TheScooterScoop

SYM’s tiny cargo scooter

17. November 2010

Think of all the times you were on your scooter and thought, “Man! I wish I had room for TWO cases of beer.” Well, SYM (in Taiwan) has a solution for that persistent perplexity and it’s called the Gold Rich! Well, it’s actually called the 金發財, but I don’t know my 金發財 from my 鞋油. […]

Piaggio shows the Ape of tomorrow

11. November 2010

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The EICMA 2010 show has pulled down the streamers and swept up the confetti and there were actually a few surprises this year. For one, BMW is flirting with jumping back into the scooter game with their new sport commuter concept with plans for much “Joy In The City“. Perhaps they wish to conjure up […]

Japan’s Big Scooter scene is being replaced by…

27. October 2010

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BEHOLD, the great Japanese Big Scooter – massive, futuristic and fantastically gaudy; Japan’s super custom scooter is slowly vanishing from the Tokyo landscape where it found it’s birthplace. The two-wheeled offspring of the Dekotora (Decoration Truck) of the mid 70′s, and inspired by the 70′s Kamen Rider (and others), the Big or sometimes called Baka […]

Survey: When would an electric scooter pique your interest?

14. October 2010

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Howdy folks! I’m hoping you can help me out here. I’m doing a bit of research to try to find the tipping point for electric scooters. Most electrics to date have been too slow, and too expensive. I don’t think the parallel hybrid (gas / electric) scooter is going to stick around very long because […]

Work with Vintage Vespas? How’d you like to pay for that privilege?

13. October 2010

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(Oh, and here’s a great children’s book you might enjoy reading with your kids) Occasionally, following in the footsteps of research giants like the Gizmodo and Dudel, we like to scour the patent and trademark offices for new and exciting scooter developments going on behind the scenes. Sometimes it turns up some pretty hot discoveries […]

Holiday Season Suggestion – Get a Camera!

8. October 2010

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Just tossed together a video, sorry if it’s a bit rambly. I just wanted to discuss a couple of the options available in the world of “action cameras”. They’ve come down incredibly in price while really moving up in quality. Today we’re looking at the old stand-by, the HD Hero from GoPro and the X170 […]