This weekend, the NYC Scootering team began its first wave of hitting the streets to bring our shiny new stickers to your scoot. If you let curiosity get the better of you and this is your first time visiting the site, welcome. Click on inside to learn more.

Folks, it’s almost upon us. The first major Big Apple scooter event of the year: The NYC Mods & Rockers weekend. And the fine folks over at M&R have updated us with the itinerary -The idea is simple: you like trouble, and you and your two wheeled motor vehicle are both old enough to drink in a bar (or your main ride at least look old enough to pass). Got it? Good

The fine folks at the New York Mod Squad Facebook group have given us the heads up that Scooterist favorite Jonathan Toubin will be spinning the decks at Beauty Bar tonight filling the air with Mod sounds:
Beauty Bar New York and Three Olives Vodka presents the Boogaloo Shampoo – the party where New York’s hardest-working DJ (over 300 gigs in 2008), New York Night Train Soul Proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubin, fills the mod-ish newly-redecorated back room dancefloor to ceiling with bubbly 45rpm soul classics, novelties, and obscurities - spanning late-r&b …

Spotted on East 2nd street this morning in the village.
It’s raining, and you have a nice present from the traffic cops neatly secured to your seat. So that’s what that strap is for. What a wonderful way to start your day.
Best of luck to the owner. Keep up the good fight.

If you’re new to scootering in New York then, unfortunatley, you have a lot to learn about parking.

With the amount of discussion dedicated to the subject of parking around local websites, we felt it would be helpful to summarize some of the key points that will arm you with what you need to know before you make your decision where and how to park. We’ll offer pointers whether you choose to risk damage and park on the street, or risk towing and park on the sidewalk.

If, like me, you’re a rookie waiting on your test waiver to come through so you can hit the DMV and get your full license, you’ve got some time to kill, and an itchy throttle hand, so here are some suggestions…

Well you don’t need me to tell you that it’s wet outside today. A huge salute to all you all-weather riders, and an encouraging poke in the ribs to you fair-weather riders.

Back in the UK, where you may have heard that it likes to rain some, my old scooter buddy John rode in just about everything except heavy snow as part of his daily 10 mile commute to work.

New York’s all-welcome scooter club announces it’s annual Block Party for 2009. May 30-31st.

Over from our friends at scoot.net comes news that while NYC Mods & Rockers didn’t have an official rally last year they’re reclaiming their usual date of the first weekend in May this year.

This puppy is in the window of the Lacoste Store on 5th Avenue in Midtown at the Rockefeller Center. I guess they’re running some kind of contest to win one.