Monday, 19 March, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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ScootSafely.com will be giving a presentation on scooter safety at Vespa Marietta this coming Saturday during their “Spring Kick-off” event.
With a workshop on scooter maintenance, guest appearances, snacks, spring sale on scooter models, and a talk by yours truly, it should be a great event!
If you’re in the Atlanta area, come and meet us!
Wednesday, 14 March, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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Aprilia have released their official video for the monster scooter known as the SRV850 (shown below).
With an 850cc fuel-injected 90° V-Twin engine producing 79 horsepower, this scooter surely holds the accolade for the most powerful production scooter on the market.
While I have no doubt it is a remarkable machine – which I would love to spend a day on, It does, however, cause me to pause and wonder: is it actually still a scooter in the generally accepted meaning of the term?
While writing my recent book, [Buying Your First Scooter][1], I had to make an attempt to define what a scooter actually was, because the lines are beginning to be increasingly blurred.
Continue Reading...Monday, 12 March, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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Today, I’m going to talk about something which carries a lot of benefits – most especially for the scooter rider. Some of these benefits include:
Quite an impressive list, wouldn’t you agree?
All of these benefits can be achieved by the cultivation of what I call “Throttle Sense”.
Continue Reading...Monday, 12 March, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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I got to spend the day riding in the beautiful North Georgia (USA) mountains on Bella today.
There really is nothing better. Of course, I ride all year round, but weather like this – and seeing nature awakening from the winter – does make me appreciate where I live – and that I get to enjoy it on a fine Italian scooter.
While I was out, I came across an interesting road sign that seemed very apropos for this blog, so I had to share it. (Click for larger version).
Here’s wishing all my readers a very enjoyable and safe spring and summer of riding!
There is much more to come with the blog this year. I’m currently experimenting with the optimum camera set-up for creating some on-scooter video blogs.
The attempts I have made so far have been quite nausea-inducing, so I don’t want to inflict anything on my readers until they can view it without reaching for the Dramamine!
So, stay tuned, subscribe] to be notified as new content is posted, and let’s all have a great season!
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Friday, 9 March, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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MARIETTA, GA, March 07, 2012 – On April 22nd, sixty scooters will line up in Savannah, GA to participate in the Annual Cannonball Run.
The 8 day race stretches 2,648 miles across the U.S. and ends in San Diego, California. This year, newcomer Capt. Gary Kinney plans to finish the entire race riding a 2004 GT200 Vespa scooter.
What makes Capt.Gary different from the other 59 avid scooterists, Capt. Gary is 66 years old and he is riding to win.
With a resume like Capt. Gary’s, it doesn’t take much to see why he describes himself as an adventurer. Born in Traverse City, Michigan, Kinney moved to Dothan, Alabama and joined the police force as a motorcycle officer. Retiring in 1988, Kinney began his new career as a boat captain.
Continue Reading...Friday, 9 March, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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A company called Scoot Networks yesterday announced a dream to place electric scooters – which can be rented by the hour, or by the minute – in every city.
They aim to create “pods” in convenient locations where customers can pick up and return the scooters.
Currently, the service is in “closed alpha” mode – meaning it’s not yet open to the public.
Scoot Networks is buying up a model of electric scooter from a Chinese manufacturer to populate its fleet.
The scooters have a maximum speed of 30 MPH, which means that you won’t need a motorcycle license to ride them.
Their aim is to first create a network of scooter “pods” outside of work-spaces and company campuses, and the next phase will be to liaise with public transportation, and, finally to open up to the public when the infrastructure reaches “critical mass”.
Monthly subscription for this service is expected to be between $100 and $150.
Curiously, they are operated by putting “your iPhone” into the dashboard.
I guess that means us Blackberry users or Android enthusiasts have to walk.
Saturday, 3 March, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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Today, I’m going to talk about about a very important skill that the safe scooter rider practises continually – Vigilant Scanning.
And, on the other side of the coin is a phenomenon that strangely seems to affect those of us on two wheels more than it does drivers of “regular” vehicles – Hazard Fixation.
Continue Reading...Thursday, 1 March, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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(KMOV) — Police have uncovered high tech surveillance cameras, loaded weapons and thousands of dollars inside a St. Charles County business.
They call the owner of a scooter shop a major player in the drug game. Neighbors are relieved he’s locked up, but customers of the legit side of the business found themselves caught in the middle.
Customers showed up to Brad’s Scooters only to find that police had shut it down. One customer says he had already paid $1,500 for a 4-wheeler, but, Brad’s in jail and they’re out of luck — for now. Police say the business was hiding a meth lab inside.
Police believe Brad Gelber was the money man for a big meth-making ring in St. Charles County. He and Thomas Scurlock, Chantel Harshbarger, Jeffrey Runyon and Thomas Runyon were all busted Friday night when police took down three different meth labs.
Drug Task Force investigators say they found meth cooking inside the office at Gelber’s scooter shop, along with loaded guns and $1,900 cash. High-end security cameras and a microphone system kept a 24-hour watch on the shop.
Thursday, 1 March, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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Scooters and Dogs. What’s Not to Love?
About 100 enthusiasts from Brighton Scooter Club, as well as other associated organisations, rode from The Volks, on Brighton seafront, to the Dogs Trust’s Shoreham rehoming centre, to deliver enough food to keep the four-legged friends fed for two months.
The event was organised by two of the club’s founding members, Mark Nichols and Len Taylor, who set up a doggie goodie collection box, in Sainsbury’s, Hove.
“Maybe not an army, but certainly a platoon of scooter soldiers, but unlike in the 1960s, these soldiers were not on a mission of violence or destruction,” said Mark’s daugher, Michelle..
“Their mission was to dedicate their love to man’s best friend.”
As well as dog food, the riders were also carrying treats, blankets and duvets.
Full Story: Shoreham Herald
Tuesday, 28 February, 2012 by Alan Hearnshaw
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It seems this St. Louis scooter store owner wasn’t quite making enough selling our beloved two-wheeled machines. Would you like some drugs or guns with that Buddy?
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ST. PETERS, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area scooter shop owner is facing charges after police say they found a methamphetamine lab, guns and more than $19,000 in cash in his office.
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