TheScooterScoop

If I had to have a motorcycle in my garage…

Saturday, April 26, 2008

I know it’s been less than a year since I was last sweating over this bike but a friend of mine in Japan snapped some recent shots of the rare and wonderful Suzuki SW-1. When it came out in 1992 it was VERY unpopular. Today they are highly sought after and will usually sell for […]

Show brief – 2008 Tokyo Motorcycle Show

Friday, April 4, 2008

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Howdy folks! Just a few days ago the Tokyo Motorcycle Show adjourned and our good friend Aki H. was there to cover it. The show is rather small. The whole thing fits into a room about the size of two football fields (8,800 sq meters). Usually the Japanese Big 4 (Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, and Kawasaki) […]

Tokyo scooter scene captured on video

Saturday, March 15, 2008

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WOW! You’ve seen the photos, now you can see it in action! Unfortunately the video is in French and my French is not good at all. The only thing I could understand was, “Scooters look like Space Invaders.” and “Yuki is hot.” Um, ok… I didn’t hear that last part, but I understood it. I […]

A little more Suzuki Gemma eye candy.

Friday, February 29, 2008

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No, sorry. No news on the eminent release of Suzuki’s 2007 concept scooter, but we do have a few new images of their “lead sled” here thanks to the Tokyo Scooter Stuff guys (title link) and yasukun2 (for the YouTube video). I kinda dig it still.

Sigh… I just never get enough pimped out scooters from Japan

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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I was over at the Goo auto & motorbike page (title link… and no, I didn’t make up the name “Goo”, that’s what it’s really called), reviewing the 2006 and 2007 Tokyo Motorcycle Show photos and came across a couple of cool / unique ones. First check out the Mastermind Maxam. Lots of black, lots […]