TheScooterScoop

Kymco brings you “Tokyo Style” with the Many 100Fi

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Following the 4-letter-word naming convention of Kymco’s Like comes this flashy little number called the Many. Their marketing material clearly aims this scooter at the ladies (see video below) with it’s glittery, high fashion runway appeal but I think it’s kinda nice myself. Now, I don’t know what that says about me but I’d still […]

Kymco introduces the People S 300i for the Euro market

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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Just caught this on the Motoblog.it. Looks like Kymco wants to play in Honda’s kiddie pool with a new 300cc fuel injected fun factory. Just in case you didn’t bring your notes to class, Honda has been dominating the Italian market for months now… ever since they released their SH300i (maybe longer). Looks pretty close […]

The LA Times – Scooter sales trump motorcycle sales

Thursday, May 22, 2008

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(Nice video with one tiny correction, Kymco People is Taiwan not Korea.) Besides some interesting stats on scooter sales this piece from the LAT compares what is probably the most popular class in the USA right now, the 125-150cc displacement. It’s not so much a shoot-out between the Vespa S, the Kymco People 150 and […]

Kymco Xciting getting injected in March 2008?

Monday, October 1, 2007

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Our friends at www.scooter-station.com have posted some images of the 2008 Xciting 500i R, which led me to wonder if we’ll be seeing this baby in the USA. The answer is “Yes” and “I don’t know”. The “yes” is for the fact that sometime around March of 2008 we can expect to see a 500i, […]

Amerivespa – The 2007 event wrap-up from TSS

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

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[More photo journalism from Lawrence Hsu. Enjoy! Oh, you can click on the slide show to access the photo album and larger images.] WOW! Can you believe it’s over? Amerivespa 2007 has come to a close? I’m sure our on-the-scene reporter, Lawrence, isn’t alone when he says “I wished it would never end.” Well don’t […]

Dragon Custom – Americans finally have a shot at competing with the Sexxxim Girls!

Friday, June 1, 2007

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(You can order all the shiny bits individually OR get a full custom scooter. Turn-key HOTNESS!) It’s been a long time coming in the USA, but we are FINALLY about to get our hands on some supa-fly custom scooter parts and Dragon Custom is shipping them now! So now you have a fighting chance at […]