http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog A blog about Vespa & Lambretta scooters and the Vintage scooter scene. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:38:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gene and I are heading to the UK for the weekend on a buying trip. This means we'll be closed to the public on Friday 8th, Saturday 9th and Tuesday 12th of August as well as our usual closure on Saturdays and Mondays.  Hopefully we'll find loads of cool new parts and accessories ... http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/scooters-originali-news/closed-8th-9th-and-12th-of-august/ We are closed on Thursday 24th, Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of July because we're going to Amerivespa in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We'll be open as usual from Tuesday 29th of July. See you at Amerivespa.  -A http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/scooters-originali-news/closed-for-amerivespa-24-25-26-july/ The bad news: Gene had to report to the Newark Court House this morning for jury service. The good news: all the potential jurors called in today were released this afternoon. Woohoo!  I did my best to answer the phones on my own, but I know I missed a few calls. ... http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/scooters-originali-news/jury-service/ We'll be closing early, at 1pm on Saturday 28th June 2008 for Ape Diem . We'll be open at 10am instead, so make your trip to the shop early. I hope we'll see you at Ape Diem. -A http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/scooters-originali-news/closing-early-for-ape-diem/ We'll be closed this weekend, on Friday June 20th 2008 and Saturday June 21st 2008 because we're going to the PVSC rally. If you're going too, be sure to come and browse our vendor stall there. We'll have lots of rally only special offers plus used parts going for a ... http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/scooters-originali-news/were-closed-this-weekend/ I've added a music player with some tunes for you listen to during your day. Its pretty much just Northern Soul for now, but we'll be adding more tunes as time goes by, if it all works out. There won't be much current stuff for obvious reasons. No, we can't send ... http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/music/scooterist-music-whilst-you-work-and-browse/ I went to see From The Jam last month, Bad Manners this month, and now BBC Radio 6s Queens of Noize spend an hour chatting about 2 Tone with Pauline Black from The Selecter! It might be 2008 but the music of 1979 is timeless. Listen to it HERE -Gene http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/music/bbc-radio-6-talks-about-ska-2-tone-and-morewith-pauline-black/ I think I saw this documentary from British TV Channel 4 but until Vinny posted it up on one of the forums I frequent I had totally forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder Vinny. It is not 'alf bad. The You Tube poster put it up in 3 parts, ... http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/video/cool-british-scooter-documentary/ Two big problems going on with us right now! Problem 1. The server that hosts our online store database is having problems. The rest of the website seems to be working fine (for now!!), but the online store is erroring out. You'd think it would be easy enough to pick up the phone ... http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/scooters-originali-news/problems-problems-problemsaargh/ A few months of un-prepped winter storage, the first day of 65 degree weather, and a desire to ride don’t always go well together. If you put your scooter away in good running condition, and now that its time to grab a quick ride on a warm winter day, and it ... http://www.scootersoriginali.com/blog/technical-help/my-scooter-won%e2%80%99t-start/