thoughts on scooters from a boston boy, including scooter reviews, price thoughts about used scooters, and a lowdown on local scooter shops. helpful thoughts from others (related to scooters or other small motorbikes) welcome here, too. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-24957221-2']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @scoothub)http://scoothub.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3bca1663853d5d0bbcd04203ffa0a33a/tumblr_mn2lvvlbXQ1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: I also passed this kymco people 150 scooter last weekend in cambridge. i like the bigger wheels, I like the taiwanese reliability; i haven’t decided whether I like the styling.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/51141119803http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/51141119803Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:41 -0400kymcopeoplescooterbostonscooter boston<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4d514107e26268fb6f86da6f8f549c7c/tumblr_mn2lo8x6uu1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: on saturday, I did the <a href="http://www.playdash.org/DASH5/" target="_blank">dash5 puzzle hunt</a> with a few friends, and passed a few scooters on the way. at the hatch shell, i talked briefly to the owner of this 1963 vespa gl 150.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/51062513633http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/51062513633Wed, 22 May 2013 07:00:55 -0400vespagl150vintagebostondash<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bcf088ed1eb38116be7bc1dcf859d28f/tumblr_mmzrd7z9zA1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: back in the saddlebags again!</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50982100213http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50982100213Tue, 21 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400babymotorcyclebmwgs<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/crunch_time_for_batali_vespa_YUWjgIgC0D5v1kHKrZr79J">Crunch time for Batali’s Vespa</a>: <p><div>Mario Batali, celebrity chef, is also famous for scooting around NYC in his orange crocs on his Vespa GTV 250. <a href="http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/11728830811/scooter-pic-of-the-day-my-wife-was-visiting-new" target="_blank">Here’s a pic of Batali and his son</a> that my wife snapped back in 2011. Unfortunately, his scooter got smashed up while he was in the studio at lincoln center a few weeks ago. What scooter will he get next?</div></p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50910153347http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50910153347Mon, 20 May 2013 11:09:00 -0400batalivespascooternypost<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd9bb6f74f69aca2229ac17b11a8be88/tumblr_mmwdppXHLw1r0s9gio3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eb5346aeec3a4f8e8a7c54c4b19c4586/tumblr_mmwdppXHLw1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/38e67407569cb8027a7bb640982b8b05/tumblr_mmwdppXHLw1r0s9gio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>scooter pic of the day: a found object sculpture of a scooter, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/120091794/scoot?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=scooter+found+object&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all" target="_blank">for sale on ets</a>y. neat.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50899625814http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50899625814Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400scooteretsymeyerartworxfound<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ab016b256d9a2a8b89e79d09041eebc/tumblr_mmwddtaYNw1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eb7bb97bb77a3a0be6b18cf1fecd566a/tumblr_mmwddtaYNw1r0s9gio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>scooter pic of the day: liev schreiber (of x-men and scream fame) used to be a motorcycle guy, but a few years ago, declared to jon stewart on the daily show that he’s got a family now, so he’s become a scooter guy.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50811490091http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50811490091Sun, 19 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400scootervespaschreiberwatts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c24245d58ee94066b6d58aadb2bd5b8c/tumblr_mmwbt4KtsR1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d6df25da6838665d5b49458376a27dc5/tumblr_mmwbt4KtsR1r0s9gio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>scooter pic of the day: brad pitt and angelina jolie, scooting in ho chi minh city during thanksgiving 2006.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50720403811http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50720403811Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:39 -0400scootervietnamho chi minhyamahapittjolie<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3aa8ee3e878ef2662ccb438d2b4ca5ee/tumblr_mmwba3dlgw1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dae257aefff3703f140817df3d9f8c50/tumblr_mmwba3dlgw1r0s9gio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>scooter pic of the day: steam-cleaned recycled scooter tire, repurposed as <a href="http://www.ahalife.com/product/1524/recycled-scooter-tire-bowl" target="_blank">unbreakable bowl</a>. mostly, it makes me want to find wicker hubcaps for my car.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50645194036http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50645194036Fri, 17 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400recyclebowlvietnamhmongwicker<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4c742844e8999d22412d3bb296cbb12c/tumblr_mmvcxw5DQ01r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: a pretty funny photoshop job, spotted on waterford scooter club’s fb page.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50569754720http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50569754720Thu, 16 May 2013 07:00:36 -0400piaggioapescooterplanet of the apes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5cc48f331cc587631d89aa3a44f62eb5/tumblr_mmsm1naKgW1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: more crafty things. the pattern for these is available from <a href="http://www.leahsutton.com/Alis%20Wheels%20Pattern%20Main.html" target="_blank">leah sutton</a>.