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In Italy they take their drag racing seriously

11. December 2008

Just ran into this video. I figured that if you like drag racing you’d like to see how they do it in Italy.

Biker vs. Geek – Who’s the mouse and who’s the man

25. November 2008

Austin isn’t the only town in Texas putting scooters on the YouTube. Texas motorcycle magazine Texas Iron also has something to say about scooter geeks (like myself). The outcome wasn’t quite what I expected considering this is from a site with “bad ass” in their tagline. Shout outs to Texas Iron Editor, Frank T., for […]

Expect a scooter from Kawasaki as soon as the Styx River ice rink opens

24. November 2008

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(Obiboi! All that great design seems lost on Kawasaki.) Les amis over at Scooter-Station (title link) aren’t the kind of guys to wait-and-see if Kawasaki will surprise us with a scooter for 2009 or 2010… nope, they went straight to Japan and asked Kawasaki’s big bosses in person. So, Will we see a scooter from Kawasaki? […]

Jobs for out of work scooters

12. November 2008

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If low gas prices have you back to driving your 4WD Dually to the office you should consider a career for your out of work scooter. Here’s an idea from ace2heart. It’s not real, mind you, but a concept called “Sweep-scooter” that he/she entered into the Worth1000 Dream Vehicles 5 contest. Just thought it could […]

People STILL hating on scooters?!

11. November 2008

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(what are people so frightened of? a little ol’ scooter?! I wish I could remember the source of this image) Hrm… this question still prevails. I remember asking something similar back in 2005 and just when I thought everything was cool and that scooters were finally being embraced by people (specifically Americans), I see signs […]

PennDOT puts the brakes on Chinese Scoots!?

11. November 2008

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(PennDOT says “zhè zú gòu le, xiè xiè” to Chinese scooters. source: flickr/ironleg) A recent article in the power sports industry trade mag, Dealer News, reports that Pennsylvania has put a hold on registering any scooter with a “L” VIN. It may be hard to imagine, but Pennsylvania may be just the first state to […]