Mad Bastard Scooter Rally Reunion 2027 – Planning begins!
The 2019 MBSR (the final one) was both a triumph and a tragedy. A triumph of planning, of executation, of managing a group of riders across a route that designed to be difficult, but possible – while also being interesting and scenic. The rally organizers did a masterful job. AndContinue Reading
We have started planning a new event – The Mad Bastard Scooter Rally Reunion 2027
It’s been a little while since the final MBSR (a rally which has a special place in my heart) and given enough time has password for us to forget how crazy an event it was, and how much work it is organizing anything like it, we have decided to hostContinue Reading
2022 update: New projects, new trips, new plans
This may not come as news to any of you, but the last two years have sucked. Epically. As is the case with most of you, travel has been curtailed for obvious reasons and we’ve had little or no events to go to. Places that would normally be destinations haveContinue Reading
Past Due Review: Back into Piaggio ownership with a 2006 BV500 (Part One)
I tried to stay away from Italian scooters, I really did. I’ve owned a lot of Piaggio scooters over the years – P series Vespas, from a PX125 to a P200E with an Inder sidecar. I’ve driven as daily drivers commuting to work, I’ve taken them in the now defunctContinue Reading
Kymco back in Canada? But not with scooters it seems….
Some recent Facebook stalking revealed that Kymco Canada seems to be back. Kymco left the Canadian market and BECO motors stopped being the distributor back in 2019, leading to (as we have covered on Scoottoronto) the end of the Mad Bastard Scooter Rally. But, judging from a new website thatContinue Reading