TheScooterScoop

The NY Post features the NY Scooter Club

16. January 2009

Ahhh, seeing this video from last April makes me want to go to the Scooter Block Party this summer.If you want to experience the Big Apple in a way like no other be sure to visit the NY Scooter Club website for updates on this years party OR just show up Wednesday nights (7pm) at […]

Tattooed scooter girl from…

15. January 2009

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(Image Source - (c) Alan Travis ) Anyone want to guess where this lovely bird rides? The streets of Portland? Seattle? Amsterdam ? Ipanema ? She looks like she’d fit in right here in Austin. Just thought it was a nice photo, you can go back to work now. :) Thanks to Alan for sharing! Great shot man. […]

Great scooters of yesteryear: Fuji Rabbit Superflow

15. January 2009

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Awww cute! Here’s a shot from Shop Boy’s Flickr Account called “Tokyo Tower in 1960″ featuring two cute little girls in their Sunday best and a sweet 200cc 1959ish Fuji Rabbit Superflow (come on, SUPERFLOW? You gotta love that) much like this beautiful specimen over here. It says “BS Eversoft” on the side… but I […]

Classic Japanese scooter models available… in Japan

13. January 2009

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Aki has recently discovered some cute 1/18th scale 50cc classic Japanese scooter models including (top to bottom) two 1958-62 era Fuji Rabbits two 1960 era Mitsubishi Silver Pigeons (specifically the Gale Pet) and two Daihatsu Hallos from the late 60s (would you believe this was introduced as an electric at the 1974 Cologne Motorcycle Show!?) […]

Scooter sales jump as buyers pawn TVs

12. January 2009

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Here’s an interesting story from Australia that says “Motorists desperate to survive tough economic times are pawning laptops, furniture and television sets to buy scooters for cheap transport.” I’m not sure if we’ll see anything like that in the USA, but it makes a good point on how Vespa got into scooters in the first […]

Top Gear Vietnam – Motorcycle vs. Cub vs. Scooter

9. January 2009

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Our friends from the Scooter Club Gold Triangle have dug up some more great entertainment for scooter lovers with their discovery of the Vietnam edition of Top Gear on YouTube. The Kingdom’s tenacious three travel 1,000 across Vietnam on a motorcycle, a cub and a Vespa. You may be surprised with the results! Shouts to […]