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Poll – What to call a 250cc+ Scooter

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Take the poll Free Poll by Blog FluxI’ve always referred to them as Maxi-Scooters, but I’m starting to see people calling them Super Scooters. I’m wondering if the US contingent is trying to produce a paradigm shift here? Perhaps to avoid having their scooters be confused with another type of Maxi. I dunno. What do […]

Where the iron butt riders gather – The Iron Range Super Scooter Rally

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

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(Pre-ride huddle before the Maxi mine ride.) Back on May 29th I got an email from Marty asking if I was going to make the “Iron Range Super Scooter Rally” in Minnesota. Well, as nice as it sounded, I didn’t think my Vespa T5 stood a chance of making it from here to Mountain Iron, […]

Vectrix Electri Maxi-Scooter – Tested on our turf

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

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(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 […]

ComforTMax caught on video

Friday, April 27, 2007

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Remember back in August of 2005 when we chatted with Andrew about his KERRRRRAZY maxi-scooter mod called the ComforTMax? There was a lot of love going on for that scooter. Well, here we have a reprise in Video form. The first half of the video is a lot of talking with crazy inventors and the […]

First road test of the sporty Gilera Nexus 500

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

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(While it doesn’t have the largest displacement in the land, it’s definitely the sportiest scooter out there. Can’t wait for them to sit on the GP 800!) I love how Tim starts this story off: As a teenager, I had a friend with a mechanical obsession – he wanted to install a Porsche 911 engine […]