The 2019 Mad Bastard Scooter Rally: A rider’s report by Richard Baldwin – Part Two
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) We were behind the clock, and I had some decisions to make. I could ignore the next several clue stops and just fly through the course to catch up to where we should be, but with no points we could forget getting any kind of decentContinue Reading
The 2019 Mad Bastard Scooter Rally: A rider’s report by Richard Baldwin – Part One
(Editor’s Introduction: Welcome to the first guest article we’ve done on Scoottoronto, and thanks to Richard Baldwin who volunteered his write up of his experiences (along with his daughter, Kayla who was the youngest passenger to ever complete a MBSR run.) You can read part one below of his report,Continue Reading
A letter to a Bastard: Mad Bastard Scooter Rally 2019
Dear Mad Bastard Scooter Rally; Over the years we have had a complicated relationship. You’ve left me stranded on a broken scooter, without cell signal, eaten alive with mosquitoes and waiting hours for a tow truck. You’ve had me laughing my head off at people dressed as Vikings, as cows,Continue Reading
Scooter Rants: Why you should own a vintage scooter.
Anyone who has ever owned a vintage motorcycle, scooter or moped knows – there is a certain magic in the mechanical. These machines of analog engineering that work via meshing gears, sliding cables, and the occasional kick of a recalcitrant part or two. It isn’t about performance – newer machinesContinue Reading
Registration ends tomorrow for the Mad Bastard Scooter Rally – the Last of the Bastards
I’ve seen vikings on a TNG, astronauts on a Honda, and moped driving characters making people stop and stare as they buzz on by. Lost at 3am in the mist, broken down in Northern Ontario, talking to a man in an ape suit while seeing if a downed rider wasContinue Reading