This past weekend the Seven Hills Scooter Club went on the road to Durham, NC for The Incriminators Scooter Club’s 13th annual “Freeze Your Balls Off” rally. There were five of us in total – Ed, Anthony, Dwayne, Paul and Rob, traveling in one pickup truck with an enclosed trailer for the bikes. The Incriminators planned a thorough itinerary which included drinking, eating, riding, eating, drinking, riding, eating, drinking, riding and eating . Like our Indian Summer Rally, the events tended to be clustered around a central area; in FYBO’s case around two of the main venues, Fullsteam Brewery and Motorco Music Hall instead of a scooter dealership.... Read On

Check out our Google Calendar link for the 2011 Tacky Light Ride details. Short version – Thursday, December 15th at Northside Grill at 1217 Bellevue Ave., Richmond, VA 23227. We’ll ride out at 7pm and tour a few neighborhoods’ tacky light extravaganzas. One might expect that we will wind up somewhere at the end of the ride, but that has not yet been determined. Read On

We just purchased a Vespa P125 for the 2012 Indian Summer Raffle. Lets come up with good ideas on how we want this Scooter to look for the Raffle. Read On

We’re all set to go on the 6th Annual Indian Summer Rally! Here are the basics: Rally fee: $25  Where can you crash? The Holiday Inn Express in downtown Richmond (201 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA23219). Call the hotel directly at 804-788-1600 to book your room and ask for the Indian Summer Rally block or go to the website: www.hiexpress.com/richmonddtwn – enter arrival and departure date and use GROUP CODE: ISR All reservations must be received by October 21, 2011 to avail of the discounted rate of $99+tax. Please note that parking fee is $10 per night in our parking garage – that’s for a space. If you squeeze... Read On

Now i love me some scooters and I love me some skateboarding skatepark action, but this dude, Boulon, is doing something pretty rad. It isn’t a huge stretch and I’m sure it’s been done before. My man Boulon doesn’t even bust out huge tricks. Just the fact that he’s doing it is what makes me give him props. *HIGH FIVE For some reason I am unable to retrieve the embed code from vimeo. You going to have to check it out over there. Go now to Skatepark Scooter Action! Read On

“ Please upgrade your browser Brighton, England – 1965: One of Baron Bomburst’s Vulgarian spies pilots a modded Lammy – rigged with two surfboards and a water wheel – into the English Channel. The archival video description makes a point of noting that “it stays afloat”. So it does. Evidently this didn’t catch on. Hell of a way to treat a vintage Lambretta, even if it wasn’t vintage, yet. Read On

We’ve got a big ride planned for this Sunday! Check out the Google Calendar event, and be at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream on North Morris Street in Richmond’s Fan District before 11am if you want breakfast, and by 11:30 at latest. Read On

I rode up to Colonial Beach, VA on Saturday to scout locations for a camping trip/meetup with some of the folks from DC. I shot some video while I was up there, showing the southernmost beach in the town, a ride up the Potomac shore, a bar deck, Monroe Bay Campground and Westmoreland State Park. The trip will take place September 10th and 11th. Read On

No hard-set plans as yet, but keep your Sunday open for the Seven Hills Scooter Club First Sunday Ride, scheduled for August 7th, 10:30am kickoff, 11:30am ride start. Check out the calendar link and subscribe to the Google Calendar to keep up to date on all club activities! Read On

I make it a Lambretta Jet, mid-1970s, on the packaging for the Starbucks VIA Italian Roast. Am I right? Read On