“FOUNDERS DAY RIDE”

GENUINE SCOOTERS – SCOOTERS GO GREEN

WHO:   ALL GENUINE SCOOTER OWNERS

WHAT:   “FOUNDERS DAY RIDE” in appreciation to all GENUINE SCOOTER OWNERS

WHEN:  October, 29th 2011 (Saturday)

WHERE:  Ride Leaving from Scooters Go Green (220 Old Colony Ave – Boston MA) at 1:30pm  with free dinner at Fire & Ice in Harvard Square at 3:00pm

RIDE DETAILS:

Meet the President of Genuine:

Phillip McCaleb (Founder of Genuine Scooter Co.) worked in the corporate world. He spent several years stationed in Greece and Belgium, among other overseas locations. While in Greece in particular, McCaleb noticed that everyone enjoyed getting around on scooters. It didn’t take long for him to recognize that scooters are not only incredibly practical, but super fun to ride! Pretty soon, he was hooked and adopted a vintage scooter as his daily transport. Some of his fondest memories are cruising around the busy streets of Athens on two wheels.

So in 1989, McCaleb started restoring and selling vintage Vespa and Lambretta scooters out of his garage on the north side of Chicago. Some of his early clients were celebrities and rock stars.  You don’t have to look hard to find Buddy scooter clubs and enthusiastic online user groups such as those found onwww.modernbuddy.com. We think this demonstrates that Genuine’s modern machines feature all the charm and fun of the old classics (minus the hard-to-find parts and repair bills!)

The Ride:  

ATTENTION ALL GENUINE SCOOTER OWNERS.  You are invited to our largest ride of the season with Genuine Scooter Company’s founder and President, Phillip McCaleb.  This ride is dedicated to our customer appreciation.  Phillip will be joining us on the ride throughout the city with the final destination at Harvard Square’s delicious Fire on ice for an all you can eat Mongolian style grill.  Get your Buddy, Stella, R50, or Rattler prepped, waxed, and shined for Saturday, October 29 @ 1pm  at Scooters Go Green (RIDE BEGINS AT 1:30)

THE PARTY

ATTENTION ALL GENUINE SCOOTER OWNERS.  You are invited to our largest ride of the season with Genuine Scooter Company’s founder and President, Phillip McCaleb.  This ride is dedicated to our customer appreciation.  Phillip will be joining us on the ride throughout the city with the final destination at Harvard Square’s delicious Fire on ice for an all you can eat Mongolian style grill.  Get your Buddy, Stella, R50, or Rattler prepped, waxed, and shined for Saturday, October 29 @ 1pm  at Scooters Go Green (RIDE BEGINS AT 1:30)

WHO:     SCOOTERS GO GREEN and local scooter enthusiasts

WHAT:       PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: A scooter rally will ride around the streets of Boston to promote Universal Pictures’ upcoming release LARRY CROWNE starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts
CONTEST: To win movie passes and t-shirts from the film, snap a photo of the rally with your phone and go to www.scootersgogreen.com  to enter-to-win submit your photos via email to sales@scootersgogreen.com

WHEN:     Tuesday, June 28th, 5:30PM – 6:30PM

WHERE:    The Rally will begin at SCOOTERS GO GREEN, 220 Old Colony Avenue in South Boston and commence at Regal Fenway Cinema, 201 Brookline Avenue in Boston

WHY:     In an effort to reduce his gas bill Larry Crowne buys a scooter and becomes a member of a scooter gang at his community college

Oscar ® winners Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts reunite for a dramatic comedy about how the hard knocks from today’s recession inspire one everyday guy to undergo a personal reinvention: Larry Crowne. The simple guy who has every reason to think his life has stalled will come to learn an unexpected lesson: when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might discover your reason to live.

LARRY CROWNE is rated PG-13 and opens in theaters on Friday, July 1st
www.larrycrowne.com

Enter Here For A Chance to Win A FREE Genuine Scooter 150cc St. Tropez!!!!!

To be announced in the Boston Globe This Friday, One lucky Grand prize Winner will win a FREE Genuine Scooter 150cc St. Tropez!!!

This is a Totally Free Giveaway so ENTER TODAY!!!!!

“The movie is directed by Hanks, who is real-life a scooter rider and promoter of alternative transportation,” says Philip McCaleb, CEO of Genuine. “This is the biggest promotion of scooter riding and scooter culture since Ace Face and the Who.”

A bid by officials to seek rents from residents in Fuzhou city led to anti-regime abuse online and calls for protest late last month.
Officials issued a scooter replacement policy that unnecessarily set a new standard for scooters, forcing the between 600,000 and one million scooter owners in the city to buy new ones—and they say that the new approved scooters are inferior to those allowed previously.

A battery of new fees, inspection costs, and fines was also rolled out.

The Legal Daily published a nearly 20,000 word report dissecting in detail the mechanics of the new policy. In the end many Fuzhou residents will have to pay from 3,000 to 6,000 yuan ($460 to $920) to replace their scooters, in what many see as a typical instance of the corruption that plagues China.

Initiators of China’s “Jasmine Movement” in Fuzhou city, the capital of Fujian Province in southern China, have called for the public, rather than take it lying down, to take to the streets and protest against the plan.

The policy was actually rolled out by the Fuzhou city government in 2010, and the replacements began in May 2010—it is expected to be a three year process.

