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Winner of the WTF?! Scooter of the year for 2006

15. December 2006

Wow! We have a winner! Samuel from Albany, CA directed us to this image from Makezine.com. Shot in South Korea, it looks like NO other scooter mod I’ve ever seen before. Pinky & The Brain couldn’t have done it better (or worser). We’ve got some angle-iron scaffolding, and a 2-wheeled drawn cart, and some industrial […]

WTF!? Scooters of the week – 4 Wheeled Oddity

14. December 2006

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old person scooter Originally uploaded by brappy!. This shot from bappy! shows what he calls an “old person scooter” in Taiwan. There was something interesting about this photo, so I thought I’d share it. More news in a bit… We’re just editing Episode 2 of TheScooterScoop.tv show right now. A full review of the Scala […]

Sad little (not a Vespa) Scooter

13. December 2006

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DSC09982Originally uploaded by hugojcardoso. Did it fool you at first? For like a split second I thought it was some sort of hybrid small frame, but closer inspection shows this is not at ALL a Vespa. I’ll give you a second to think about it… Give up? Well, here’s how someone put it on CyberMotorcycle.com […]

Vespa W-Type

12. December 2006

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What looks like it could be the latest entry in a environmentally conscious line of Vespas comes this art piece from Studio Groovy in Israel. They specialize in recycled pieces and in my opinion, this baby is HOT! Very well done. Makes me wanna head down to my local Home Depot and pick up some […]

What’s so good about a tiny scooter?

11. December 2006

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You should always lend a fellow scooterist a hand. Here, one young man on a Piaggio Zip tows another sad young chap AND his Yamaha Razz. I don’t imagine this going nearly as well with Fred on his Burgman 650 hauling me with my Honda Helix in my lap. A tiny scooter is definitely on […]

That’s one SLEEK lookin’ Indian!

9. December 2006

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DSC01703Originally uploaded by jive t robot. Ok, I’m not the most knowledgeable guy when it comes to early American scooters. I know a bit about Cushman, Salsbury, the Harley Topper… but I DIDN’T know about the Indian… No, I’m not talking LML Indian, I’m talking Indian Motorcycle Indian. I took a swipe at their website […]