TheScooterScoop

Is this how the speeder bike started out?

Monday, October 12, 2009

Minuses: Uncomfortable, no storage space, poor fuel efficiency for a scooter, burns through rear tires.Pluses: Would stand a good chance of smokin’ a Porsche 911 Turbo in a drag race. MCN, mostly known for Motorcycle News, couldn’t help themselves when they heard about this scooter of eeeeviiil. The 2Evil is a custom tweaked dragster that […]

124 MPH Scooter captures the eye of Gizmag

Monday, September 17, 2007

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(video of the GP800 at EICMA shared by gguiotto. Thanks!) The Gilera 840cc scooter (GP800) startled the crew over at Gizmag. It starts out like this: An 840cc, 90-degree fuel injected V-twin, performance chassis, 200kmh top speed and braided brake lines… on a CVT, step-thru scooter? After sending heads spinning with its Nexus 500, a […]

The most POWERFUL SCOOTER IN THE WORLD makes it’s debut

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

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(By the POWER of GILERA! I HAVE THE POWERRRRR! The GP800 sure beats Battle Cat.) The first looks are coming in from Motociclismo.it of this twin-v, 839cc monster with a full report scheduled for September. They haven’t had a chance to really twist it, being in the “break-in” period and all, but they have managed […]

Gilera Fuoco 500 Rocks! American’s green with envy. Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

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Isn’t that the way it goes? Gilera, of the Piaggio family, is not available in the USA… which means they must create the best maxi-scooter ever. Motoblog.it has recently touched on a review from Lorenzo Baroni. In the review Lorenzo discovers that you truly cannot fall off of the 500cc monster (as seen in the […]

NASA tests Gilera Fuoco 500ie as possible moon/mars rover

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

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(As you can see, she performs marvelously in rocky, low gravity environments) It had been a while since I visited my steampunk friends over at the Honky-Tonk Dragon blog. But today after I perused the Indigenous Filipino scooter rally , the Flash Gordon scooter, and the SteamPed, I found this mind boggling photo of the […]

Gilera Fire 500ie – What’s there not to like?

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

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This review doesn’t offer much more in terms of road tests, but what it lacks in actual content it makes up for in tight leather. I say click on the title link to see more FIRE!