TheScooterScoop

An illustration of "Reduce, reuse, recycle"

7. March 2007

DSCN0157.JPG Originally uploaded by jhesseman. Cheers to jhesseman for sharing this creative use for a Guinness can. Is the widget still in there?

In Japan the Maxam (Morphous) get’s the Royal treatment

25. February 2007

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(Eh… hold on… no waaait… I… think it’s starting to grow on me.) You remember the Yamaha Morph, right? Quite a unique style from the Yamaha camp in itself. Well, Wise Gear couldn’t leave good enuf alone. Presenting the ROYAL MAXAM. BigScooter.com scooped us on this latest offering. Why don’t you go check out Y’s […]

Slightly off topic: Carry your lunch in a Mr. Bento.

21. February 2007

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Sure, it’s not directly a scooter related accessory… but if you find yourself brown bagging it to work on your scooter you might want to investigate the Zojirushi Mr. Bento. My rice cooker is a Zojirushi and it’s lasted me the last decade, so I imagine this baby is pretty good. Better still, why rely […]

An even scarier horn for your scooter?

13. February 2007

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Back in June we were touting a tiny monster horn from Wolo called the Bad Boy. ONE hundred and eighteen dB’s of bliss-breaking noise… and life was good. Today I saw a post from Dudel in Seattle mentioning the 12v Stebel Nautilus Compact Dual-Tone Air Horn which generates a whopping 139 dB’s of tire-screeching, heart-attack […]

If IKEA made a scooter…

6. February 2007

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(Now this is from 2005, but I couldn’t remember if I had posted it before (old-timer’s disease)) Michael Tseng, Industrial Interaction Designer, makes more than just pretty icons and interfaces. That’s right, he has also designed an… um… interesting scooter. Being 60% “Mr. Practicality”, I have a real tough fight with my 40% “Mr. Unique” […]

Europe’s greatest hits!: VW Bug with a matching rally trailer… Hauling a Lammy.

6. February 2007

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(No… not THAT Europe’s greatest hits.) It’s not unusual for a V-Dub fan to be a scooter fanatic as well, right Dan? Well, what if you can’t make up your mind? You wanna drive your Bug to the scooter rally, but you wanna ride your scooter when you get there. Well, this guy in Brazil […]