TheScooterScoop » Rallies http://www.thescooterscoop.com America's motor scooter, moped and micro car news source. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:27:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 KYMCO “rounds up the posse” for AmeriVespa 2010 http://www.thescooterscoop.com/2010/05/05/kymco-rounds-up-the-posse-for-amerivespa-2010/ http://www.thescooterscoop.com/2010/05/05/kymco-rounds-up-the-posse-for-amerivespa-2010/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 01:02:39 +0000 Steve Guzman http://www.thescooterscoop.com/?p=3165 When the Vespa Club of America (VCOA) throws a scooter rally, they don’t mess around.  With the help and hard work of the host city’s scooter players and tons of sponsors, you can expect to see 600+ AmeriVespa attendees riding scooters and mopeds of all shapes and sizes.  Heck, you’ll probably see motorcycles and cars there too!  (You did know Vespa made cars, right?).

Well, speaking of “not messing around”, KYMCO has planned a 1381 mile scooter journey from their HQ in Spartanburg South Carolina to the event in San Antonio over the course of four days.  The ride will begin in Spartanburg on May 23rd and end in the basement of the Alamo in San Antonio, TX, just in time for Amerivespa, May 27 – 31, 2010.  Maybe while you’re there you can help Peewee find his bike.

If you’ve been keeping up with AmeriVespa, you know KYMCO has been a big supporter of  for the better part of the decade and they want to support YOUR journey to the event by paying for your gas along the way!  That’s right, if you join the KYMCO posse at any point in the journey, they will pay for each day’s fill up.  If you join them from the HQ, they’ll even cover your $75 registration fee!  Nice, eh?

ANNND, speaking of registration, if you’re planning to pay for your own you’ll need to git to it!  Only 10 days left before registration closes!

For details, see the Facebook Event information on the KYMCO Scooter page:  www.facebook.com/KYMCO.Scooters. RSVP to Scoot2TX@kymcousa.com and tell us which day(s) you can join them, make your own hotel reservations, and we’ll see you on the road!

I’ll catch up with the action when the Posse arrives in Austin, TX.  We all go out for Torchy’s and a Shiner when you get here on Wednesday, May 26th!

HERE’S the trip schedule:
DAY 1, Sunday, May 23

- Depart 5 Stan Perkins Rd, Spartanburg, SC 29307 on Stan Perkins Rd, KYMCO USA Headquarters
- Arrive Courtyard By Marriott [3501 Courtyard Way, Columbus, GA 31909, (706) 323-2323]

DAY 2, Monday, May 24
- Depart Courtyard By Marriott [3501 Courtyard Way, Columbus, GA 31909, (706) 323-2323]
- Arrive Best Western Seaway Inn [9475 Highway 49, Gulfport, MS 39501, (228) 864-0050]

DAY 3, Tuesday, May 25
- Depart Best Western Seaway Inn [9475 Highway 49, Gulfport, MS 39501, (228) 864-0050]
- Arrive Marriott Courtyard Beaumont [2275 I-10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701, (409) 840-5750]

DAY 4, Wednesday, May 26
- Depart Marriott Courtyard Beaumont [2275 I-10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701, (409) 840-5750]
- Arrive Courtyard By Marriott-Austin-South [4415 South IH-35 Austin TX 78744, (512) 441-7900]

DAY 5, Thursday, May 27
- Depart Courtyard By Marriott-Austin-South [4415 South IH-35 Austin TX 78744, (512) 441-7900]
- Arrive Alamo [300 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205, (210) 225-1391]

Maybe we’ll get a chance to take the new Downtown 300i for a spin!

]]> http://www.thescooterscoop.com/2010/05/05/kymco-rounds-up-the-posse-for-amerivespa-2010/feed/ 3 Amerivespa 2010 T-90 days and counting http://www.thescooterscoop.com/2010/03/02/amerivespa-2010-t-90-days-and-counting/ http://www.thescooterscoop.com/2010/03/02/amerivespa-2010-t-90-days-and-counting/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:56:42 +0000 Steve Guzman http://www.thescooterscoop.com/?p=3025 What happens when you get 600 – 800 scooterists to converge on a US city? Increased smog levels? An overextended emergency services department? A bunch of confused gawkers? Besides all of that… YOU GET AMERIVESPA! That’s right! It’s time again for the Vespa Club of America’s annual scooter rally; the biggest of it’s kind (in the USA). This year, if you haven’t already heard, the host city will be San Antonio, Texas and you know us Texans are mighty excited about it.  They will be packing more scooter fun into four days than you’ve had all year!

Here’s the deal though, you want to get registered NOW.  ”Why now”, you ask?  Because if you register before the end of day Saturday you will not only get a goody bag full of super-awesome schwag and a drop-dead gorgeous t-shirt and patch but you’ll ALSO get THIRTEEN free raffle tickets!  That’s $13 LUCKY dollars worth of prize winning chances FREE!

So, go to their site, make sure you’ve got $75 bucks in your account and register HERE>
In the interim, here’s a slice from last year’s Concours d’Elegance:

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