Third Thursday – Tomorrow

Well it’s that time again. Get that bike out and swing by Bluecat Motors to check out the festivities. Dig the Taco Truck, Vintage Japanese, Triumph, scooters, etc. Bring a friend, make a new one. See you there. – SC

Memorial Day in the Speed Club Garage

Spent a ew hours out in the garage yesterday. Got some sun and painted up the vespa for finishing. I’ve posted a few pics from this scooter before. I’ve had the thing for years and am now FINALLY getting back to it. Truth be told, once I started down a motorcycle path, vintage vespa’s and lambretta just didn’t pack the same punch as they used to. Never the less…

Here it is – the Yellow Submarine in all its sunshiny glory. Visit our spot at the bearded lady motorcycle freak show to check it out in person. Might switch it over to the racing cowls just for the event. See you there. – SC

MOds vs R0ckers 2010 – Twin Cities

That’s right folks. Swung by Blue Cat Motors yesterday to drop off a scooter for consignment. While I was there, I grabbed tons of hand bills for lots of great new events coming up this summer here in the Twin Cities. Todays post presents the Minneapolis/St Paul Mods vs Rockers ride which is hosted yearly by Blue Cat Motors. This years “MvR” will be on June 5th, 2010. Bikes meet up at Grumpy’s Northeast. Scoots meet at Psycho Suzie’s North East. Be there by 12:20-1:30 and then g for a short ride ending at the Blue Cat shop. Last year was a bit of a wash out but none-the-less, there was quite a turn out. Be There or Be Square.

Speed Club Italiano!

Yeah – for all my love for bikes, I’ve always had a soft spot for the occasional Vespa. I bought my first maybe 8 years ago from a naval yard. It was a 1971 Sprint 160 if I remember correctly. It was a pretty slick little scooter. Other than some bad points, that thing would rip up and down the club house parking lot. I found this one a couple years back when I was still in Boston. Everything was there but the body needed some serious work. I’ve probably spent the better half of this winter bang out all the dents and preping for paint. Here’s a shot of all the body work almost ready for paint.

Biltwell Video Compilation

So I was doing so sniffing around on Youtube again. Damn… I’ve been really hounding that Youtube a lot lately. Anyway… I have here a compiled collection of video from lat years Biltwell Bash (2009). Check ’em out and start getting pumped for this years ride (the Biltwell 500) If you are unfamiliar with Biltwell, they’re a company out of Temecula, CA. and they produce some pretty well crafted and mighty rad parts for your scooter. Be sure to check them out when you can. Biltwellinc.com