Winter weather doesn’t stop the hardcore motor scooter rider. Students at the University of Wisconsin in Madison have been riding their scooters in the snow, which may make them the most dedicated in the country. I guess Madison’s mayor said that winter bicycle riders should be shot in his blog, but the scooter riders are closer to the campus, away from traffic. The riding style involves skidding both feet along, to stay upright. Read more…

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The Department of Transportation for the state of Wisconsin has a Map of Wisconsin’s Rustic Roads for the motorcycle and scooter enthusiast. The Legislature established the Rustic Roads program in 1973 to help
preserve Wisconsin’s scenic, lightly traveled country roads. The state
now has 103 marked Rustic Roads covering over 572 miles in 54 counties. This sounds like the perfect getaway, however winter is closing in, so it may have to wait for next year.

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According to the CITIZEN-TIMES.com commuters in Asheville, NC are using bike, public transportation and scooters to save gas. Residents are seeing more scooters on the road. And sales at Swannanoa Scooter Sales have changed “definitely for the better” in the past couple of years. A manager said “As long as gas prices stay the same, we’re definitely doing good,” he said.

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According to Vespa, if Americans were to utilize one of the latest eco-friendly Vespa motor scooters, for 10% of everyday travel, national fuel consumption would be cut by 14 million gallons of gas a day. Hey, and they are fun to drive too! Much more fun than a mini-van. That’s their basis of Vespanomics.

Now you can submit a video about Vespanomics and win a Vespa GTS. Check out the below video. Something tells me this dude is gonna win.

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