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50489289472http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50489289472Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:31 -0400scooterknitleah suttoncraft<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2dff609c37b4412432846c3c9fea170c/tumblr_mmpurmkJf31r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8803ab2a018a11d55ccb0053ed60cc6e/tumblr_mmpurmkJf31r0s9gio2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f113a98310f49982bdfefaef1164fc54/tumblr_mmpurmkJf31r0s9gio3_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>scooter pic of the day: yarn bomb!<a href="http://montagecollective.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/jessie-yarn-bombes-vespa.html" target="_blank"> this was done a few weeks ago</a> in perth, australia.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50413134313http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50413134313Tue, 14 May 2013 07:00:37 -0400yarn bombscooterknitperthaustralia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/56d8fa97bbcb61e54c1f6af04ab5787b/tumblr_mmptmmXnzD1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: spotted on the the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/scootinoldskool?sk=wall&filter=1" target="_blank"> scootin’ old skool fb page</a>, this recent pic of a few of nypd’s piaggio scoots.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50334881012http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50334881012Mon, 13 May 2013 07:00:57 -0400nycpiaggionypdscooter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fdebfae1b5e83eb00490e8e6f717da0e/tumblr_mmnvucCln91r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: some vintage racing ‘brettas at druidale.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50249064464http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50249064464Sun, 12 May 2013 07:00:46 -0400lambrettavintagescooterdruidale<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/29629c3fd30530377584bf8e65c93519/tumblr_mml81t3kdS1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day:<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/nyregion/at-scooter-bottega-the-man-they-trust-with-their-keys.html?_r=0" target="_blank"> the new york times</a> profiled <a href="http://scooterbottega.com/" target="_blank">scooter bottega</a> (a scooter service shop in red hook) yesterday, as well as their owner, robbie rhodes. nice to see that the scooter scene is growing in brooklyn!</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50157584411http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50157584411Sat, 11 May 2013 07:00:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f0abd395de7f15abb50b86b43a54bfcf/tumblr_mmhddy3bUH1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: outside of jammu, india, a scooter rider stops to feed monkeys. this may or may not be good for the monkeys, but it sure is cute!</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50082061402http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50082061402Fri, 10 May 2013 07:00:29 -0400jammuindiascootermonkey<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/019e69804c6add8922ae82e73448ea69/tumblr_mmhd8pdtqQ1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: not a real simpsons intro, but still pretty great.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50005336108http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/50005336108Thu, 09 May 2013 07:00:39 -0400scootersimpsonsbartmod<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0f676e05b0f0815743128a72e4f938dc/tumblr_mlvjqtkGQ61r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fbcd4799bde1854217e508a17216f32d/tumblr_mlvjqtkGQ61r0s9gio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>scooter pic of the day: in 1962 two university students on a trip around europe met salvador dali in cadaques, spain. he decorated their scooter with his signature and the name of his partner gala. on display at the museo piaggio.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/49926419294http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/49926419294Wed, 08 May 2013 07:00:41 -0400daliscootervespapiaggio<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cd663f420d1baf08a2b94c10f2435745/tumblr_mmcsh4UdEC1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: i saw this very nice vespa gt200 parked outside the gym at my school in chestnut hill last week. i’ve never seen it on campus before. is it a student’s? a parent’s? another staff member’s? i hope it didn’t get hit by an errant lacrosse ball. i like the larger frame vespas; they’ve got a little more power, but they don’t look like big clunky maxi scooters.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/49847838676http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/49847838676Tue, 07 May 2013 07:01:32 -0400vespagt200scooter<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2ad06352169f964c291765df41eecede/tumblr_mmcsmaR9tG1r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>scooter pic of the day: a sym hd200, parked on a saturday in late april at boston haymarket.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/49767708060http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/49767708060Mon, 06 May 2013 07:23:41 -0400symhd200scooterbostonhaymarket<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/49a63aef7c6f2df63e1ac16bdb9a3407/tumblr_mlvi30TuH41r0s9gio2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8712c91fe3f5e34200ffe686a35be825/tumblr_mlvi30TuH41r0s9gio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>scooter pic of the day: a few tailored messages to potential customers, from <a href="http://www.speedcityscooters.com/" target="_blank">speed city scooters</a> in indianapolis.</p>http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/49677637363http://scoothub.tumblr.com/post/49677637363Sun, 05 May 2013 07:00:40 -0400scooterindianaindianapolisspeed city