NYCS spends a few days in Sydney and Melbourne and checks out the local scooter scene past and present. Click on inside to read up and see some snaps.

With Halloween behind us, it’s time to start turning our collective attention to the holiday season, and the season means presents. Scottish artist Christine Berrie has a beautiful scooter print available in a limited edition.

The music news continues this week with the news that scooter culture favorites, The Stone Roses have done what many (including the band) said would never happen – they’ve reformed as the original line-up. Tickets for their debut gig in Manchester go on sale Friday.

Sure it’s recorded off-screen but if you’re a fan of Mod and scooter culture, it’s easy to forgive picture quality to get an opportunity to digest a nice overview of the late Seventies, early Eighties mod revival in the UK.

The Who have announced that their classic scooter culture album, Quadrophenia is finally getting the deluxe back-catalog treatment and Vespa is joining forces with the band to celebrate.

This Labor Day weekend, Paul headed to LA to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum’s incredible exhibit of every imaginable scooter from the past hundred years.

The Piaggio Ape and Innocenti Lambro aren’t the only classic three-wheeler scooter-based workhorses that have graced the roads of Europe.

Any Vespa owner out there will tell you that the Vespa is an art form. But what about the Vespa as a material for Artists? Click on inside to see the amazing work of Australian artist Patricia Picchinini.

Three whirlwind days in Munich was all it took to see some of the nicest restored vintage Vespas I have ever seen. The Germans certainly love their scooters.

If you’re one of our west coast readers, or planning a trip to the City of Angels in the months ahead, be sure to set some time aside to stop by La Brea on your travels.