trilology

    Honky-Tonk Dragon &bull Dec 5, 2008

    I just have no idea what to make of this story.In the months prior to 9/11, Israeli Art Students with loose links to Israeli Ecstasy traffickers attempted to infiltrate DEA offices; visited DEA agents at their homes; and lived near… Full Story »

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