SIP Team-Blog

SIP Team meets MALOSSI at 2009 Race Days

2009-10-09T15:39:00Z

Trofei Season Finale at the ADRIA Raceway / Italy

Cavanella (Italy) – While the 1st final of the Scootermatic South Class is being held in the background on the racing course, the entire Malossi family is gathered in front of the television and excitedly following the MotoGP race in Portugal. Although for the first time the victor in Estoril was not the Italian favourite Valentino Rossi, tribute was subsequently paid to the winner. It is unbelievable how much this family is associated with motor sports. Naturally the participants of the various MALOSSI trophy classes also notice this and thank the organiser with exciting races in all classes.

RSM (Race Service MALOSSI) – This is how the motor sports department of MALOSSI S.p.a. from Bologna – the organiser of the MALOSSI trophies – calls itself. In addition to various Scootermatic classes, RSM also offers a platform for vehicles such as YAMAHA R125, GILERA GP or YAMAHA T-MAX (more info available at trofei.malossi.com).
The annual highlight of the Italian racing season is the final race at the ADRIA Raceway south of Venice. “The 2.7 km long and very fast route demands quite a bit, even from an experienced rider”, says 5-time IDAM champion Thorsten Müller, factory rider of the SIP Scooter Shop, who was provided with a MALOSSI factory vehicle as a German guest rider. The sheltered paddock and modern pit lanes transform participation into something very special for every team.
MALOSSI provided the ultimate glamour through the extensive supporting programme. The racing weekend was initiated on Friday evening with a 4-course gala dinner. Sandro Malossi, marketing director and person responsible for motor sports, congratulated the already established winners of the classes and handed over oversize trophies to the champions. The construction of a special mantelpiece would be worth it for such a trophy.
The training and qualification runs were held on Saturday in the presence of press and television. Even there every second was hotly contested. The public interest on these days was not so strong, but this changed abruptly on race day. The number of two-wheelers parked in front of the racing grounds revealed at the very least that nearly all of the 600 external visitors themselves came to the event on two wheels. The spectators were rewarded for coming to the event with daring overtaking manoeuvres and spectacular falls. Falls which happened in the infield directly in front of the grand stand especially brought about a murmur in the crowd.
But the true heroes of the day were winners of the races who received standing ovations from the spectators and were boisterously acclaimed in their victory lap.
Everyone who takes advantage of the opportunity to take part in a MALOSSI Trofei Cup race as a spectator or rider will be enthralled by the professionalism and wholeheartedness of the event. Because importance is still attached to motor sports in the MALOSSI Trofei Cup, and successes are befittingly honoured with glory.

Stephan Hufschmid
SIP Scootershop

Video of that weekend:

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And here are numerous images:

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Mike Betz takes home victory at ESC for SIP racing team

2009-08-18T12:15:00Z

Mike Betz, founder of the German Scooter Forum, participates in class 5 races of the European Scooter Challenge (ESC) as a member of the SIP Scootershop racing team since this season.

After participating in largeframe classes for years, he is now into his first racing season on a smallframe and it certainly begins to pay off despite the rather enormous task of adjusting to the new scooter. As expected, the season start proved to be unspectacular as there was literally no time to get used to the new scooter. Nevertheless, Mike was already able to achieve a mid-range position. The second race at Wackersdorf already gave a hint at the trend that would characterize the rest of the season. While he was still positioned in the mid-range during the qualifying, Michael worked his way all up to 3rd position right at the beginning of the first run. Too bad he had to give up the chase towards the end of the run due to a blown tire. Despite starting the second run from the last row of the grid, Michael still made his way up to 4th position. The positive trend culminated in the third ESC run at Emsbüren. Once again, Mike started from a mid-range position in the first run as the qualifying had to be stopped because of oil on the track which prevented any further attempts on satisfying lap times. During the first run, Mike was finally able to get to 1st position after a couple of thrilling duels. He maintained the leader position all the way to the finishing line. In the second run, Mike started from 1st position and was able to gain a comfortable lead during the race. When rain suddenly set in and the track turned pretty slippery, Mike crashed during the penultimate lap. However, he was able to take home another victory effortlessly thanks to his lead.

