The Scooter Book

Mr. Woods should be congratulated for creating a book that gives a good scope and overview of the machines and culture of scootering. His inclusion of magazines like Scoot! Quarterly and a list of scooter clubs will make many new scooterists feel more at ease about joining the scootering scene. The book also contains lots of interesting photos.
Yet, there are many errors. For example, there are quite a few simple errors such as references to incorrect page numbers. One caption lists an illustration as being from the 50's when it was actually created by a current, practicing artist. In his history of Vespa, the author confuses the founder of Piaggio with his son. I list these as examples of how the book escaped some critical editing and thorough fact checking.

If you are a scootering enthusiast, you may find this book lacking. If you are interested in getting into scootering and don't know much about it, you may find this book to be inspiring and welcoming. Amazon has it at a good price, so its worth adding to your collection.


Disappointed...   June 17, 2004
 6 out of 9 found this review helpful

Any book on scooters is a good book. However, comparable to other scooter books I own, this one is superficial and not very informative.


I don't even have a Scooter   June 11, 2004
 3 out of 5 found this review helpful

But I wish I did. I bought this book because I've been thinking of getting a scooter for a long while now, but never got round to it. Well now I'm convinced. This is a great book that tells me everything I need to know to decide what to buy, and even where to buy it. It also has lots of information on how to look after it once I've bought a scoot. A fun, hip book.