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EICMA 2009 Redux

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Did you miss the EICMA 2009 Show? Well, you can simulate the experience by grabbin’ an ice cold Peroni and taking in all the great shots captured by the guys at Adrenalin-Pedstop, the best scooter shop in South Yorkshire, England. There’s 112 images in total and I’d like to know what you thought about some […]

36th Annual Tokyo Motorcycle Show – Press day starts tomorrow!

Friday, March 27, 2009

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The Tokyo Motorcycle show is not traditionally a very large show, but when there’s a surprise to be revealed from Yamaha, Suzuki, or Honda Tokyo is the place for it to happen. Our man about Tokyo does have word that Suzuki will show a new color for the Gemma (sadly still unlikely to ever arrive […]

Dealer Expo 2009 – Joel Martin speaks on Taiwanese products

Monday, March 23, 2009

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Went to Indi again this year; didn’t get to roam the floor as much as I would have liked. Luckily I brough along Casey and absorbed the best of the show via brain dump. The only symposium I really wanted to attend was the Taiwan Dealer Expo Symposium. I, unfortunately, was tied up during the […]

Off to the Expo

Thursday, February 12, 2009

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Every year in February the power sports dealers of America converge on Indianapolis to see the latest offerings from around the globe. If you wonder where we’ll be for the next 6 days, look no further than the Lucas Oil Stadium or Indiana Convention Center. Our good friend Casey and I will do our best […]

Older than old school – The 1917 Autoped

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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(Postal workers on their brand new-fangled motorized doohickey machines – source) Before the Segway there was the Autoped, the first American built scooter introduced in 1917. (Nerd fact: California Senate Bill 1918 was introduced to attempt to classify segway riders as “pedestrians”.) More like a motorized kick scooter than a step through motorscooter, this was […]

Vectrix expands its line-up with 2 new scooters!

Monday, January 19, 2009

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(The flagship VX-1, introduced in 2007 get’s some new graphics) (The VX-1E is the economy version of the VX-1 at $8,495) (The VX-2 is expected in June with an MSRP of $5,195)Images courtesy of our friends at Ripley Radio. Thanks a bunch! Vectrix has come out the gate at today’s NY Motorcycle Show with a […]