Maureen’s back with a simple but important maintenance consideration for all four-stroke Vespa owners and machines with a similar set-up: How to take up the slack and adjust your rear wheel drum brake.

I’ve got hydraulic brake fluid on my mind this week. So it’s great timing to unearth the latest four-stroke Vespa maintenance video from Maureen in Florida – when and how to service your brakes.

I think this site spotted on the street near Union Square this morning sums up life in the Big Apple right now.

Piaggio continues to offer deep discount incentives to clear last season’s stock and keep local dealers afloat during a tough sales year. Could their loss be your gain? Click on inside for details.

David Harrington over at JustGottaScoot.com is back with another comprehensive scooter review. This time, Kymco’s unashamed take on the Vespa LX, the Like200i.

PiaggioGroup Americas have begun their latest promotion. This time to encourage new riders for the 2010 season while allowing local dealers to work through their stock of retired carbureted models.

Florida scootergirl Maureen is back with another helpful video. This video demonstrates the location, removal, cleaning, and re-installation of the air filter.

We’ve covered this simple mod briefly ourselves based on Baksvn’s excellent step-by-step, but who better to give us a detailed step-by-step video walk-through than everyone’s favorite Florida scooter girl, Maureen.

I’m not quite sure which marketing guru decided there was simpatico between Vespas and video game workouts but Piaggio have announced their holiday offer, and anyone buying a new Vespa this holiday season will get a free copy of Active Personal Trainer for the Nintendo Wii.

Vespa Brooklyn have just announced an amazing deal commencing Columbus Day. Take $1000 off all 2009 Vespa LX150s, S150s and GTS250s in stock.