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Posted by: Martin

11 December 2009 3,853 views One Comment

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With precious few days left until the holidays, you’ve still got a chance to grab a scooter-themed stocking stuffer for the scooter lover in your life, or, ah hell, who are we kidding, yourself.

Here at NYCS towers we’ve been inundated with holiday gift ideas from all of the online retailers we’ve dealt with over the year and we’re sure you have too. To help you wade through all those offers we’ve compiled a list of some of the best that have come our way over the past month.

For the office…

Vespa Logo Mug
What better way to show your pride in meetings than walking in with your Vespa branded coffee mug in sea-foam green with a black vintage Vespa logo. Keep it in hand as you over your TPS reports. Search “Vespa” at Sourpuss Clothing’s site and you’ll turn up other cool mug designs and Vespa goodies.

$10.00 from sourpussclothing.com

Vespa ball-point pen
Next time you’re doodling drawings of the 1961 GS you’re never going to be able to afford in the margin of said TPS report, how about doing it in style?

$1.99 from scooterwest.com

Green handlebar perpetual calendar
IPhones and Google Calendars are only going to get you so far. Sometimes you just need a good old-fashioned calendar. You’ll get to think of your scoot for 365 days straight and learn the Italian for days and months along the way.

$25.99 from scooterworks.com

For the bookshelf…

How to Restore and Maintain Your Vespa Motorscooter by Bob Darnell
Widely considered to be the bible on two-stroke Vespa restoration, this book will give you plenty of reading material for the winter months as you plan next year’s project.

$17.00 and up from amazon.com

The Lambretta Scooter Bible by Peter Davis
Covers every Italian Lambretta model from 1947 to 1971. This hardback beauty contains some gorgeous pictures to keep your coffee table company during the off-season.

$28 and up from amazon.com

Mods: Over 150 Photographs from the Early ‘60’s of the Original Mods!
The bestselling, definitive account of the British 60’s youth movement. Over 150 photographs show the clothing, the dancing, the haircuts and, of course, the scooters.

$14.00 and up from amazon.com

For the ride…

Parka Power scooter patches
One thing you’ve got time for during a long cold winter is patch sewing. Parka Power’s eBay store contains more scooter, music and scoot culture patches than you can shake a vintage M51 Parka fishtail at.

$5.00 each at Parka Power’s store on eBay.

Vesperado T-shirt
Once Summer 2010 comes around, you’ll be ready to hit the streets in this spiffy take on the classic Vespa logo. And if this one doesn’t float your boat, zazzle.com is stuffed full of scooter themed Ts.

$27.95 at zazzle.com

Show your scoot you love her…

Battery Tender Jr. 12V
Put your beauty to bed this holiday with some tenderness. Battery tenderness that is. If you don’t have one of these babies, run, don’t walk to Scooters Originali to pick up your battery’s best friend this winter.

$33.95 at scootersoriginali.com

Vespa and Stella emergency kit
Also from Jersey’s famous scooter Mecca comes another essential. Think of it as a box of band-aids for two-strokes. Don’t leave your baby at the side of the road alone ever again.

$29.99 at scootersoriginali.com

Toys for kids (or the kid in you)….

Lego scooters
Brickforge.com is your one-stop-shop for custom Lego bricks and kits. Thanks to brick builders Arealight you can now take your Lego Minifigs out on the road in style. Available in 8 cool colors.

$6.00 each from brickforge.com

Barbie Vespa
Let your child get a feel for the road by using a Barbie as their first crash test dummy rather than their own valuable frame.

$39.99 at amazon.com

And finally, the bizarro present all the way from the UK….

Lambretta SX200 Platinum Edition Faberge-Inspired Tribute Ornament
Finally, for the scooter lover who has everything comes a gift we can guarantee they don’t have. With it’s tongue twisting name, and authentic SX200 sound at the flick of a switch, what more needs to be said. You’ll need to ship it from the UK, but only a country with that many scooterists could dream up a gift like this.