Motorcycle Bloggers International (MBI) has announced the winners of the 2007 Riders Choice Awards. MBI is an association of some 97 motorcycle bloggers spread around the world, from China to Chile and holds an annual award for the best of the best (and the worst of the worst) in the motorcycle industry. The awards, nominated and voted on by readers and riders in 88 countries, recognize significant achievements and serious lapses in judgment during 2006 by motorcycle and related product manufacturers, persons and organizations. The nominations and voting is done by readers (millions of them), and this year the results are in!
Scooter in the Sticks was named Best Motorcycle or Scooter Blog this year! I want to thank all of you who visit here for your support and encouragement. It means a lot to me to receive this honor. Thank you!
This year’s winners are:
- A Rider’s Dream – To ride the Silk Route, from Istanbul Turkey to Xian, China
- 2006’s Best concept motorcycle or scooter – Desmosidici RR
- Best exhibition of 2006 – Intermot
- Best looking new in 2006 motorcycle – Triumph Daytona 675
- Best manufacturer’s website – BMW Motorrad
- Best motorcycle or scooter blog – Scooter in the Sticks
- Best new in 2006 every day motorcycle – BMW F800S
- Best new in 2006 scooter – Piaggio MP3
- Best new in 2006 motorcycle – BMW F800ST
- Object of lust – Ducati Desmosedici RR
- Thumbs up – Ardys Kellerman
- Wish we’d thought of that – Piaggio MP3
- Women riders booster of the year – Ardys Kellerman
MBI Riders Choice – Fallen Star Awards
- Thumbs down – Billy Lane
- What were they thinking? – Speed TV Superbikes
- Worst manufacturer’s website – Icon Motorcycle Gear
To see all awards and descriptions, plus runner ups, click here.
The Riders Choice Awards are unique in that the nominees and winners are chosen by everyday riders around the world. The awards reflect the judgment of the motorcycle buying public, not motorcycle industry insiders. Anyone could vote, there was no restriction on age, gender or country. Even non-riders could vote. No registration, nor email addresses were required. However, a system of storing and analyzing IP addresses was put in place to minimize duplicate voting.
After the success the first Awards had last year, membership in MBI skyrocketed from 12 to 95. Millions of readers worldwide read about the 2006 Awards.
Again, thank you for voting for Scooter in the Sticks. there are so many fantastic motorcycle, scooter and riding blogs out there that its hard to describe how it feels to identified with this award. I will try to repay your support by continuing to ride and report here.
Steve Williams
Let me be the first to congratulate you, Steve. Your blog rocks, and it was a well-deserved win.
Synergy…
I see your last post dealt with riding alone. This is something that has been on my mind a lot of late. We have created an interesting synergy amongst our various moto-blogs, which oftentimes finds us navigating the same stream of consciousness. I hope you don’t mind if I expand on the topic in the next few days.
Ride well,
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Congratulations Steve, well done and deserved !
Steve, you inspired me to start blogging about scooters and I feel its only right the guy who helped so many of us by showing how it can be done, win the grand title. Great job, bud, great job. 🙂
Harv
Congratulations Steve!
Nice to know that a Vespa blogger won the award.
Cheers!
~John
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Bless yur littl’ pea-pickin’ heart. I’m proud for ya’! Keep’m comin’.
Pitchertaker
Congratulations! Your esoteric view of things is very inspiring.
Way to go Steve!(standing ovation, can you hear it?!) You and Harv definitely inspired me to start blogging! I totally agree with John, it’s good to see a Vespa blogger win and get some much deserved reognition!
To all those Vespa riders out there who think “we don’t get no respect” Well Mr. Steve just brought us to the forefront. And you did it with class!
Congrats!!
Cody
Wholly macarel! Congratulations Steve. This is so exciting. I’m happy for you. – Paul
Congratulations, Steve! I really enjoy your blog. Good for you!
That really bothers me. Does that mean this Road Warrior is actually going to have to start showing respect for scooterists?
I know by this time I’m only adding to everyone else’s comments but I feel better writing it, anyway.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Couldn’t-a happened to a nicer guy!
John
Congrats, Steve. How ironic that a scooter blog takes the top honor—-but a well deserved one. I won’t retire my Harley anytime soon but may have to add a scooter to the stable.
Congratulations! Great Blog and I love your Photo Compositions, they are excellent.
And I just found out… Mmmmmmmmmm… will he still write me?… will he still talk to me?…
Mmmmmmmmmm… if not, well, one talk with Spirit and it will be settled…
Awesome NEWS Steve… I can just imagine how all your buddies that I met in Las Vegas will be thrilled… I hope you are lettng them know…
You be well…
Ara & Spirit
Steve,
Congratulations on winning the MBI Award for Best Blog. You’ve done an excellent job of writing clearly about the riding experience and showing people that scooter or motorcycle, the riding experience is universal and that one doesn’t have to do a multi-continent adventure or have 150 hp machine to enjoy it.
Stay warm!
Doug K.
Way to go Steve!!! (*lots of clapping and whistles*) You have a great scooter blog and deserve it.
Biker Betty 🙂
I wanted to be the first to congratulate you, but looks like 16 others beat me to it.
Well done my friend! I wish you continued success in your Vespa Adventure!
Steve
TheScooterScoop
Congrats Steve!
Fantastic! Thanks for all you do and write!
There are too many of you to thank individually today but I want you all to know that your congratulations and support mean a lot to me.
Scooter in the Sticks has grown from input, advice, encouragement, and guidance from a lot of people.
You all have my heartfelt thanks for bestowing this honor!
I have been working on an acknowledgement piece for Scooter in the Sticks and will post it soon.
Thanks!
Steve: Congratulations. I am not surprised since your blog regularly presents superior material.
It’s doubly nice for me since your blog was one of the first I had the good fortune to come across when I started my blog several months ago.
Ride well, ride safely, and please keep writin’
Tim
Congratulations Steve. I’ve always enjoyed your writing and pictures. You make me almost, but not quite, want to buy a Vespa.
Ya…Bingo !
I just join MBI for a month and been visiting several blog in MBI. I like your blog a lot due to the words you used let me feel the same love in riding.
Keep writting and riding well
Sorry to be late on this, but I was traveling for work and missed this!
CONGRATULATIONS STEVE
What a great accomplishment. Looking forward to reading many posts in the future.
Tom
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Steve, Way to Go on the MUCH deserved awards! I love your blog! Inspired me to blog a bit when I ride..ok well after I get home 😉 Congrats again!!