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I'm not sure about anyone else but I'd normally be slow to adapt to change especially when it involves switching between driving my car on a regular basis and then back to a scooter. Naturally, the same applies the other way around. So, after riding around regularly on my Vespa and then switching to the...
A few weeks ago, while on the way back from my weekly grocery shopping with the family, I decided to make a quick detour and head towards Bikeworld. The shop is (officially) the local sole distributors for Vespa scooters (except that they don't sell the PX...?), LML and now the new Lambretta as well. I had...
Having owned my Vespa for almost five years or so, I can safely come to the conclusion that the Vespa gets better when things around it get worse. The scooter laps up emergency road closures, inexplicable new one-way systems, dodgy tragfic lights and even flash floods with relative ease. So, when it came...
The Vespa LX150 was done up by Piaggio's Malaysian distributors Naza Primera with the aim of latching onto the wave of excitement around the Malaysian football team's recent achievements. All well and good (and very bipartisan which makes good business sense) but then the distributor apparently went...
To many, the number 46 has different meanings. When I was young, it meant that my father couldn't sell off our banger of a Peugeot 504 and replace it with something that would better suit our growing family. We initially thought that it was the fugly ochre paint job but after speaking to some of our more...
A whole month's amount of rain fell on Dublin on Monday night. A whole month. In a night. Roads turned into rivers as Dublin's rush hour traffic was brought to a standstill. Yours truly on the other hand, isn't in the business of hanging around inhaling toxic fumes from all the cars. Sure, I was soaked to...
Nope the recession isn't over just yet and the picture below isn't suggesting that I'm off on a shopping spree buying all the designer goods that I can get my hands on. It's just a good spot to park my Vespa when I'm in the Grafton Street area. Normally, I'd park the scooter there and walk away...
A new addition to the stable. And no, its not a scooter. I consider it a "performance upgrade" for the average, slightly "big-boned" scooter enthusiast. I have to say, the improvement in performance won't be apparent in the short-term so we'll have to wait a little while longer before any conclusions are...
At least he made technology work for us normal human beings as opposed to the other way around. To prove my point, here's something that my iPhone conjured up (with a bit of help from WordFoto) within a couple of minutes. Not bad I suppose given that I have zero artistic ability.
I sensed that all was not well as soon as I kick-started my Vespa that Monday morning. The engine sounded a bit rough but I pulled the throttle anyway and proceeded to head into work. Less than 5 minutes later, while stopping at a set of lights, the engine cut out. I initially thought that it was my mistake...
I happen to come across this NY Times blog entry while looking out for news on th Vespa. The blog's title was an immediate eye-catcher sheerly because it didn't make sense. Surely the bike is far greener than the car? Well, seemingly not. According to Mythbusters, bikes (and I assume scooters like the...
