Episode 38 - Scooterfilm's Christian Bauer (206-888-6174)

SHOWNOTES: What a great week. Here in the US it is thanksgiving
weekend. That means Marcel has been here in Richmond and I have had
four days off from work. There has been plenty of time for hanging
out, visiting friends and puttering around in the garage and I want
to tell you about what I have been doing with my Vespa Sprint.
Those of you who have been following my blog, know that I have been
trying to become more social, not always one of my personal
strengths. So I have joined Facebook and Myspace and have been
shooting out invitations left and right to anyone who posts
themselves with their scooter in their profile. In doing this I
happen to stumble upon Christian Bauer at scooterfilm.com. He
responded almost immediately by sending an email, inviting me to
take a look at his latest film Scooterist, a way of life. It is an
hour and a half packed full of rallies, racing, wrenching and the
scooter lifestyle in England and Germany, and is just fantastic. I
am always amazed at the way people become inspired and how they
build those things that they have passion for into their lives.
Christian Bauer is one of those remarkable individuals who has
taken his passion for scootering and turned it into art, in this
case a film about scooting life in England and Germany called
“Scooterists, a way of life?. He now lives and works in London,
which is where I caught up with him for this interview. Through
December 10th you can get a copy of Scooterists for 20% off, just
click here. I mentioned earlier in the show that I have been
working on my Vespa Sprint. This is a bike I got about ten years
ago from Randall over at ScootRS. I was one of those people who
took a chance with Randall very earlier on in his Vespa restoration
business and I must say that for the most part I have been pleased.
After watching Christian's DVD I was inspired to pull the carb,
something I have been meaning to do for a long time. It has been
sticking and hasn't been easy to set the idle. I am lucky to have
ScootRichmond in my backyard and picked up a new Spaco reproduction
carb to mount back on the bike. Boy what a difference. I can
already feel how much more responsive it is and hopefully will be
less prone to get out of whack.