The Fuzhou city government requires scooter manufacturers and retailers to apply for certificates from the city inspection agency. Without the certificate, no licenses are issued, and scooters can’t be sold.

A regime of fines for drivers with older scooters was rolled out at the beginning of March.

Scooter stores have sprung up across town. Yadi scooter’s Fuzhou sales representative told Legal Daily: “The best business opportunities are in Fuzhou where a store sells between 300 and 500 scooters a month… there are at least 1 million old scooters and only 200,000 have been replaced with new ones.”

But people forced to buy into the new standard are not so sanguine. On Jan. 22 an article titled “Exposing the Beneficiary Chain behind the Scooter Replacement Policy and the Way to Quick Fortune in Scooter Sales” appeared on the Internet. Heated discussions about the topic began among residents.

“Those so-called qualified scooters are not really qualified,” the 4,000 word post said. Written by a scooter industry insider, it said that the battery weight, speed, and motor in the new scooters are not up to scratch.

Chen Dong, the author of the post, says he once served as a manager in a scooter shop. He said he “is very familiar with the ‘public rules’ and ‘hidden rules’ of the industry,” and told Legal Daily that it took him a week to write down all the details he knew.

Several scooter shop owners also told Legal Daily that the battery weight, speed and motor of the “qualified scooters” do not meet safety standards.

The Legal Daily report also quoted two experts in the field: Professor Ma Guilong from Tsinghua University, who has been researching scooter for 20 years, and Ni Jie, the CEO of Green Scooter and also a researcher. Both of them admitted that the stability, sturdiness, lights, and brakes on the new scooters are inferior to those of the older ones.

“When we bought the scooters years ago, the government did not say ‘no.’ Now they’re banned. After spending so much more money, we still bought scooters that do not meet the standard. Maybe one day they will be banned again?” a resident calling himself Lin Qing wrote on the blog.

Fuzhou’s Jasmine Movement participants said that that the national scooter standards (travel less than 20kph, weigh less than 40kg, of power less than 240W) were defined in 1999, but that they’re out of date.

But the central regime does not want to define new standards, and this has affected about 150 million scooter owners in China. Most scooter riders are workers or lower class citizens for whom the scooter is the main form of transportation. A new scooter may cost between 3 to 5 months’ savings of a menial worker.

Fuzhou’s Jasmine Movement organizers and others online said that they believe Fuzhou Party secretary Yuan Rongxiang, Fuzhou Mayor Su Zengduo, scooter businessmen, the inspection agency, and traffic police are all part of a larger scheme to use government regulations to seek rents from citizens.

Written by the Epoch Times Staff

What: Summer Opening Ride
When: Saturday, May 21, 2011 4:00 PM

Where: Scooters Go Green
220 Old Colony Ave
South Boston , MA 02127
(617) 269-0050

Why: WINTER IS OVER AND ITS TIME TO RIDE

It was a LONG winter, but riding season is finally here! Scooters Go Green would like to kick off the season with a bang, Saturday May 21st. Brought to you by Boston Scoots Boston’s scooter club and sponsored by Scooters Go Green… Boston’s scooter shop.

3:00PM – 5:00PM – Hang at the Shop

@ Scooters Go Green
220 Old Colony Ave
Boston MA 02127

Come hang out, kick tires, talk shop! Fill up on some music and snacks before the ride. Need some accessories? Great time to get some swag for the new season. The day of the ride all accessories are 20% off!

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5:00PM – 7:00PM – RIDE AROUND THE CITY

Leave From: Scooters Go Green
220 Old Colony Ave
South Boston MA 02127

It’s been a while since Boston has seen the streets filled with scooters. Time to kick off the season with a ride through downtown. Details and maps of the route will be handed out at the pre-party at Scooters Go Green.

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7:00PM – 9:00PM – Huge Party at the Stadium Bar and Grill!!! FREE FOOD!!!

Free food and non-alcoholic beverages at the the Stadium Bar and Grill

232 Old Colony Ave
(Next to Scooters Go Green)

Sponsored by Scooters Go Green, enjoy free Pizza, Burgers and wings at the post ride party.

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VEGAS GIVEAWAY!!!!!

One free trip for two will be raffled off at the post party. Free hotel for two nights, with free companion airfare.

No purchase necessary, sponsored by Scooters Go Green!

Questions???? – Give us a call

Scooters Go Green

(617) 269-0050

Congratulations Tim for wining the Scooters Go Green Las Vegas Giveaway!   Also, congratulations on a great purchase!, a Genuine Scooter Buddy Italia.   Have fun on the new scooter Tim, and good luck in Vegas!

-Scooters Go Green

Scooters Go Green, Boston’s scooter dealer is happy to announce our Vegas giveaway.   From March 10- April 1, each Customer who purchases a Brand New Scooter from Scooters Go Green will automatically enter the drawing to win a free trip to Las Vegas, Nevada.  Winner will have the option to stay 3 Days and 2 Nights at either the Tropicana Hotel and Casino or the Rivera Hotel and Casino compliments of Scooters Go Green.  The trip will also include 1 free companion airfare ticket.  For more details please call Scooters Go Green or stop by the store.  Winner will be announced on April 2, 2011.

Genuine Scooters will be making it’s big screen debut when the Stella and the Buddy will be used by Tom Hanks’ co-actors in the upcoming film “Larry Crowne”.  The Film is set to be released this summer featuring tons of scooters both vintage and new.

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