Kymco back in Canada? But not with scooters it seems….
Some recent Facebook stalking revealed that Kymco Canada seems to be back. Kymco left the Canadian market and BECO motors stopped being the distributor back in 2019, leading to (as we have covered on Scoottoronto) the end of the Mad Bastard Scooter Rally. But, judging from a new website thatContinue Reading
Questions from our readers: The ScooTToronto FAQ
Despite the generally good advice given to anyone perusing an internet blog or website – we *do* read the comments. And often, in those comments on one of our articles we get questions about mopeds, scooters and other subjects involving two wheeled machines and riding in the GTA. It’s somethingContinue Reading
Scoottoronto Updates: What’s planned for 2021
2020 was not a good year. This statement might be slightly more obvious than ones like “Fire is hot” and “Manure probably isn’t a good idea for cologne.” Motorcycle events – cancelled. Travel was curtailed. Places we’d normally ride to – closed. We had to cancel our Junk Run event.Continue Reading
An Interview with Walter Muma
(Pictures used with permission from Walter Muma, Question and Answer sections are from a phone interview with Walter Muma in November, 2020 and have been edited for length) Quite some years ago, I started out my two wheeled riding career on a 1970’s Puch Maxi moped. It was a brightContinue Reading
Remembering among the ghosts.
Today is a day we remember. We remember the men, the women, who marched and flew and drove and rode. We remember their sacrifice, their bravery. How they were often hard used, left damaged in spirit and body. And yet volunteered more. How some came back broken. How some neverContinue Reading