TheScooterScoop

CRIPES! We’re another year OLDER?!

10. April 2007

(ok, we’re not THAT old. Can I just get a keg with 2 candles please?) Well, look at that! April 9th marked the birthday of The Scooter Scoop. We’ve just hit our terrible twos. I remember when it was just a glimmer in my bloodshot eye. So what does that mean for everyone? Well, now […]

Gilera Fire 500ie – What’s there not to like?

10. April 2007

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This review doesn’t offer much more in terms of road tests, but what it lacks in actual content it makes up for in tight leather. I say click on the title link to see more FIRE!

The New and Improved 2007 Suzuki Burgman 125/200 K7

9. April 2007

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While the Suzuki Burgman is no slouch in the here, it practically owns the highways in Europe, especially the ones with the smaller displacement (not available in the USA). Their 2007 edition guarantees that this will continue to be the case with some really important changes including compliance with the very strict Euro 3 environmental […]

Gilera Fuoco 500 gets a test drive in Germany

9. April 2007

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(Infomotori.co.uk, a fine example of an Auto & Motorbikes webmag takes to the road) Here’s an article that could have been a great little intro to the hot Fuoco 500. Not complaining about the times where the writer inexplicably breaks into Italian, (it’s a bilingual site, so it could be their translation app) for the […]

The ROOF is on fire! Or at least its review says it is.

6. April 2007

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(Why shouldn’t I give you a traffic ticket?“Because I’m holding a thermal detonator.”) I’ve been considering a new summer helmet for this 2007. I want something cool and unique. Something that’s not too heavy. Maybe something a little easier to lug around or stow away. Usually, when I begin my helmet search I like to […]

Scooter, moped use way up

6. April 2007

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By Brian MorelliIowa City Press-Citizen Trotting over from class in Phillips Hall, University of Iowa sophomore Rafael Eubanks climbs on his Yamaha Zuma, a low-powered, motorized two-wheeler that is parked free — and legally — 100 feet away in an Iowa Avenue bike rack. “I use it every day, everywhere I go,” Eubanks, 20, who […]