We are looking forward to a continued successful season for Mike and the SIP racing team! More information on the ESC:

http://eurochallenge.vs2052049.vserver.de/

Video of the race at Emsbüren:

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SIP Summer BBQ 2009

2009-08-10T10:16:00Z

SIP Scootershops Team-Summer Party BBQ took place again! The proven location, south of Landsberg, situated directly at the river side, was chosen again and Saint Peter sent sun and 30° C... The Team celebrated until the early morning under a clear sky and full moon. We had a Flying fox installed, that gave the perfect adrenalin kick to each one who dared to ride it. Christian took care of the grill action himself and prepared a big salmon and a huge pile of steaks. Thanks for every helping hand!

Here are pics of the party:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sipscootershop/sets/72157621997653530

Vespa World Days 2009 Zell am See, Austria

2009-06-18T12:58:00Z

This weekend from 12-14 June the Austrian town of Zell am See hosted the Vespa World Days – a true superlative event for all Vespa fans.
The event was sold out weeks in advance with more than 3,000 scooterists officially registered. A large number of scooterists who didn’t officially register or participate in Saturday night’s Vespa ball further added to that number. The little town of Zell am See, idyllically located near Salzburg right at the Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (high alpine road), was literally flooded with Vespisti. Honking horns and roaring engines could be heard everywhere while Italian scooters came from every alleyway. The whole weekend proved to be a mixture of festival atmosphere, Italian weeks and street fair. The town of Zell am See as well as many of its cafes and shops put up some nice Vespa-style decoration. The sunny summer weather surely helped a lot in making this event a complete success. Too bad that some program points had to be rescheduled because lots of visitors thus missed agenda highlights such as the stunt show of the Munich Vespa Friends. Nevertheless, the awesome rally more than made up for this. The rally started at the local airport and led all the way around the lake, never losing sight of the lake and right in front of a terrific mountain scenery.

SIP Scootershop showed up with a small team and a brand-new team van. Our booth was crowded with people throughout the weekend. We handed out free catalogues and stickers and could already report “sold-out“ status by Saturday afternoon. Every now and then some terrific scooters arrived at our booth, e.g. the new customs from the Leibnitzer guys. So there was always some eye-candy to go along with the interesting chats that developed.

More than 15 team members as well as friends and customers appropriately took this occassion to ride their scooters all the way from the SIP headquarters to the Vespa World Days. We started on Friday morning and passed by nice spots like the Pfaffenwinkel, Bad Toelz, the Achensee and the Gerlospass on our way to Zell. Our way home led through Kitzbuehel, the Wilder Kaiser and the Schliersee until we finally reached Landsberg again on Sunday evening. Mandatory technical difficulties such as a broken clutch actuating arm, a loose exhaust, a carburetor relocated by heavy vibrations, a torn throttle cable, a clutch that didn’t disengage anymore or a leaky oil seal couldn’t stop us on our way to Zell am See and back.

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15 YEARS SIP Scootershop "Full Animated" Video online

2009-05-27T14:01:00Z

Unbelievable, but we are celebrating our 15th anniversary. Seems an appropriate opportunity to throw a big birthday party! And we even have a fully animated video to go along. Enjoy our "SIP 12 YEARS Video".

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For more Infos please check www.sip-scootershop.com/15years

