TheScooterScoop

Vespa, built for jumping?

12. May 2010

I was talking to a friend of mine about scooter gymkhana and he was saying how he won’t jump a Vespa. Dirt bike? Sure! Vespa? No way. I wanted to prove to him it was no problem and then I ran into this video. Maybe the Canadian Scooter Corporation has convinced me that I’m wrong… […]

EntroSys eliminates need to shower after a long, hot ride to work

22. January 2010

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If yer the kinda guy who’s ok with riding around with a scooter skirt (and who isn’t), then you’ll probably be just fine riding around with a vacuum hose blowin’ up yer jacket. EntroSys is betting on it with this new luggage rack mounted air conditioning system. So now it looks like you’ve got a […]

Paper mache helmet?

30. October 2009

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That’s what I thought when I first saw it. It seems every European helmet manufacturer has at least one helmet that illustrates their sense of humor. This piece from the Andrea Cardone collezione, is just one of an assortment of new ski and motorcycle helmets made to match their leather bags. Looks like the themes […]

The coolest way to keep your pants up

7. October 2009

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As long as we’re on the subject of tires, 1MinD1 has a selection of reuse belts made from an assortment of bicycle tires. You may disagree, but I think they are way chic! 1MinD1 also makes necklaces and earrings out of tires and inner tubes. If it looks like something you’d like go check out […]

White tires?

7. October 2009

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I have been daydreaming about customizing a “ghost” scooter… white EVERYthing that can possibly be white. I realize there are some things that can’t be white, but I could powder coat the engine… maybe the pipe. Here’s my problem, I can’t find all white tires. I’m looking for some 16″s. The Innova / Desser distributor […]

The Sachs Madass 125 has landed!

7. August 2009

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Just got word that the long overdue Sachs Madass 125s are now on showroom floors! You might recall, back-in-the-days, that we reviewed the Madass 50, distributed by Tomberlin. With so much potential and so little performance our next question was “how can get one with a larger engine?” Well, prior to today, the answer was […]