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K-Way MOTUS wants to be YOUR pick

30. July 2010

(Imagine hybrid MP3 with a reinforced roof! Practical? I think so.) The Progressive Automotive XPrize! In my opinion, this is the most important competition of our lifetime. Sure, it’s great that a team will receive a grand prize of $10M for building a car that gets at least 100 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalency) in […]

RIP PT Cruiser, long live Fiat 500!

18. July 2010

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The Fiat 500 is the car that put the Italy on 4 wheels, we already know what put them on two wheels ;). Discontinued in 1975 and back in late 2011 from the Mexican manufacturing plant that spent its time cranking out PT Cruisers (about 150,000 of them) will now be cranking out this cute […]

Honda slips a new scooter under the radar – 2011 PCX

19. May 2010

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Honda slips a new scooter under the radar – 2011 PCX

Friend of the site, Joseph A., splashed us in the face with some cold water this morning to tell us about a new addition to the Honda America Website, the 2011 Honda PCX 125! (who’s not wishing it was a 200?) This scoot was introduced in Thailand back in November and should actually hit US […]

Vespa, built for jumping?

12. May 2010

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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… […]

Shop spotlight – Bowls LA

22. March 2010

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I’ve been thinking about the Honda Ruckus lately. You may have already figured out that Honda will not introduce a 2010 model, deciding instead to clear out their remaining 2009 models this year. This move is not unusual for Honda, it’s only unusual in America. In Japan model year isn’t such a big deal. Today […]

Honda introduces the Wave110i

25. February 2010

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One benefit of having a Honda plant in your own country is that the team there has a REAL understanding of your market; take Thailand for instance. The Honda Thailand factory is producing exactly what the population demands (a large number of big-wheel scooters in the 110 cc-150 cc range). Last week Honda announced that […]