TheScooterScoop

Evolution of the MP3 as designed by… Italjet?

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

(Poldino taking his tilting test unit to the track) I’ve been doing a little digging around lately and discovered some interesting facts. The Piaggio MP3 and Gilera Fuoco 500 have been creating quite a buzz since the MP3 first touched down in 2006. Did you know that the features found on these modern tilting 3-wheelers […]

Adiva TO 400 – Commute scoot perfection?

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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(Cyberscooter.it (title link) caught some things that few others noticed) Whew… It’s been quite a long break, eh? Sorry about that, I’ve been working out a few things here at the home front… can’t say what right now, but there’s definitely some good stuff in development for myself. I’ll keep you posted. Now then, back […]

Rise of the electric – Mitka the electric oddity

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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Vanenbrink is Dutch for “kickassed design” or at least “Out-there design”… don’t believe me check out some of their other projects. Here’s how they describe this little environmental oddity: Mitka: a New Mobility concept for individual transport at short distances. The Mitka is a new environmentally friendly vehicle, which has been developed in a joint […]

Piaggio one step closer to making a car

Saturday, November 10, 2007

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Adam gave us a little scoop on some new MP3 accessories from Piaggio. I’ll let him tell you about it: Yes, official Piaggio, apparently announced at EICMA. The press release described the roof as a “prototype”, along with a trailer, named the MP3 Wagon. No pictures of that one yet, far as I’ve seen. No […]

Gilera Fuoco 500 to arrive in the USA as the Piaggio MP3 500 (CONFIRMED)

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

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(woohoo! I can’t wait to do THIS)This could be the biggest news to hit all year… Are you ready? (takes grain of salt) The grapevine known as the ModernVespa Forum (see title link) has word from “Lucky Bastard”, that the attendees of the recent Piaggio dealer meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona were informed that the USA […]

The perfect all-weather commuter?

Thursday, September 6, 2007

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You may remember Pedro from Portugal. He’s healing up nicely at home now after his leg was run over by a big rig. Well, part of the deal with that accident was that he promised his family he’d retire his scooter for good. I respect that decision, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t miss riding. […]