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Tokyo-Parts makes the most evil C3 (Vox) ever

27. May 2008

The Max★Vox. If Yamaha had a partnership with Warner Bros. to produce a Bat Scooter inspired Vox (C3), this is probably what it would look like. I’d love to have better photos and specs, but I don’t have a copy of the June issue of “MotoChanpu”. You can click the title link to hop over […]

Dear Honda – Please don’t make a faster Ruckus

27. May 2008

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They say necessity is the mother of invention. Well, I don’t know who “they” were, but I do know that they were spot-on! It seems nothing has been more inventively inspirational than the slow, slow engine of the Honda Ruckus. I mean, who doesn’t love the Honda Ruckus?! Who doesn’t think it could use a […]

Fusion Love

25. May 2008

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FusionStyleOriginally uploaded by squeezyrider Ahhh, the Helix (Honda Fuson) gets so much love in Japan. I had to share this one for the crazy front end configuration. “Cheers!” to squeezyrider for sharing this great shot!

Extremist’s writings are just that. Extreme.

24. May 2008

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(This sharp group of cadets have just been read a copy of Rant #446) That’s right “Extreme”, or better yet, “X-TREME!” In otherwords, played out, old… starting to sound like my grandmother-in-law. In his recent Rant #446 (title link), Peter De Lorenzo presents “Scooterlicious?” Not so much (as soon as I read the retired phrase […]

Back in Black

23. May 2008

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SDIM1295.JPGOriginally uploaded by andi808 This photo caught my eye. A glossy, blacked out Vespa in Berlin. Cheers to andi808 for sharing!

The LA Times – Scooter sales trump motorcycle sales

22. May 2008

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(Nice video with one tiny correction, Kymco People is Taiwan not Korea.) Besides some interesting stats on scooter sales this piece from the LAT compares what is probably the most popular class in the USA right now, the 125-150cc displacement. It’s not so much a shoot-out between the Vespa S, the Kymco People 150 and […]