TheScooterScoop

Oh Noes! It’s the Roketa Lambretta!

14. November 2007

What happens when you take a Roketa scooter…and silk screen the “Lambretta” logo on the engine cover? You get the Roketa MC-42. Can’t you see how much faster and more stylish this scooter is with “Lambretta” on the side? All I know is when you see a posting on CraigsList for a “Lambretta”, be sure […]

Does this helmet make me look silly?

14. November 2007

4 Comments

My friend, Peter Pinetree in Portugal, was browsing the BBC News’ “Day In Pictures” and found this wacky new prototype helmet to be used by Joint Strike Fighter pilots. It would have been cooler if the eye tracking system used red lights instead of green… and if the pilot was making “mean eyes”, then it […]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… all in one scooter

14. November 2007

0 Comments

First, reduce a Honda Elite down to it’s bare essentials. Next reuse old street lamp covers, vacuums and what have you. At the end you have recycled a bunch of garbage to make a one-of-a-kind creation. The Junk Scooter! Sculpt Meister, and friend to found-parts, Nemo Gould has decided to take his work on the […]

Austin rally round up

14. November 2007

2 Comments

(weeee! It’s a myspace shot!) Once again, another great rally experience. The PBSC did a great job putting together this one. We had nearly 100 people show up from all over… Dallas, Houston, Lubbock and more. I didn’t take nearly enough photos, but I found some that others are sharing, with more to come. I […]

EICMA Coverage from Akisan – Italjet Dragster 250 photos

10. November 2007

1 Comment

Our good friend, Aki Hasegawa, in Japan has brought us the scoop on EICMA 2007. First here’s what he had to say about the show: Hello Steve,I just returned to Japan from Milan. This year I don’t have any interesting news from Milan other than Italjet showing the Dragster 250 and some other models (see […]

Piaggio one step closer to making a car

10. November 2007

5 Comments

Adam gave us a little scoop on some new MP3 accessories from Piaggio. I’ll let him tell you about it: Yes, official Piaggio, apparently announced at EICMA. The press release described the roof as a “prototype”, along with a trailer, named the MP3 Wagon. No pictures of that one yet, far as I’ve seen. No […]