TheScooterScoop

Shots from an Indonesian restoration shop

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

DSC_0053 Originally uploaded by Philip Sunil. I found Philip Sunil’s flickr collection to be an interesting insight on Indonesian Vespa restoration. Not a WHOLE lot of details, and I didn’t see any beer can float bowls, washers made from coins, or fish oil filled shocks, but I don’t think Philip was going for an Exposé […]

What’s so good about a tiny scooter?

Monday, December 11, 2006

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You should always lend a fellow scooterist a hand. Here, one young man on a Piaggio Zip tows another sad young chap AND his Yamaha Razz. I don’t imagine this going nearly as well with Fred on his Burgman 650 hauling me with my Honda Helix in my lap. A tiny scooter is definitely on […]

That’s one SLEEK lookin’ Indian!

Saturday, December 9, 2006

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DSC01703Originally uploaded by jive t robot. Ok, I’m not the most knowledgeable guy when it comes to early American scooters. I know a bit about Cushman, Salsbury, the Harley Topper… but I DIDN’T know about the Indian… No, I’m not talking LML Indian, I’m talking Indian Motorcycle Indian. I took a swipe at their website […]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

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a Naples backstreetOriginally uploaded by mattjfleet. Hey! We’re gonna be pretty scarce during this Turkeyfest with all of the chewing and sleeping we have to do. We hope you’ll take a break to enjoy a honkin’ slice of pun’kin pie with extra whip-cream and get plenty of rest so you’ll be ready to ride ALL […]

Rainbow riders – Born to be Styled

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

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Moto Originally uploaded by Nenners. Hehe… sorry for the “Born to be…” rehash. I figured Illnoise would shoot coffee outta his nose this morning to see it… Anyway… HERE’S a colorful shot of the Toronto Gay Pride Parade 2006 (sponsored by Motorola). They’ve almost covered the whole ROYGBIV spectrum with the exception of Red and […]

Ghost Morph in Tokyo

Saturday, November 18, 2006

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Streetbike Tokyo Originally uploaded by jonas_stokke. jonas_stokke shares this photo of a pearl white Yamaha Morphous near Shibuya… parked next to a white cone, right over a white stripe. Kinda surrealistic. Doesn’t the Morph look heart-throbbingly excessive? Makes me hope they actually release the Maxam 3000 (also known as the two-wheeled Cadillac El Camino.) http://wapurl.co.uk/?KCVCUS8