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.

Following last week’s pod mod, it’s time for mod number two - adding some “go faster stripes” to my new scoot.

The hardest thing about riding my brand new Vespa S150 was not taught on my Basic Rider Course - getting the damn thing on its center-stand.

I’ve spent the first few days of modern scooter ownership working on a hernia until I found out that lugging a 250lb metal body dead-weight onto its center stand is, like many things in life, more about technique than brute strength.

Last year, NPR posted a great article for the potential scooterist looking to buy. But for our money, the most helpful part of the article was the section on matching a scooter to the rider’s height, something that doesn’t get discussed as much as it should.

In the market for a scooter but not sure to go Italian, Taiwanese or Japanese?

During the gas crunch of last year, the La Times’ throttle jockey Susan Carpenter put together a fantastic video and written review comparing three new scooters in the 125-150cc range.

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.

Steve over at Scooter Scoop has a fantastic review of the S150.

While I was tempted to buy from Vespa SoHo, the idea of crossing the bridge out of Manhattan on my first day of riding did not sit well with me. After a little research I came across Vespa Brooklyn.