TheScooterScoop

Mystery scooter – Do you want to take a guess?

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Seems inspired by a cut down Vepsa small frame, eh? Italian? Spanish? Japanese? What could it beeeeee?I’ll give you a couple of guesses before I let the proverbial “cat out of the bag”.

Anyone seen this Yamaha before?

Sunday, February 25, 2007

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P2241163a Originally uploaded by Totsukawa Keibu. Rummaging through Totsukawa Keibu’s flickr collection I ran across THIS little number. Wasn’t registering in the mental database. Interesting look though.

Bo knows scooters!

Thursday, February 22, 2007

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Back in 1959 Bo Diddley released THIS darling of an album called “Have Guitar Will Travel”. Not only did he carry the traditional (weird) rectangular guitar, and a HUGE business card, but he also putted the avenues on his custom “Bo Diddley Scoot”. Very surrealistic. The make and model of the scooter is escaping me […]

And you thought the Lambretta was slim.

Thursday, January 4, 2007

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sexy lady Originally uploaded by de jäck Mamsäll. You ever see the Simson Schwalbe? Here’s what the Wikipedia had to say about her: Series manufacture of the scooter KR51 “Schwalbe”, fitted with a 3.4 hp engine, began in 1964. The year 1968 saw the merger of Simson and “VEB Ernst-Thälmann-Werk Suhl” to “VEB Fahrzeug- und […]

Mystery scoot of the week – Lambretta’s cousin?

Thursday, December 28, 2006

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While toying around Toms Garage I ran into this little scoot. The only clues I have are that it’s a 1963 and that the image says “Mod. Beta Cicogna 48″. I also know it’s got a 49cc engine. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen one of these in the USA. Who made it? Do these […]

Test your scooter knowledge

Saturday, December 23, 2006

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IMGP3232.JPG Originally uploaded by ir0g0. Take a close look at this:http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=302675524&size=oCan you figure out what it is? I did about 8 minutes of Googling to figure it out.If you give up then click here to find out:http://wapurl.co.uk/?WY3RP5I