A proper scooter shop should have these five properties:
-Wide selection of quality scoots
-Friendly, helpful and knowledgeable staff
-Scooter miscellany (parts, accessories, clothing, rider gear, toys)
-On site service and repair
-Socially active with the scooter community

New owners of the San Antonio AND Austin Vespa shops, Matt and Fred, have written these five elements to their relaunch plans beginning with Alamo Heights Vespa in San Antonio and then the new Vespa Shop in Austin opening around January 2008.

I took a trip to San Antonio to get a glimpse of what to expect for Austin in the coming year and from the looks of it I'd say "good things!". I spoke with co-owner Fred McGinnis for about an hour, discussing the new shop. Everything is in place, they will have Vespa and Piaggio scooters, lots of miscellany, service and repair AND plan on sponsoring weekly rides that launch from the shop on Sundays. This is all very exciting. All we need now is to make sure they come up with the "friendly, helpful and knowledgeable staff." I have faith that they'll be able to pull that off.

We plan on covering the grand opening right here on TheScooterScoop... so stay tuned for the announcement and we'll see you at the party!

If you want to find out MORE about their plans, check out the great little article at MySA.com.

Read the complete post at http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheScooterScoop/~3/194752869/central-texas-gets-new-vespa.html