Vespa & Lambretta Custom Show Munich 2009

2009-02-11T15:04:00Z

2005 was the last time that Munich welcomed the crowds for a scooter custom show, with the show back then located at the Tonhalle. This last show proved to be a huge success with close to 1,500 visitors attending the event. The year after, the organizing committee obviously did not succeed in finding an appropriate location so the event was put on hold for a couple of years. In 2008, the folks at Ried/Austria helped out. With the custom show being held in Austria, scooter customizers once more found a stage to put all the hard work that has been done in dark basements and cold garages during winter on display.
Word already spread back in November 2008 that the waiting was over. With the Backstage club in Munich, the Jetsons Lambretta Club had found a both attractive and perfectly central located exhibition hall. We had friends from as far as Italy and France telling us they planned to show up which was in accord with the massive public interest that preceded the event. Finally, it was showtime on the first Saturday in February: the Backstage club opened the gates to see all people interested in scooters pour in. And there were quite a few of them.
There was a steady flow of scooterists hitting the scene and there were countless well-known faces among them that had not been around for years. Anyway, one of the most recited phrases of the weekend definitely was: “I can’t believe I came across so many old friends here, this is awesome!”. Paul Batton dug out his old Scooterboy jacket, Armin from Steinebach brought along his legendary “Yellow Danger” custom chopper, Sgotter took along some of his latest clothing yet to be ironed, Stoffi presented his Enola Gay as well as his latest creation, the KTM Mirabell with a motorcycle engine – to mention but a few highlights.
One of the very first custom Vespas in Germany, Heart in Danger by Wegweiser from Hamburg, was put on stage in all of its past glory. The Rimini mods chipped in some unbelievable vehicles while endless numbers of more or less well-known hobbyists put vehicle creations on display that varied from caringly restored models to brute conversions. Personally, I was more than impressed by the 80s Vespa that could be witnessed in the backstage area. This Vespa incorporated about every cheesy accessory that could be purchased during the 1980s. Cupholder, mudguard lamp, plastic kits of all kinds – this was Vespa in its full (cheesy) glory. A mobile pizza baker would have certainly been able to provide the swaying and hungry crowd with cheap and tasty food – if only there had been one. However, the only option in this respect was an unsavory hot dog stall that provided its offers in waste grease quality. Fair enough, if you were looking for an upset stomach.
Nevertheless, this could not hide the fact that, all in all, this was a great event so when the show finally closed doors, there were unforeseen numbers of scooterists who wanted to party on at the All Nighter. The place got cramped, really cramped in fact. The management of the Backstage club would have certainly been able to explain exactly why the bar had to be located at the entrance in a narrow hallway – unfortunately, the management was nowhere to be found. Therefore, everything congested and you were either pushing your way through or being pushed yourself. Finally, if you managed to arrive further at the back of the dancehall, there was enough space to put on your dancing shoes and swing away to the sounds of the successful Munich Soul DJ team until the early morning.

Congratulations to the organizers and thanks a lot for a wonderful event just around the corner!

You will find a video shot on Saturday here:

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And here are endless numbers of pictures:
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Forum topic:
http://www.sip-scootershop.com/community/forums/t/404448.aspx

Toni würzt nach

2008-12-18T21:38:10Z

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New SIP Warehouse nearly finished!

2007-01-10T12:04:00Z

After only 3 months construction time, our new warehouse and logistic building is close to be ready: February will bring us a modern order picking and dispatching/shipping facility to make sure we can guarantee our usual high service level also in 2007....(read more)

iPod Raffle and SIP Survey results

2006-12-21T14:13:00Z

Yes - the winner of the 6 iPods are here - more than 15.000 user took part in our small survey, here are the lucky winners:

1x iPod Video 30GB wins Magnus Bjørke from Oslo

1x iPod nano 4GB wins Marc Amelot from Saarbrücken

1x iPod nano 4GB wins Thorsten Feuersbach from Flörsheim

1x iPod nano 4GB wins Andi Wrobel from Koblenz

1x iPod shuffle 1GB wins Johann Strauß from Wien

1x iPod shuffle 1GB wins Markus Schneider from Ihringen

1x iPod shuffle 1GB wins Mischa Landwehr from Berlin

Congratulation! The iPods are on the way to you!

We are especially happy about the outstanding good rating you gave our service in this year survey. A very important point for all our customers is delivery time. Here is your marking:

Also prices are a most important part:

Here are some of the comments we liked most:
Jamie K. from Lancaster: "Your company is the best scooter supplies company I have come across. I only use English companies because they are nearer, but if I want anything that I know will be right and guaranteed to be delivered and expertly packaged, I come to you. I know you never let your customers down as most of my friends use you as well and they rave about you. Keep up the good work guys! It is very much appreciated! Thanks!"

Jeff K. from Oak Hill: "I love that you guys do English ordering. That really helps out us guys in the United States! Thanks!!!!!!! "

Thanks guys, we will hard work on our service as usual!

5 Years Hanno & Stephan @ SIP!

2006-11-10T14:05:00Z

After Marga, Fischi and Robert, today two more employees of SIP celebrated their 5-years jubilee: Hanno and Stephan! Congratulations, and thanks for 5 years of loyal and good-mooded membership in the SIP Scootershop-Team, chaps! Here are some pictures of today´s gala-lunch:...(read more)

Size does matter - Update end of october 2006

2006-10-24T16:19:00Z

the all new SIP warehouse is growing up fast and we like to share our progress with you:

SIP Building is growing - size does matter!

2006-08-25T15:25:00Z

We are running out of space here in our warehouse. For this reason we are building a new warehouse with plenty of space for more than 1.000 palettes. Our goal is to stock every item for you any time!

Works have started beginning of september.