Local mechanic Patrick Fitzgibbons is considered Portland’s king of scooters. He specializes in custom, gas-powered scooters you would imagine seeing riding down the streets of Italy.

Source: Portland’s scooter king creates treasures on two wheels

Looking forward to seeing the pictures of this one!

Source: German Vintage Scooter 70th Anniversary Rally | NEWS – ScooterLab

EICMA 2018, Piaggion, Vespa’s parent company introduces 8 new promotional videos for the Vespa Elettrica.

Source: Piaggio Releases 8 New Vespa Elettrica Promotional Videos

It’s the most important thing for motorcycle safety. We tell you how to pick a motorcycle helmet and help keep your head together when things go sideways

Source: How to Pick a Motorcycle Helmet: Helping You Protect Your Head

Bison Superbikes have designed and built a new electric scooter inspired by the past to provide an electric bike of the future. Launched via Kickstarter

Source: Bison Superbikes electric scooter from $2,500 – Geeky Gadgets

You just cannot keep Martin Kobler out of the news, can you? Well, he’s at it again; promoting Pakistani culture.

Source: Martin Kobler is Taking His Truck Art Vespa with Him After Retirement!

The reason why we are talking about scooters today is because of this unique resto-mod which has turned it into a piece of art.

Source: This Vespa Select scooter resto-mod is a tribute to the 90s [Video]

Vespa have released their newest scooter, the Vespa GTS 300, which packs more powerful than anything they’ve done before.

Much like the riders that use them, electric scooters come in all shapes and sizes. While you’re probably familiar with the standard electric kick scooters like Bird and Lime, or the sexier sit-down scooters like the Vespa Elettrica, those are just the ones that hog all the attention. But Motochimp wants to change that, and […]

Source: This cute little Motochimp V2 electric scooter is a 28 mph urban commuter – Electrek

Fun video to get you motivated for Spring!

Sporting parka jackets, riding Vespa scooters and dancing to The Yardbirds with the aid of amphetamines, the Mods epitomised the youth fashion scene of the early Sixties.

Source: New exhibition Shaping a Generation revisits mod culture 55 years on

Spotted this rarity on eBay – a Genuine 1954 Indian Papoose Brockhouse Corgi.

Source: Rare ‘Indian Papoose’ Parachute Scooter

If there’s a dumb thing you can do at a race track, particularly if it’s done at slow speeds, I’m one of the first people to jump up and volunteer as tribute. A number of years ago during an illicit middle-of-the-night golf-cart race around Road Atlanta, I recall dumping a little electric job on its side at perhaps no more than 25 miles per hour. I’ll drag a knee on a 50cc motorbike, or wind up on my hip with the bike sliding away from me for trying. And I would happily pick up the gauntlet for a Piaggio Ape endurance race were any of you ballsy enough to lay it down.

Source: All Racing Should Be Piaggio Ape Racing

The number of woman riders has doubled in the past decade, particularly at the younger end of the spectrum as older, mainly Baby Boomer males, age out.

Source: Women Now Represent 19 Percent Of All Riders

SEVENTY-five-year-old scooter brand Vespa has long reached iconic status around the world for its distinctive design and performance. One of seven mobility companies owned by Piaggio & Co. SpA, the brand has never shied away from evolving.

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THOUSANDS of petrolheads will descend on Abingdon this summer for the return of the Oddballs Rally.

Source: Details announced for massive scooter festival

Buzzy as hell, taller narrower tires. Man, those metal floorboards feel solid. All metal does feel different.

Source: Stella: First ride