TheScooterScoop

The "Street Smart" road show update

15. June 2007

The “street smart” tour kicked off in Los Angeles on May 19th and already is a major success. In Southern California alone, we’ve hosted over 5,000 test drives! Stopping in locations like Urban Outfitters, Whole Foods, and Lucky Strike, thousands of Reservation Holders, “insiders” and enthusiasts have come out to test drive the smart fortwo. […]

Off topic: What do you get when oil and money are no object?

15. June 2007

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Ask the folks in Dubai. Every year in November at the Dubai Motor Show automakers from across the globe converge to show off the most ridiculous rides available to man. Take THIS for instance. It’s a Brabus custom UniMog. A bargain at $306,000 and guaranteed to make even the most enraged Hummer driver think twice […]

Off topic video: Dan does downhill

15. June 2007

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Dedicated scoopist Pete forwarded this video of a couple of madmen on some super sweet downhill riding. If it were better quality they could have used the footage in that downhill fight scene from Pirates of the Caribbean 2 or the Endor speeder bike scene. Sure, it’s off topic a bit (they do have 2 […]

Guess who’s back! 2008 Yamaha Zuma

13. June 2007

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Your favorite bug-eyed 2-stroke is back from the grave! Yamaha, who at first didn’t wanna mess with the whole 2-stroke emissions certification mess, decided to give her one more go due to popular demand. We haven’t had a chance to to a point-by-point comparison to check for differences with the new model, other than “New […]

Speeder Bike gets one step closer

13. June 2007

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(it all starts with this… an ion-propelled backpack) One of my dreams, besides owning a Honda scooter museum or growing a Jamiestache and grabbing my beret for an appearance in Mythbusters (no, not so Kari can sculpt me out of polymer clay… though that’s not a bad idea) is to ride a Speeder Bike. Well, […]

Vectrix Electri Maxi-Scooter – Tested on our turf

12. June 2007

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(Dave Steiner prepares to give this electric hottie a twist)David SteinerPhiladelphia (Yardley), PA6/12/2007 Wow! Got some good stuff here. Our Philly corespondent, David Steiner, has gone and brought us The Scoop on the test drive results of world’s first electric Maxi-Scooter from Vectrix. Here are the photos, first impressions and feelings on the Vectrix from […]