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VesBot! Transform!

10. September 2008

Doooooood! Check out this supa-fly piece from Jeremy Slagle! A Vespa-like scooterbot that he did in Adobe Illustrator. LOVE the detail! Helmet in the right hand. Shoulder bag with 85 mpg patch. Seat like an arm shield. I’m afriad to say that I’m actually geeky enough to wear this shirt… should it ever show up […]

SYM’s new Fiddle II get’s a first look

10. September 2008

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Dealers are starting to get their shipment of 125cc Fiddle II’s in (formerly called the Vogue). If you’ve been wanting to get a closer look at this familiar looking scooter you should head on down to Philadelphia Scooter, or at least to their Blog (click the title link) to check out some more photos. The […]

Kuroneko gets his hands on a Suzuki Gemma!

9. September 2008

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Here’s a write up from our friend Kuroneko in Japan. He gives it a good comparison to the Yamaha Morphous (Maxam) and the Honda Helix (Fusion). Take it away Neko! The Gemma is 100mm shorter than my Maxam, so it feels considerably more nimble on the road. Corners and lane changes are a lot less […]

Police destroy 14,277 ‘illegal’ motorcycles with bulldozers.

9. September 2008

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Today’s Daily Sunshine reported that 14,277 confiscated “illegal motorcycles” were destroyed by bulldozers in Yungang district, Shenzhen as part of the city’s “motorcycle ban”. The Shenzhen-based newspaper says that in April this year another 9.532 illegal motorcycles were wrecked in the same way. Shenzhen began taking steps to reduce the numbers of motorcycles in the […]

Review: SYM RV 250 Maxi Scooter

9. September 2008

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This video is a bit different that what we’ve done before. There were so many bells and whistles on this machine I decided to just use the video to cover them. The link to the actual review will be post in the next couple of days.***UPDATE 9/9/08***We had an Anonymous comment wanting to see 10,000 […]

Furange strikes again with their Honda Motra Chopper

7. September 2008

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Wholly Guacamole! Check out this SUPA SWEET custom from Korea’s Furange Custom Factory. We’ve recently become big fans of their work and today I stumbled up this baby that’s been stripped down and built back up into the most wicked Motra I’ve seen to date. Check out those ape-hangers and the 8-ball shifter. I’d love […]