Our old friend Errol from Toronto sent me a link to the Twisted Wheel Scooter Club’s recent rally video. The Club has been a staple of the Toronto scooter scene for the past few years. For those who have never visisted our Canadian friends, the video shows a ride into the countyside and proves that they really do have a summer season. The club events are documented in the video along with a gaggle of scooters (+150?). My only question is “where are the vintage scooters?”. Maybe in Toronto they prefer reliability over nostalga.

I am trying to keep up with a number of demands these days and at the same time prepare for the big move to northern Virginia. Most of my Internet time activity has been relegated to late-night surfing and listening to other people’s podcasts. In among the usual Stumble-upon ad-supported sites I happened upon this Vimeo video of DubFx. He is an Australian named Ben Stanford. Credit goes to geeksaresexy.net for compiling several of his performances. This is a seven minutes sample of what he does, a little long, but stick with it and you will hear something unique.

Dub FX ‘Love Someone’ on Vimeo.

I mentioned this museum, Vintage Moto in a post after my last trip to Denver. A few days ago, a local Denver TV station did a story on the owner Jim Dillard. He has an amazing collection of small displacement Italian motorcycles from the 1960s. You can see an article about Jim at the following link or view the video below. Sorry for the preroll advertisement. Traditional media just can’t stop trying to suck a buck out of you…

On the heels of deciding we would move to Northern Virginia I have been flooded  with reconsidering a whole series of decisions including canceling plans to get to Amerivespa 2009. I am hoping that next year I will be settled and can make the trip to where ever it is been held.

Several friends have asked “how are you going to get all your scooter toys to Washington DC?” So far no one has taken the next step to say, “I can take care of a few scoots if you aren’t going to have room”

At the moment I am not worring about that. ScootRichmond is working on my Ducati moped and my 180ss. Since a 1965 Ducati replacement stator is non-existant, Dave is doing his magic modifying the electrical system. I have had to go back to Henry Hogben, in Canada for a new cylinder/piston since the little bug was only pushing 50lbs on a compression test. I have been wishing that I could watch over Dave’s shoulder as he brings the little sucker to life. But for the next few weeks I still have a regular job.