Stolen Scooter? Use your Facebook Account

It appears a scooter thief in Florida picked the wrong scooter to steal. With a Facebook account and a bevy of Facebook friends, she got her scooter back.

The entire story can be read at The Orlando Sentinel.

The story demonstrates how social networking is effective in a major metropolitan area. It does help if one has pictures of the scooter to post and the VIN number.

Facebook helps ladies nab scooter thief: MyFoxTAMPABAY.com

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Sportique Scooters now repairs mainland chinese scooters

With scooters, one either pays for a quality scooter upfront or pays for repair on the back end with a cheap mainland chinese scooter.

Those with cheap chinese scooters have three options. Repair it yourself, pay someone to repair it, or sell it to some unsuspecting soul.

Quality scooter repair isn't cheap and neither are the scooter parts. The lost time in using the scooter defeats the whole purpose of using a scooter to save money on commuting expenses.

Despite the poor construction and metal quality of mainland chinese scooters, Sportique Scooters is now repairing them in the Denver area. They do still reserve the right to limit which chinese scooters they will repair. The parts on some of these scooters just fall apart when trying to repair them.

If your mainland chinese scooter needs repairing, and I'm sure it will, see if Sportique Scooters can work it into their repair shop schedule. They've performed quality maintenance on my Vespa for years.



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Misleading Colorado Craigslist scooter advertisements regarding license requirements

Some of the current Denver and Boulder Craigslist scooter advertisements look like slow motion disasters waiting to happen. A number of private Colorado scooter sellers are claiming that 50cc and under scooters don't require a drivers license. WRONG!

Anyone who plans on driving any scooter on a Colorado public roadway needs a drivers license and liability insurance. A 50cc scooter operator in Colorado just doesn't need a motorcycle endorsement. A motorcycle endorsement is added to the current drivers license.

If you see an advertisement for a scooter in Colorado claiming that no drivers license is required, run away from the seller. They have no idea what they are talking about. They are probably trying to unload some piece of mainland chinese scooter crap too.

With the price of gasoline going up, more people are checking out scooters again. Just don't be suckered by people claiming "No drivers license required in Colorado" for scooters. That just isn't true.

Some current examples of misleading ads -

http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/2322518824.html

http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/2318935266.html

http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/2291799048.html

Want to read more about Colorado Scooter laws?

The Top 10 Myths About Scooters, Mopeds, and Scooter Laws in Colorado

Mopeds and Colorado Moped Laws - Just the Facts

49cc and 50cc Mopeds and Scooters in Colorado Must Now Carry Liability Insurance


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Scooter stolen in Denver

If you see this scooter, it's stolen. Call the cops.

Details:
From Sportique Scooters in Denver

This scooter was stolen near Mississippi & Dayton - in the Legend Oaks apartment complex. It's a 1977 Vespa TS 125, Black with Silver side cowls. It has a white Mutiny Artist banner painted above the tail light. It has MHM magnets on the glove box.

Sportique is offering a $200 reward for any information leading to the return of Paul's beloved TS 125 Vespa. This is the second Vespa Paul has had stolen this Spring.

Link: ScooterAlert.com

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It's springtime - time to change the scooter oil

If you didn't change your scooter oil before storing it away for the winter last fall, it's time to change the engine oil. Your scooter will thank you for your kindness.

If you own a Vespa ET4 scooter with a Leader engine, I typed up two oil change procedures. One is a written guide while the other is a step by step picture guide.

The written guide can be found at Yahoo! Voices at:
How to Change the Engine Oil in Your Vespa ET4 Scooter

The pictorial guide is posted at Helium.com at:
How to change the engine oil in a Vespa ET4 scooter

Have plenty of paper towels and hand cleaner available. Changing the oil can get really messy sometimes.

I like Motul 5w40 300V 4T oil for my scooter. There are several other scooter oil brands around that also provide excellent engine lubrication and protection. Whatever you do, don't scrimp on price for quality oil.

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