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Once again you are welcome to us OPEN DAY.
On Saturday the 18th of September 2010 we will be opened from 10: 00 - 16: 00 h. An event mainly organized for our friends with geared scooters like Lambretta and Vespa.
Highlights:
- free dyno runs on SCK's Amerschläger P4 rolling road,
- massive parts fair
- job lots & bargains: We have cleared remaining stock, returns, samples and 2nd hand parts. So don't miss it good prices are made.
- private parts fair: clear your garages, workshops, living and bed rooms. bring it to Scooter Center and sell it!
- stylish scooter wear from the Lambretta boutique
- Lots of Reissdorf Kölsch beer is waiting and Roland already burns for the BBQ
- Meet and greet with other ill minded petrol junkies
No matter for the weather
If it rains, no worries. We are prepared to keep you dry. At least while you are here at Scooter Center. We are looking forward for a relaxed meet & greet. And we are searching for the highest power output at the dyno. So don't miss it!
You can find SCK Classic Day # 3 at on Facebook
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Cologne - Milan - Gorizia - Ried - Cologne
9 July 2010, 11 pm - the team of Scooter Center hits the road to visit Casa Lambretta, dispose of two rusty Lambretta mopeds, pick up an SX 150 in Gorizia and deliver a Vespa in Ried. 23 hours and 2500 km later at 7 am on Sunday, we were already back in Cologne, reflecting on our journey over a cup of Cafè ...
On Friday night, the three of us started our little trip to Italy via Switzerland. Once we got there, we had breakfast in style in an “Autogrill” - typically Italian. After some stop & go traffic outside of Milan, we finally got to Casa Lambretta just in time. Julia and Ulf the 2ndnd were flabbergasted by Vittorio's neat collection. No wonder with more than 1000 parts of his own Casa Lambretta range! At the same time, we loaded the Scooter Center van with our order before going back to Vittorio for a guided tour of his museum. By now, it should have moved into the new building with his shop.
Despite the brutal heat, humidity and the fact that it was the weekend, Vittorio patiently showed us his humble collection. He even put up with all of my weird, annoying questions. Luckily for him, we were under a bit of time pressure and had to move on.
During the drive from Milan to Gorizia towards the east coast, there was quite some excitement if Julia's SX 150 would live up to the high expectations raised by the promising pictures. And indeed - what a beauty! Nearly flawless stock condition, unspoilt, with only one previous owner. To top it off, the sellers were really nice. With a lot in common, we decided to swap contact details, invited each other to visit and exchanged a couple more stories.
In Austria, we enjoyed the local cuisine with some pancake soup, schnitzel and “Radler”. After that, we quickly dropped off the Vespa before striking out for home for some relaxation at the Rhine ...
What a great trip!
Last weekend we were out for the Customshow in Ried / Austria.
After the 700 km trip it was a pleasure to meet Stoffi and his team. And not just because of the beer he offered.
The place where the show was held was really amazing. A proper tradeshow place that was packed with scooters even on Friday evening. To make life easier for us on the next day, we built up our stall.
The dinner brought the delicious Austrian food like Fritaten Soup, Wiener Schnitzel and so on. And for sure beer and wine, which we thought we have earned after this day. Sadly for some of us involved a deck of cards appeared ...
SCOOTER CENTER was glad to visit the 1st Italian Customshow in Riva del Garda.
A nice place associated with scenic landscapes, nice roads around the lake itself. Something you could really enjoy. Something we have seen at least while arriving and leaving. The rest of the time we have spend doing the Scooter Center stall at the custom show and enjoying the weekend at the do's.
The Customshow was organized by Italian's umbrella organization SIR and local club Corsi di Alpi. It took place together with the car and bike show “Motorissma” and the Customshow had a massive hall downstairs. If you would have landed there by accident no one would get the idea that it was the first time for a scooter custom show in Italy. Roughly 60 scooters were on display. There were more Lambrettas on show and the quality of the work was higher as well. Uncommon for us was that the show took place on two days. But even better so we had two nights for relaxing.
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