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Rise of the electric – iMobility LEV

Saturday, December 1, 2007

(Wow! Very spacy design. Looks like it was drawn up by Honda.) Again, my masked scooper pointed us toward some EICMA Milan 2007 coverage. This time from CyberScooter.it (title link), we see the iMobility Light Electric Vehicle. This fully enclosed, three-wheeled +1 (1 in the front, 2 on the sides and 1 in the back), […]

Rise of the electric – Electric Buddy?

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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This week I want to give a little update on the world of electric scooters. Why? Well, our email box has been crammed full of electric scooter news and scoops over the last couple of weeks. So, without further delay here’s what we’ve got: A good friend of ours, who’s name we shan’t reveal, gave […]

EICMA Coverage from Akisan – Italjet Dragster 250 photos

Saturday, November 10, 2007

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Our good friend, Aki Hasegawa, in Japan has brought us the scoop on EICMA 2007. First here’s what he had to say about the show: Hello Steve,I just returned to Japan from Milan. This year I don’t have any interesting news from Milan other than Italjet showing the Dragster 250 and some other models (see […]

Piaggio one step closer to making a car

Saturday, November 10, 2007

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Adam gave us a little scoop on some new MP3 accessories from Piaggio. I’ll let him tell you about it: Yes, official Piaggio, apparently announced at EICMA. The press release described the roof as a “prototype”, along with a trailer, named the MP3 Wagon. No pictures of that one yet, far as I’ve seen. No […]

Tokyo Auto Show – Lesser known exhibits

Saturday, November 3, 2007

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Some company was showing off an exterior airbag system (as well as a laundry basket of dirty clothes in the background?). The idea is that pedestrians (scooterists?) that get smacked by a car will have a better chance of avoiding a trip to the ER. Also on the “lesser known” tour was Dunlop’s Enasave 97. […]

Yamaha’s long and low cruiser concept – Luxair

Saturday, November 3, 2007

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(Thanks again to Skorji for the shot!)Not to be confused with Yamaha’s 2004 Tokyo Boat Show special exhibition model BOAT called the Luxair, the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show’s special exhibition model luxury model cruiser scooter is much cooler. I just wanted to show you a couple of photos of this concept. If you want to […]