July 2013 Archives
Someone forwarded me this cool video from a scooter club in Bogota, Columbia. Scootering is a world-wide phenomenon, and sometimes it takes something like this to remind me of that fact. This video could have been made in San Francisco, or London, or Barcelona... you get the idea. Great work guys... keep the scootering flame alive, I say!
More info on the Moonstop Riders S.C. here.
One of my favorite scooters is the Lambretta TV175 Series II. I just love the lines on the Series II Lambrettas, and of course, the TV175 is the one to have. They do not seem to come up for sale very often in the U.S. However, there is one on Ebay right now, and the seller is using an interesting selling technique. The "buy it now" option doesn't seem to me to be the best way to sell on ebay. I guess we will see whether it works for him.
This scooter has a lot going for it. It clearly has original paint, and also has some really nice accessories. The question on the accessories is whether they are original or reproductions. I'm personally not a huge accessory fan, but some people certainly love them. The original paint is good to have, but in this case, it is not in the best shape. Yes, it is ok, and you could drive it as-is. However, the price he is asking for the scooter is really at the top of the market. For $9,000, I would expect to have original paint in very nice condition (compare to this one), or a high quality repaint. This scooter has neither. So... will someone pull the trigger on a rare scooter? We'll see?
Cleverly painted Lambretta by utterly hip sign painter/artist Nicolai Sclater. His blog is well worth looking at... very, very cool.
This is a photo of a Lambretta TV175 that Innocenti made for promotional purposes. It is kind of hard to see in this black and white photo, but it was completely chrome plated. They toured the scooter at shows to show off the new slimstyle TV models. Pretty cool! I believe that this scooter survived, and is now in Vittorio Tessara's Lambretta museum in Italy.
This is a video report about a scooter collector in Austria. It is in German (with an Austrian accent, naturally), but even if you don't speak German, the scooters are great to see. I'm a big fan of the Goggos and the Maicomobil. The most interesting one to me was the Russian Goggo copy. I had never seen one of those before!
The owner was previously thinking of selling the whole collection, but now said that he will keep them. That is good to hear. Hopefully more people will get to enjoy seeing them.