Video - PED TV: EICMA Show, Milan 2010

Now up on YouTube - video footage from our recent trip to this year's EICMA show in Milan which took place earlier this month. This year's exhibitors included most of the major brands showcasing their latest products (take a closer look in our gallery on Flickr). Watch the video in HD for best effect:

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Video - PED TV: INTERMOT, Cologne 2010

PED TV in Germany... Now you can watch the highlights from our recent trip to this year's INTERMOT show in Cologne. It was a great show - cool custom scoots and some great stunting talent and riding skills in the outdoor events. Sit back and watch our vid in HD.

EICMA 2010 show pics

This time last week some us from Pedstop HQ were still at the EICMA show in Milan. It was a good show with plenty to see from most of the major brands. You can relive what we saw by watching the slideshow or by clicking on the link below to go directly to our photo set on Flickr:



We've still got many more pics to upload so keep your eyes peeled for those plus a video which is due to go online soon.

EICMA 2010

Globe trotters from Pedstop HQ have been in Italy over the last few days clocking up some miles at the Fiera Milano complex in Milan whilst on the hunt for new stuff at this year's EICMA International Motorcycle show. We should have taken pedometers, the place is that big - 420 exhibitors and 500 brands spread out over six massive halls. There was plenty of eye candy, some new models and we don't just mean the ladies!

Given that the INTERMOT show had already taken place in Germany a few weeks back we'd already seen some of the new stuff we saw at EICMA. However there were still a few surprises in store from the big brands. Honda's distinctly Silver Wing-esque 'New Mid Concept' looked pretty slick. Engine details haven't been released as yet but Honda did announce that the New Mid Concept is equipped with dual clutch transmission instead of the usual CVT fare found on most scooters.

What appeared to be an exercise in style, the fluid forms of the X-2012 hybrid concept from Garelli got a lot of interest from the punters, shame it isn't actually mobile though:

At first glance we thought this was a Piaggio MP3. It's made by Quadro Tecnologie in Italy and it's called the Quadro 3D and features an innovative patented hydraulic tilting system along with a four-stroke 350cc engine.

Speaking of Piaggio, we rather liked the three-seat four wheeler NT3 concept that was unveiled at EICMA. Don't build your hopes up though, a Piaggio rep at the show told us it won't be available in Europe but will go on sale in Southeast Asia. Shame really we'd already pondered the idea of tuning one of these 300cc babies:

Keep an eye on our blog and our Flickr account for more eye candy from the show plus a report on PETROL mag soon.

INTERMOT 2010

Last week Pedstop scouts were dispatched to Germany to the INTERMOT show which takes place in Cologne every two years. Some fine accordion playing was witnessed in the streets and much bratwurst was consumed (apparently the white sausage comes highly recommended). As expected there was plenty to see at the show including some cool custom scooters on display, some new scooter models (a lot of electric scoots), stunting and sprinting galore. Suffice to say many photos were taken and some video. A show report will go live on PETROL soon, in the meantime you can take a look at our photos from the show on Flickr. The first batch of pics have already been uploaded, there's plenty more to come so keep your eyes peeled.

BSSO Championship 2010. Round 1: Mallory Park

The first round of this year's BSSO scooter racing championship took place at Mallory Park in Leicestershire on 5th April. We were there of course along with our race team: the Zen-like Josh Brown, young gun Sam Edwards and Zack Tingle, the latest talent to join the team (more about Zack later).

Thankfully the conditions were a little warmer (no frost!) this time at Mallory although it remained overcast and windy throughout the day. Our racing Zips performed well with Josh, Sam and Zack putting in a good effort on the track. Technical problems in the second race led to Josh pulling out early unfortunately, but in the first race he managed to complete 8 laps around the circuit finishing in second place despite the fact that he wasn't on top form at this meeting due to sickness.

At this stage, we know the best is yet to come from our riders and our machines - watch this space! In the meantime sit back and watch the action unfold in our video as Josh battles for first place in Race 1 at Mallory Park:

The North Run 2010 scooter rideout

Sunday July 18th is the magical date for this year's North Run rideout from Barnsley to Scarborough. Loads of scooterists will attend, it'll be lots of fun and there'll be more maxi scooters this year hopefully. Remember that riders of all ages are welcome on this rideout, the more the merrier. If it's anything like last year (have a look at the pics) then scratch the date into your bodywork, you really don't want to miss this one.



If you would like to join us on this ride or are thinking about it then please register your interest on our Facebook group. If you've got any questions or queries about the North Run then feel free to contact us.

More info about the route and BBQ location to follow...

Happy New Year from the Adrenalin team - it's snowing!

It's 2010 already and we have snow at Pedstop HQ.

Happy New Year to all of our customers including newbies for 2010 and thank you for your patience after the holidays. We tried frantically to get orders out yesterday and only managed about half, today should have seen the end of the backlog but this has been hampered by early pickups from couriers. If the weather persists it may delay things a little but we still think everything will be delivered towards the end of the week.

VAT increase

Well the dreaded 17.5% is back and although things have increased it's not by too much, you can still make a good saving with the free postage too so take advantage of it.

We're off sledging now so adios...