Rally
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29/29: Three
bobskoot &bull Feb 3, 2012
I re-entered the riding world around 2003 having been absent from 2 wheeled vehicles for many years. I didn't know anyone else who rode but eventually I started to see scooterists, mainly on Classic Vespas, riding around town and I… Full Story »
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Rust Is His Palette: The Automotive Art of Bo Lundvang
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 31, 2012
Long the scourge of car collectors in the salt-belt states, rust has become a subject of aesthetic interest in recent years, with various concours adding juried categories with euphemistic names like Preservation Class. The Swedish artist Bo Lundvang is channeling the trend into… Full Story »
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Blue vs. Grey
Scootin' Old Skool &bull Jan 29, 2012
The South has been on my mind lately. Just read The Help and To Kill a Mockingbird, and I'm trying to decide whether to tackle Gone With the Wind. Oh, and there's a scooter rally coming up in Nashville, Tenn. Full Story »
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Motorcycle Safety on Long Rides
Scooting with Dru &bull Jan 26, 2012
As should be evident by the content throughout the site, I am an advocate of quality gear. All of that starts with helmet. Good helmets do not have to expensive. I tend to look for cheap motorcycle helmets for sale,… Full Story »
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A Volkswagen Bus With No Junk in Its Trunk
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 23, 2012
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Joe Ingram, a high school teacher of history and government, learned a welcome lesson here on Saturday. The Barrett-Jackson auction still has room for the little guy. Mr. Ingram, who teaches at Twentynine Palms High School in… Full Story »
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A few hours with a Diva, Princess Scooterpie
bobskoot &bull Jan 23, 2012
It had been nearly a year since I first discovered Dar: Princess Scooterpie . I was over in Victoria on the May weekend (2011) to attend the large scooter rally and I was keeping an eye out for her. I… Full Story »
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Bamako By Vespa
2StrokeBuzz &bull Jan 22, 2012
Three Norwegians are taking part in an overland rally event called Budapest-Bamako on Vespa scooters. The rally is described as a poor-man's Dakar and is not unlike the early days of the most famous desert rally, now run in South… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Amerivespa
- Rally
- Vespa
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In a Mini, Stephane Peterhansel Wins 10th Dakar Rally of Career
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 16, 2012
Somewhere above the dune-strewn coastline of southern Peru, a symbiosis occurred between veteran drivers and unproven machines. Stephane Peterhansel, a nine-time champion, with six victories in the motorcycle class and three in cars, won his 10th Dakar Rally in a heavily modified Mini Countryman, making its… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Rally
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Wheelies: The Third Way Edition
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 6, 2012
Though there are no plans to build the Emo, the company says that the purely electric four-door runabout would meet federal safety requirements, have 100 miles of range and cost, if it were to enter production, $20,000. The Great Race,… Full Story »
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Racing Against Time Around the Great Lakes
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 5, 2012
To a dedicated band of tinkerers willing to devote a week or more to nursing old cars over a 1,000-mile rally route, the Great Race is catnip. This year's race, which will route participants around the Great Lakes region in a four-state, one-province loop, begins in Traverse City,… Full Story »
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Wheelies: The Clash of the Teutons Edition
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 5, 2012
Though most major automakers in the United States announced their year-end sales on Wednesday, BMW North America and Mercedes-Benz USA withheld their results until late Thursday morning. The American arms of the German brands were expected to finish within a… Full Story »
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At Delhi Auto Expo, Upscale Is the New Cheap
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 5, 2012
Reporting from the Delhi Auto Expo, our colleagues at India Ink write that "cheap" is no longer the buzzword in the Indian automotive industry. Local and international automakers are introducing small but brawny crossovers and so-called luxury editions of diesel… Full Story »
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After Thefts, Luxury Car-Sharing Service Shuts Down
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 4, 2012
Despite safeguards that included member screening, credit checks and driving-record assessments, thieves were able to defraud HiGear, a peer-to-peer car-sharing start-up in the Bay Area that specialized in high-performance and luxury vehicles. Using fraudulent identities, the thieves stole four cars… Full Story »
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Wheelies: The Finish Line Edition
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 3, 2012
Though there are no plans to build the Emo, the company says that the purely electric four-door runabout would meet federal safety requirements, have 100 miles of range and cost, if it were to enter production, $20,000. The Great Race,… Full Story »
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In India, Bajaj Introduces the Anti-Nano
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 3, 2012
Our colleagues at India Ink report that Bajaj Auto, best known for making motorcycles and three-wheel rickshaws, has introduced a new, no-frills product, the RE60. The company insists on calling its new conveyance a four-wheeler, not a car. It will… Full Story »
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Derbi Factory has been saved from being closed
Martin Racing Performance &bull Dec 31, 2011
The big news was that originally Derbi was set to close as a factory in July of 2012. However, yesterday Piaggio Group announced it would keep the iconic factory alive past 2012. Derbi did extremely well in the USA between… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Piaggio USA
- Rally
- Piaggio
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A 50-Year Racing Career, With No Checkered Flag in Sight
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Dec 20, 2011
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The driving habits of senior citizens is a favorite conversation starter among Floridians. But those exchanges tend not to include the likes of James Harvey Hylton, 77, who borrowed a friend's Ford on Sunday morning and drove it 175.634 miles per hour and later apologized for not going faster. Hylton, an active member of… Full Story »
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I like ketchup
bobskoot &bull Dec 12, 2011
I somehow got off cycle this week. I spent too much time trying to figure out why my video was not rendering without errors. During the week it is hard to snap photos when it is dark in the morning and dark on the commute home. I often get ideas for photos but find that there is no safe place to pull… Full Story »
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Start a girl-only scooter club.
Scooter Swag &bull Dec 6, 2011Here are three bags made by "Fluff"featuring a lot of scooter girls! At least for a rally or two. The Laptop Bag is $36 and measures 15 x 12 x 2.5. The Train Case is $26 and measures 8.75 x… Full Story »
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Attack of the Vespas
Scootin' Old Skool &bull Nov 29, 2011
Rally season is kind of a fluid concept, very much dependent on such things as climate and location relative to the equator. The Philippines' biggest scooter rally happens in December: Metro Manila will see the seventh annual Vespa Attack, Saturday… Full Story »
