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Vectrix Electri Maxi-Scooter – Tested on our turf

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

(Dave Steiner prepares to give this electric hottie a twist)David SteinerPhiladelphia (Yardley), PA6/12/2007 Wow! Got some good stuff here. Our Philly corespondent, David Steiner, has gone and brought us The Scoop on the test drive results of world’s first electric Maxi-Scooter from Vectrix. Here are the photos, first impressions and feelings on the Vectrix from […]

The Smart Cars are here! Tour begins in California

Thursday, May 31, 2007

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Warren over at Mototek (Austin) forwarded THIS image from a California hotel room window in Burbank. From what I gather it’s the beginning of the SMART car exposure campaign in the USA. If you live in Burbank, keep an eye out for these guys and say “Hi” to Arch (who shot this photo) if you […]

Daelim – How does the Korean 100cc 2 stroke stack up?

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

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(Thanks to the Urban Moto Shop, right here in Austin, for providing our stunt scooter!) Daelim is finally available here in Austin! Last week Urban Moto Shop gave me a buzz and invited me to come by and check it out, so just this last Friday I took them up on it. First things first. […]

Scooter inspired art – George Coghill

Thursday, April 5, 2007

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Right here in the good ‘ole US of A, is an illustrator named George Coghill that creates a marvelously polished art piece. Here you see an example of his Vespa inspired artwork. He describes this piece like so: This scooter hot rod/Odd Rods monster cartoon illustration was created for an Austin, Texas scooter freak and […]

Photos from the 2007 Capital 10K Noisemaker Ride

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

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2007 Capital 10K Noisemaker Ride Every year for the last… um… I dunno, five… maybe eight years, the Austin scooter and moped gangs have put on the Capital 10K Noisemaker Ride. The Capital 10K is a famous Austin benefit run sponsored by the Austin Statesman newspaper and TENS of THOUSANDS of people show up for […]

First Looks – The 2007 Yamaha C³ (C-cubed or C3)

Saturday, February 10, 2007

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(Here’s our first look at the fresh baby Yammy. Henceforth I dub ye, “The Close Campus Cruiser”) Yesterday my Scooter Senses were tingling. Something was telling me to call Bill Kasson and ask him about the New C3. It had been months since I had first started bugging them about estimated arrival dates and I […]