SCOOTER BIBLE: The Ultimate History and Encyclopaedia

Today, nostalgia for vintage Vespas, Piaggios, Cushmans, Lambrettas, and other top brands drive a new thirst for retro-inspired scooters in showrooms around the world. This revised and updated edition of The Scooter Bible brings the story up to date with the drive for zero emissions via electric vehicles. The Scooter Bible is an entertaining, colourful, and authoritative history of the little motorbikes that could. Beginning with the first motor scooter in 1902, Eric Dregni is your guide to everything from the postwar American scooter boom to the golden age of Italian and European scooters, the rise of Mod scooter culture in England right up to modern electric scooters. Throughout, Dregni offers you a wealth of imagery: historic black-and-white photos, evocative period advertisements, manufacturer photos, and more - over 500 stunning images. Along the way, he also shows you scooter evolution, changing technologies, and scooter appearances in popular culture, from Puddlejumper to Piaggio, Ducati to Doodlebug, and Zündapp Bella to Genuine Stella and the two-stroke Adly from Taiwan. Chapters include The Pioneer Motorscooters 1902-1930, The Great American Scooter Craze 1935-1940, Military Motorscooters 1939-1945, The Mod Years 1960-1975, DIY years, and finishing with A New Millenium 2001-On, with an A-Z Scooter Encyclopaedia. Photos in b/w and colour and gorgeous alluring vintage advertising posters. 21.5 x 26.6cm. Paperback, 320pp.