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Vespa GTS gets SUPERsized now nearly 300cc

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Sure this news is on the “Dollar dozen donut” table by now, but I couldn’t let it just sit there. So, grab some coffee and a napkin ’cause Vespa has gone and done it again. It wasn’t too long ago that Vespa introduced their biggest engined Wasp ever, the 250cc GT. I never occurred to […]

Behind the scenes of the NPS600 SuperRuckus

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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The most sinister of scooters, the NPS600, was first mentioned on the Scoop back in 2007 with a tiny little video. This Kansas City contraption is the masterpiece of a madman called “PomeRuck” over on the TotalRuckus.com site (see title link). After the video we wanted more. How was it done? What sort of work […]

Mystery scooter – Do you want to take a guess?

Saturday, April 26, 2008

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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”.

Grand Opening Event – Seattle, WA

Saturday, April 26, 2008

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(click to see a bigger map.) Big People Scooters is a BIG contributor to the Seattle scooter scene and tomorrow they’ll be even BIGGER! The man behind all the bigness is Vic V., and he has some big fun planned for you if you’re gonna be in the area. Saturday, March 26th – The Grand […]

When a scooter IS a moped

Monday, April 14, 2008

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(finding a good image of a Vespa V5A with the pedals attached is about as hard as finding a photo of Sasquatch with his hair combed.) I remember seeing this in a book once. It was a GREAT photo of what is definitely one of the oddest Vespas ever made. Apparently this rare bird was […]

Rise of the electric – Emax’s new mass producton Silicone Lead Acid scooter

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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I don’t have a whole lot of details here, but looks like Germany’s Emax is kicking up a new Silicone Lead Acid battery scooter for 2008. Here’s what AutoExpress (title link) had to say: The battery-powered twist ‘n’ go machine has a range of around 60 miles when travelling at its restricted top speed of […]