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Classic off-road marque SWM is back with a pair of café racers! Steve Martin and PMac take the Italian stallions out for a gallop

Italian motorcycles are things of beauty, not only in their design but in the way they handle, the way they deliver their power, their presence and that feel-good factor that just makes going for a ride worthwhile. When I got the call from Editor Dobie to test the latest retro classic incarnations from SWM, he was quite surprised to learn that I had one tucked away in the shed. Although the marque is not well known, I grew up riding trials bikes made by the brand and to this day I’m probably one of the few people to have followed SWM’s existence.

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Great news: The Piaggio Medley has officially been named Bikesales Scooter Of The Year for 2016! With a level of of specification unmatached in the 125 – 200 scooter segment including ABS and stop / start technology the award comes as no surprise. Below is a short summary about The Bike Of The Year program:

“In a comprehensive process, new vehicles are shortlisted based on key lifestyle and segment criteria, driven and rated and then defined as ‘Recommended’ choices for consumers. From here our team of experts overlay industry standard setting data from Redbook.com.au and the wider carsales network to determine winners that define excellence, innovation, class-leading safety, performance and value for money. 

Each of the winners of the 2016 bikesales Bike Of the Year Award categories deliver on these attributes — and [...]

Incoming Euro 4 emission laws and ABS requirements in the European market seem to have sadly driven the final nail into the coffin for the most iconic of all Vespa, the PX. After 40 years of history, the PX is being phased out by the end of the year and whatever stock is left in Australia will be the last ones available.

Vespa Australia has a few red models left at the moment, all other colours are sold out. Get in touch with us asap if you are thinking of buying a PX. We also have a black ex demonstrator available still and one 70th Anniversary model. This at the time of writing…

Most of us know the PX200 was already once proclaimed dead in 2007 but then after massive protests [...]

It is a long time ago since I didn’t want to get off a motorcycle because it was so much fun to ride! While we knew the Gran Milano looks the business as a cafe racer before it even arrived, I was really curious to experience how it feels and performs on the road. I was wondering how the apparent solid build quality and high grade suspension performs when on a twisty road, or on the open highway. Ace always had high standards in products we sell to our customers and while the SWM Classics look great on paper (or the screen for that), it is important for us to experience them ourselves. All of us are riders and when we are being asked for advice, we usually know what we are talking about.

So there was no other way than pestering our Mechanic Bill to set up our first demonstrator short after they arrived, and put some kilometers on the [...]

We are delighted to announce that Ace Scooters has been appointed a SWM Road Dealership by the importer of the Italian brand SWM, Mojo Motorcycles in Melbourne.

Ace Scooters will be focusing solely on the LAMS approved medium capacity road bikes the Italian brand SWM offers, as we think they are a perfect match next to our Italian scooter range: stylish, high build quality, modern but still classic design.
The Ace team is very excited to have the opportunity to extend our range of two wheeled vehicles to another traditional Italian quality brand.

Both SWM Classic models coming to Australia first will be available in our shop from 15th October.

Read more about SWM and register your interest here.

With spring coming up many of our customers are taking out their scooters again to enjoy the sunnier, warmer days. Logically, we always notice an increase in tyre punctures during this time of the year and our tyre fitting machine gets busy.

Most often punctures are caused by objects that fell off a truck over winter, ready to be “collected” by a scooter or motorcycle – especially the smaller 50cc ones riding more on the side of the road where all that stuff lands are great picking up things.

Any tyre with a puncture usually lets to more or less immediate deflation and with that your safety can be compromised immediately and you might not get home on your vehicle. Having a tyre repair kit with you can bring you out of trouble if you run tubeless tyres (as most scooters do). With a repair kit you can repair a puncture on the side of [...]

So you’re thinking about getting a scooter bu are not sure which one or what size? One question you need to be able to answer is why do I need a scooter? Once you answer that then the rest will fall into place. While a scooter is often an economical choice, the more you are aware what you use the scooter for the clearer your choice of vehicles will be. Our stable of reliable quality scooters range from 50cc up to an impressive 550cc, and each size is most suitable to particular ride requirements.

50cc Scooters are speed limited (by law). They are best suited for local suburban travel and busy inner city rides on low speed zones. But mind you, this is a crowded market where a lot of cheap imports are on offer where most are designed for speeds up to just 35km/h only. This while some of the 50cc scooters like the Kymco Super 8 also come in a 125ccm version exceeding top speeds of 100km/h. It means those 50cc scooters are equipped with a frame, wheels, braking system etc for higher speeds and they are logically much more sturdy, stable and much safer to ride.