January 4th, 2009
Vespinoy’s own Corinne Burgos aka silver2tone in the forum successfully completed the 1,000 km Endurance/Economy run sponsored by Petron.
She finished the run 3-4 hours ahead of the deadline and was the first small displacement bike to finish, trickling in alongside the first batch of big bike finishers.
I’ll update this post with details and the official numbers as soon as I get them.
Congrats Corinne!!!
December 4th, 2008
Let me stray from scooters a bit.
I first saw this clip of the interview with British socialist politician Tony Benn in Michael Moore’s 2007 documentary “Sicko“. The interview was about the British National Health Service (NHS). But there was a part of his interview which felt as if he was talking about the way things are run in the Philippines.
It’s the part where he talks about democracy and choice. I have attached a video of the relevant portion of the interview.
If the video isn’t playing above, try this link.
Hoping for the best, isn’t that what we’ve been doing a lot lately?
December 2nd, 2008
Congratulations to all! It was a terrific party. Watch out for Vespa Attack 5!!!
More stories and photos can be found here.
Thanks to John Boy Oca and Francis Fontano for the photos
November 9th, 2008
Good friend and fellow Vespa enthusiast Nonoy Versoza sent me this invitation to the first of a series of Motorcycle events he’s got lined up to promote Liberty Center in Mandaluyong as a hang-out for Scooter and Motorbike enthusiasts.
“Come join us in enjoying a night of live band music, raffles, drinks and good food with a touch of Italian ambience”
6:30 PM
Friday, 14 November 2008
The Park
LIBERTY CENTER, Shaw Blvd, Mandaluyong City
for inquiries
0927 938 8302
October 15th, 2008
October 14th, 2008
I know it’s been a long long long time since I’ve posted. A lot of things have been happening so I have not had time to blog. I hope to be back blogging regularly soon.
Here are some updates since my last post.
- 2211 Works brings in the Vespa GTS, MP3 400 the brand spanking new Gilera Runner ST, and the Piaggio X8. Envy starts creeping in just about now.
- We’ve successfully fended away the LTO’s (Land Transport Office) latest attempt at regulating the MC community. This is something I am personally happy to have been a part of.
- I finally got to go on a ride. Can’t believe that there’s a place that cold in the Philippines.
- Eurosocot will be holding their elections this weekend.
- Vespa Attack 4 is just around the corner!
- I turned 40. :S
August 8th, 2008
It’s not always fun and games on our Vespas. Bad things do happen and this time it just happens to be one of the most famous car designers in the world, Andrea Pininfarina.
From the Wired.Com blog.
Andrea Pininfarina, head of the famed Carozzeria Pininfarina studio that’s designed some of the sexiest cars Italy’s ever produced, died this morning in a scooter accident near the Italian city of Turin. He was 51.
Pininfarina - whose grandfather, Battista “Pinin” Farina, founded the design house in 1930 - died instantly after his Vepsa collided with a Ford Fiesta in the town of Trofarello. Such was the stature of Pininfarina and the firm that bears his family name that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said in a statement, “I am deeply saddened. (Italy) loses a leading personality of the country’s industrial life and the representative of a dynasty that did so much for the ‘made in Italy’ brand around the world.”
Read the entire article here.
Be careful on the road guys.
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