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
Scoottoronto Opinion – The case for Plastic
First of all, before the inevitable effigy burnings start – as they tend to really do a number on my lawn – I’d like to say I really *do* like classic scooters. I’ve owned more than one shifty Vespa. I’ve had a part of my brain wanting a Lambretta forContinue Reading
1 year, 1 candle, two wheels: Happy Birthday Scoottoronto!
It started, as many flame wars and religious debacles do, with an internet forum post. I was writing something – I don’t even remember what exactly I was writing about, as usual for me the process of writing was more important than the specific subject – and it suddenlyContinue Reading
State of the Scooter: Winter Discontent
Hello readers, internet bots, and people who somehow go to Scoottoronto while searching for obscure internet porn. (And no, I’m not going to describe what I am wearing.) It’s time once again for a “State of the Scooter” update. This winter has been an unusual one for me – theContinue Reading
The Last of the Bastards: Scooter Decoration and Costuming
I’ve been offered a banana by a man in an ape suit, stood guard at our nation’s capital while carrying a small rubber chicken, and I’ve seen motorized monstrosities covered with silver duct tape and LED lights. It’s a circus of (lack of) speed, a mad house of motors, aContinue Reading