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Hey Guys,
I work for Temple City Vespa and we are looking for vespa and scooter clubs in the area to help support. If you are in or know of a club let me know. We sell scooters, parts, and perform service for Vespa, Piaggio, Aprilia, Honda, and Kymco. Any help would be awesome. Ride Safe.
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Re: Scooter Clubs in the Los Angeles Area
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Hey Guys,
I work for Temple City Vespa and we are looking for vespa and scooter clubs in the area to help support. If you are in or know of a club let me know. We sell scooters, parts, and perform service for Vespa, Piaggio, Aprilia, Honda, and Kymco. Any help would be awesome. Ride Safe.
I think the Los Angeles Scooter Group is one of the largest active groups now: http://www.meetup.com/LAScooterGroup/
I hesitate to call it a club; I've avoided that because the group is very inclusive, open to all scooters and riders. When I start or join a "club," that probably won't be the case. We do have space for sponsors and have held some rides in conjunction with dealers. You can PM me if you're interested.

There are also West Side Scooter Club (which favors vintage scoots) and the South Bay Scooter Club. Vespa Club Los Angeles exists mostly as a Yahoo! group, but holds a few rides during the year.

Mario in the South Bay club has a great email newsletter that covers local and regional events. You can subscribe to it on the club site:
http://www.southbayscooterclub.com

Swerve 'n' Curve X rally organized by West Side and South Bay is coming up and they may be looking for sponsors.
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Re: Scooter Clubs in the Los Angeles Area
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Hey Guys,
I work for Temple City Vespa and we are looking for vespa and scooter clubs in the area to help support. If you are in or know of a club let me know. We sell scooters, parts, and perform service for Vespa, Piaggio, Aprilia, Honda, and Kymco. Any help would be awesome. Ride Safe.
Is this Jeff?

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No, this is not jeff, this is Ryan i am one of the Senior Salesmen and we are looking for ways to expand our involvement from just motorcycles to scooters as well. Thanks for the info...are there anymore clubs in the area? Hopefully we will see you guys at some rides and meets in the future.
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Hi, Ryan - Mario from South Bay SC here.

Of course we are always looking for scooter related companies to help sponsor or donate door prizes for our rally every year. And, yes, our Swerve N Curve rally is coming up August 21-23, so we'd appreciate any support if you'd like to help in any way. You can PM me and let me know.

As for clubs, we have a pretty good resource page on our website that lists a lot of helpful SoCal scooter links, including the links for several scooter clubs in the area (Vespa Club of Los Angeles, Lambretta Club L.A., South Bay, Westside, Hard Pack, etc.). Check out our Web Links Page at this link: http://www.southbayscooterclub.com/southbaysc/wwwlinks.html

Perhaps you'd like a link there, yourselves? Let me know about that, too. Hope this helps!

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Eric: FYI, the South Bay Scooter Club has always been inclusive and open to all scooters and riders, going on almost 10 years now. Come on down and ride with us anytime so we can change your mind about that "club" moniker, lol...! We just like to ride, ride, ride and we don't care what you're on as long as you can keep up (and even then, we wait for everyone along the way). Just check out the pics from this month's ride - we had close to 35 scoots of all shapes and sizes, with a couple of motorcycles thrown in for good measure, ha ha: http://rides.webshots.com/album/573379735masWJs

Or, be sure to come out for our SWERVE N CURVE rally next month, August 21-23. Our 10th one, the last big local rally of the season, and it's always been open to all scooters. Hope to see you and everyone else here, then!

Cheers ~ Mario

P.S. - Thanks for the earlier props on my newsletter, Eric. I always say it's nice to know someone out there appreciates the effort.

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Just saw all the Amerivespa pics in the photo album there and was surprised to see myself in some of them. I didn't know Richard was a SBSC member.

I will definitely be at Swerve N Curve. Really looking forward to it. Hope to be bringing a nice-sized group down. It'll be the first rally for many of them!

The reason I don't call the LA Scooter Group a club (and I put a lot of thought into this) is that for some reason, that word seems to either intimidate some people (especially new riders) or somehow imply that there are criteria for membership or involvement. There's an assumption that it's just a bunch of die hard, wrench-slinging scooter guys who would scoff at someone riding up on a Honda Met or Zuma or whatever. I know that's not always the case, but folks often assume it is. Part of the reason for the group is to encourage people who might not come out for a "club" event to get involved in more casual rides and give them a chance to dip their toe in the water, so to speak.
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Re: Clubs
Oh yeah - Rich has been a long time SBSC member. But that's how most of our members are --- they are low key and just like to ride. Yeah, we've got patches (and I'm sure if you look closely, you'll see it on the back of Rich's riding jacket), but for the most part we don't even promote wearing them. Like I said, most folks are just about the ride and we use the term "member" very loosely; it's basically someone who comes out and rides often with us. They choose whether they want to be considered as one or go on our membership page (which you can see Rich and other folks at), here: http://www.southbayscooterclub.com/southbaysc/members/members.html

BUT, I hear you about the connotations the words "club" and "Club member" bring, especially to newer people in the scene. Like I mentioned, even though we keep it loose with regards to our "membership", newer riders interested in the club are always asking how they can "become a member", and/or "how much dues are", etc., etc. I always tell them that if they ride with us on a consistent basis, and they want to be considered a member, they are, which is, I'm sure, probably what goes on with the "LA Scooter Group"...(?)

Well, having met many of your group at a few functions, I'm looking forward to having them all come out to Swerve N Curve, and it'll be nice to be able to introduce them to an ego-free rally experience. As always, everyone is welcome!

Cheers ~ Mario
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Just saw all the Amerivespa pics in the photo album there and was surprised to see myself in some of them. I didn't know Richard was a SBSC member.

I will definitely be at Swerve N Curve. Really looking forward to it. Hope to be bringing a nice-sized group down. It'll be the first rally for many of them!

The reason I don't call the LA Scooter Group a club (and I put a lot of thought into this) is that for some reason, that word seems to either intimidate some people (especially new riders) or somehow imply that there are criteria for membership or involvement. There's an assumption that it's just a bunch of die hard, wrench-slinging scooter guys who would scoff at someone riding up on a Honda Met or Zuma or whatever. I know that's not always the case, but folks often assume it is. Part of the reason for the group is to encourage people who might not come out for a "club" event to get involved in more casual rides and give them a chance to dip their toe in the water, so to speak.
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Re: Scooter Clubs in the Los Angeles Area
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Hey Guys,
I work for Temple City Vespa and we are looking for vespa and scooter clubs in the area to help support. If you are in or know of a club let me know. We sell scooters, parts, and perform service for Vespa, Piaggio, Aprilia, Honda, and Kymco. Any help would be awesome. Ride Safe.
Why not just have your own rides 1 or 2 time a month using your Customers like harley davidson dose. set up a dayride post it on your web site. and send out emails. free dounts and coffee on weekends helps too. we do have lots of cool day rides in the area.
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tcpowersports wrote:
Hey Guys,
I work for Temple City Vespa and we are looking for vespa and scooter clubs in the area to help support. If you are in or know of a club let me know. We sell scooters, parts, and perform service for Vespa, Piaggio, Aprilia, Honda, and Kymco. Any help would be awesome. Ride Safe.
Why not just have your own rides 1 or 2 time a month using your Customers like harley davidson dose. set up a dayride post it on your web site. and send out emails. free dounts and coffee on weekends helps too. we do have lots of cool day rides in the area.
+1 on that idea

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