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.
scooter pic of the day: some vintage racing ‘brettas at druidale.
scooter pic of the day: from the mystyle scooter club in pattaya, thailand. pattaya is a beach town about 165 km south of bangkok. i’m pretty sure i want to go on a scooter vacation in thailand right now..
scooter pic of the day: in the 70’s, nyc had a few police lambrettas. so much cooler than CHiPs. this scooter is from the new york city police museum.
scooter pic of the day: i guess the engine in that lambretta really is a piece of crap.
scooter pic of the day: an old lambretta ad.
scooter pic of the day: gordon robinson of the u.k. makes the best looking lambretta rocking scooters i’ve ever seen.
scooter pic of the day: zach braff, donald faison, and sarah chalke (a.k.a. drs. dorian, turk and reid from “scrubs”) posing with a lambretta uno50 back in 2008. i’ve never, ever seen a lambretta uno50 here in the states. i’m not so upset about that— they weren’t so good looking anyways. i’m more upset about the fact that i haven’t seen any of the new ln125 or ln150 models around.
scooter pic of the day: a gorgeous lambretta in phuket, thailand.
scooter pic of the day: a modified ‘bretta. it’s all super colorful, but the horns in front are still a funny detail.
scooter pic of the day: a 1969 lambretta sx150 from toronto, as seen in the scoot.net classifieds. looks a little green goblin inspired.
scooter pic of the day: italian artist chris gilmour makes sculptures out of cardboard and glue, with no wood or metal supporting structure. pretty cool lambretta.
scooter pic of the day: a shot of gwyneth from a few years ago scooting around london on her silver vespa. word has it that she and hubby chris martin now have matching lambrettas, but i haven’t seen any pics of it yet.
scooter pic of the day: a lambretta li150 special, restored by a rider in the uk.
scooter pic of the day: page 1, issue #1 of scooter girl, by chynna clugston. published in 2003 by oni press. scooter girl rides a lambretta.
scooter pic of the day: a picture from the 1974 chicago auto show. the vanguard electric car, alongside some scooters from vespa, lambretta, and some unidentified mopeds. that carpet is pretty funky, too.
