TheScooterScoop

Europe’s greatest hits!: VW Bug with a matching rally trailer… Hauling a Lammy.

6. February 2007

(No… not THAT Europe’s greatest hits.) It’s not unusual for a V-Dub fan to be a scooter fanatic as well, right Dan? Well, what if you can’t make up your mind? You wanna drive your Bug to the scooter rally, but you wanna ride your scooter when you get there. Well, this guy in Brazil […]

Hrm… I wonder…

5. February 2007

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How many Elmo hides did it take to cover this scooter. *tsk tsk* All the senseless Elmo killing… You know, it’s enough for me to WASH my scooter once every Spring… I don’t think I want a scooter that I have to GROOM.*shopping*Hrm… Let’s see… Shampoo… conditioner… brush… blow dryer… scissors AND wax kit, for […]

Yamaha hasn’t buried the Hydrogen scooter yet!

4. February 2007

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Peter scoops us on some news from Yamaha Canada’s “RedLine” newsletter. It appears the FC-AQEL “twin hydrogen fuel cell” powered scooter is still making the runways, showing up at a hybrid industry trade show in Pacifico Yokohama. It says that “Yamaha has announced plans to continue developing both the Yamaha Hydrogen Fuel Cell System and […]

Is your PX to plain? Pimp it! With a new decal set.

4. February 2007

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Spring is upon us and it’s time to polish up the cowels and top off the tank… and what are you going to do about that vanilla paint scheme you got going on now? Gonna stick with it and just sorta blend in or do you want your PX to say “TAH DOW!”? You can […]

Mystery scoot of the week

2. February 2007

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Krakow Nov 2006 119 Originally uploaded by Andrew Orange. Hrm… Shot in Krakow… You can click on the photo and zoom WAY in… I saw a green logo with a lion (?) in it… But this one isn’t registering. Is this ringing a bell with you? Looks cool except for that funked up gas tank.

Being privileged has its… privileges.

2. February 2007

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We all hate scooter thieves and we don’t have it HALF as bad as they have it in France. According to Charles Bremner at the UK Times “Small scooters account for three quarters of the 85,000 motorcycles stolen annually in France. Only 8 per cent of the thefts are solved.” What?! Over 63 THOUSAND scooters […]