Just a quick reminder: Don’t forget to submit a comment by midnight, Thursday November 29 if you’d like the chance to win new-to-you giveaway #4!

It’s becoming a classic: The Vespa from Peg Perego still has high customer ratings and a lower price this year. Recommended for kids 36 months to 7 years old and up to 85 pounds, the built-to-scale Vespa Granturismo copy runs on a 12 volt rechargeable battery and has a top speed of 5 mph.
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Happy Cyber Monday! Usually my shopping obsessions have to do with pink helmets and jackets, but my latest fixation has been with the QLink Commuter 250. Every time I walk into my brother’s shop, I see its picture on a poster he has in his showroom, and every time, I think, I really really need […]

Wendy, the winner of the third girlbike “new-to-you” giveaway, wants to pay it forward! She writes:
“I’d like to give a spare piece of equipment a new home. This is an Echo helmet buckle in RED. Never used, unopened package just as rendered in the photo. Retail value about $9-14 depending on where it’s selling.
“I am […]

This is my view out the back door today. We’re expecting a few inches of snow, and a few have already fallen. It might be a little too late in the season to talk about winterizing, but that’s because I’ve been in denial about this whole snow thing (I know, I know, I was born […]

For 2008, Shoei offers the beautiful pink and black Shoei TZ-R Vogue helmet (it also comes in black and silver). Listing for about $420, it can be found at Motorcycle Superstore and other stores for about $375.
While one of the least expensive in the Shoei line-up, Webbikeworld.com calls the TZ-R “one of the quietest helmets […]

Just a quickie post to let you know I have a few scooter seat covers up on ebay this week. All have a buy-it-now price of $10 off the retail price, and I’m offering free shipping for a limited time. Half of the selling price of the Honda Metropolitan scooter seat cover goes to Accident […]

And the Vespa “Go Green” video challenge winner is…

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Here’s the news from the Vespa PR folks: Rex Hermogino of San Diego, Calif., winner of the Go Green Vespa Video Challenge from Piaggio Group Americas, Inc. will perform his ‘Vespa Vespa Music Video’ on Friday, November 16 at […]

The members of the Maxi-Scooters forum put together a gorgeous 2008 calendar featuring 12 members and their scooters. I heard about the calendar from Miss October, Maggie, who posted her photo over on Scooter Diva (used with permission). For a copy of the maxi-scoot calendar and to see more of its photos, go to http://www.cafepress.com/mscoot.187392046.
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Skull-protecting skulls! I haven’t seen that many new pink helmets for 2008 announced yet (other than the Icon Mainframe Bombshell GO-GO helmet), but I did just find the 2008 AFX FX-16 with pink skulls selling for $116.99 over at Motorcycle Superstore. With tons of vents, a washable liner and cheekpads and a number of tinted […]