TheScooterScoop

Aprilia’s new promotion

Thursday, March 20, 2008

In Italy, Aprilia is suggesting that you buy a scooter and drive off a short pier. Just kidding. Actually, if you buy a Scarabeo Atlantic or Sportcity before July 31st, Aprilia will hook you up with a free vacation for a week! Yep, they will shack you and 3 other up in Italy for a […]

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 – iMobility LEV

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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(Wow! Very spacy design. Looks like it was drawn up by Honda.) Again, my masked scooper pointed us toward some EICMA Milan 2007 coverage. This time from CyberScooter.it (title link), we see the iMobility Light Electric Vehicle. This fully enclosed, three-wheeled +1 (1 in the front, 2 on the sides and 1 in the back), […]

Rise of the electric – Electric Buddy?

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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This week I want to give a little update on the world of electric scooters. Why? Well, our email box has been crammed full of electric scooter news and scoops over the last couple of weeks. So, without further delay here’s what we’ve got: A good friend of ours, who’s name we shan’t reveal, gave […]

EICMA Coverage from Akisan – Italjet Dragster 250 photos

Saturday, November 10, 2007

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Our good friend, Aki Hasegawa, in Japan has brought us the scoop on EICMA 2007. First here’s what he had to say about the show: Hello Steve,I just returned to Japan from Milan. This year I don’t have any interesting news from Milan other than Italjet showing the Dragster 250 and some other models (see […]

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 […]