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Moped says: Go ahead punk… Try ta ride me

19. July 2008

King Jude shares this photo of one MEAN moped. Check out this custom Tomos. You don’t even want to hit a curb on this baby. Click the title link to see more of this pool side beastie.

Can you ride a scooter year-round in Alaska?

18. July 2008

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(I sure hope so, because their gas prices SUCK! Image Source) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Think you’re feeling pain at the gas pump? Consider the residents of Lime Village, Alaska, an isolated Denaina Athabascan Indian community where gasoline prices have hit $8.55 a gallon. The price is severely curtailing movement around the interior Alaska village, […]

Boston struggles with scooter parking solution

18. July 2008

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(Little Suzy Phillips, age 6, offers a proposal to solve Boston’s parking issue. flickr/DanCox) “We understand the green issue, and we don’t want to prohibit that. But want to make sure it’s done in a safe way,” says BTD spokesman Jim Mansfield. He may not have a solution, but he knows one thing, “they do […]

Review: The Aprilia SportCity 250ie

15. July 2008

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Well, the first of our scooter reviews for Motorcycle.com is up. The video is just a summary. If you’d like to read the whole enchilada click on the title link or just click here.Note: For some reason when YouTube encoded it my audio got kinda messed up (breathy and plosive). Oh well… now I’m gonna […]

New HAY powered car! Exhaust is still a problem

15. July 2008

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Now if there were some way to get more than 1 horse power out of her. Anyone have some tuning ideas for this baby? Would you believe it’s from Dubai? Click on the title link to see MUCH more of this contraption.

Bush lifts oil drilling ban. Hummers happy, baby seals sad.

15. July 2008

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(w00t! Hummers are happy to be back out on the road! Flickr/Sam Felder) In a brave last minute move to temporarily save us oil addicts from “the shakes” before he has to roll, G-Dub has lifted his Dad’s 1990 ban on offshore drilling. All he needs now is the US Congress to “get off their […]