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Genuine Goodness
Great write-up on the Genuine Scooter Company at Medill Reports. Genuine competes in a crowded scooter market that features companies with more resources and smaller companies with more name recognition. Japanese powerhouses Honda and Yamaha, and Taiwanese manufacturers Sym and Kymco, produce scooters in Genuine’s price range, but scooters are a small part of those [...]
Welcome
We will be testing this platform for the next few weeks. Please feel free to register, create your own groups, connect with friends and tinker with what we have so far. We’ll keep you posted on the updates and upgrades as we go along… Enjoy!
Bye-Bye Bajaj?
Bajaj Scraps the Vespa-Inspired Scooter From TimesOnline.co.uk Bajaj will stop producing scooters in March, to concentrate on catching Honda, the leader in the motorcycle market. The Indian company also has a pact with Renault-Nissan, under which it is developing an ultra-cheap car that is expected to cost less than £2,000… The move marks the end [...]
Vespa USA Announces Special Sales Promotion
From RoadRacingWorld.com One-day Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals may be history but Vespa has a special offer with permanent benefits for folks who like to save year-round. Vespa USA’s new Hello Beautiful campaign outfits a brand-new Vespa LX 150, S 150 or LXV 150 with season-exclusive goodies that not only saves buyers $500 off [...]
Piaggio USB Hybrid Prototype
It turns out that combining a direct-injection two-stroke engine with an electric motor and plug-in capable battery can yield some interesting gains… Piaggio claims the USB (Urban Sport Bike) prototype should reach a modest 62mph, but it will get there with an incredible 147 foot-pounds of torque! Top that with almost 160 miles per [...]
Amerivespa 2010 Site is Up…
Barely finished with the last rendition, the Amerivespa 2010 site is now live… http://www.amerivespa.org/
Coast to Coast on a Vino 125
Great story from the Spokesman Review about two brave gents from Washington who rode their Yamaha Vino’s across 12 states travelling more than 4500 miles… This summer, South Side resident Ken Larson, 71, and North Side resident Steve Neuman, 53, rode coast to coast on Yamaha VINO 125cc scooters, taking in the country’s varied beauty [...]
