As I watched the salesman slam his foot on the kick starter, I wondered if the 3-horsepower, 1950 Sears Allstate motor scooter would come to life. Twenty kicks and numerous cuss words later, the engine made a loud popping sound, belched black smoke, and roared like a lion.
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/10/14/a-motorcycle-love-affair/
Zapp is a brand-new UK-based company that will launch its very first model, the i300 in November. In order to give a sense of what to expect, the company unveiled a teaser video of its first product that higlights certain of its features.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/british-electric-invasion-zapp-high-182002034.html?guccounter=1
The scooter is king in Italy. Go to any big city or small town, you’ll see them by the dozens, skirting precariously around traffic — parked in chaotic scrums along the sidewalks.
Source: SF Artist Scoots to Italy in Search of Animal Spirit
Members of a scooter club are revving up for a bash to raise funds for bionic digits for a mother who lost her hand.
Source: Scooter riders rev up for a bash to raise funds for Telford woman
Two Italians. Two eras. We have two much fun riding the Lambretta Li 150 and the Aprilia SR 150.
Two years after it was announced, the first all-electric Vespa scooter is about to go on sale in Europe, and parent company Piaggio has finally shared the starting price: €6,390, or a little over $7,300. That’s nearly twice as expensive as some of the cheapest gas-powered Vespas. Preorders are available now in Europe ahead of the scooter’s ship date later this year, while customers in the US and China will have to wait until early 2019.
Source: Angle former Naval chaplain is a Pembroke Dock ‘Boy About Town’ on his Lambretta scooter 35 years on
