TheScooterScoop

Scooter sales jump as buyers pawn TVs

Monday, January 12, 2009

Here’s an interesting story from Australia that says “Motorists desperate to survive tough economic times are pawning laptops, furniture and television sets to buy scooters for cheap transport.” I’m not sure if we’ll see anything like that in the USA, but it makes a good point on how Vespa got into scooters in the first […]

UK bike sales down, but be glad you’re not a car dealer

Friday, January 9, 2009

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(“Tell ya what. Buy this car instead of the scoota and I’ll throw in a pint and a nice plate of fish and chips.”) Big ticket items the world over are feeling the pinch of this transitional economy. All this uncertainty has had a measurable affect here and abroad. Many US scooter dealerships showed a […]

NPR – Gas Prices Down, SUV Sales Up

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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(And fast-food peddling clowns are back in fashion! Make mine SUPERSIZED!) Say it ain’t so! I havn’t had a chance to actually listen to this report… and I’ve just finished eating, so I’m gonna wait until tomorrow to see what NPR has to say about this. Here’s the teaser: SUV sales seemed doomed by high […]

PennDOT puts the brakes on Chinese Scoots!?

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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(PennDOT says “zhè zú gòu le, xiè xiè” to Chinese scooters. source: flickr/ironleg) A recent article in the power sports industry trade mag, Dealer News, reports that Pennsylvania has put a hold on registering any scooter with a “L” VIN. It may be hard to imagine, but Pennsylvania may be just the first state to […]

Aprilia unveils the new SportCity Cube 250

Thursday, September 11, 2008

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Caught this story on Motorcycle-USA.com today, though I should have heard it from their marketing company Brandware. Jeff, where’s the love? The SCOOTER scoop looses the scoop to MOTORCYCLE-USA? *sigh* So an update to the very popular, sexy and hard to find Aprilia SportCity 250 is expected soon. It’s a complete redesign that doesn’t stray […]

Can you ride a scooter year-round in Alaska?

Friday, July 18, 2008

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(I sure hope so, because their gas prices SUCK! Image Source) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Think you’re feeling pain at the gas pump? Consider the residents of Lime Village, Alaska, an isolated Denaina Athabascan Indian community where gasoline prices have hit $8.55 a gallon. The price is severely curtailing movement around the interior Alaska village, […]