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Cannonball is ON!

Monday, September 15, 2008

(I’m not certain if any of the competitors grew the obligatory facial hair before the run) Whew! This is exciting! This year’s 3000+ mile Cannonball Run is close race right now with Patrick Owens of Team First Kick (the 2006 Manual Kitted class champion) just minutes behind Jess of Team Bastard. Right now they just […]

Rise of the Roboscooters

Thursday, September 11, 2008

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(Photo source: ScooterInsight.it) Here’s a news piece from an up-and-coming blog on Electric Vehicles called EVpulse.com. Yes, she’s related. Now on to more great news from SYM! The foldaway electric Roboscooter, joint designed with MIT Media Lab and NEXT Consortium, is about to become more than a prototype. Check out this bit of background from […]

SYM’s new Fiddle II get’s a first look

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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Dealers are starting to get their shipment of 125cc Fiddle II’s in (formerly called the Vogue). If you’ve been wanting to get a closer look at this familiar looking scooter you should head on down to Philadelphia Scooter, or at least to their Blog (click the title link) to check out some more photos. The […]

Review: SYM RV 250 Maxi Scooter

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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This video is a bit different that what we’ve done before. There were so many bells and whistles on this machine I decided to just use the video to cover them. The link to the actual review will be post in the next couple of days.***UPDATE 9/9/08***We had an Anonymous comment wanting to see 10,000 […]

Wo Wow Cub… Final Poll

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

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If you could get the SYM cub here in the USA… AND it was called the… Let’s say “Dash” and it was powered by a 125cc SYM engine AND it was available in black, pink, blue or brown. What is the MOST you would pay for it… keeping in mind that a 2008 Yamaha Vino […]

What if I told you a Cub could be coming to the USA?

Saturday, August 18, 2007

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No, not the Honda Cub, but a preeeety close facsimile or maybe I should say facSYMile could be making its way to the USA. That’s right! During a recent visit to the SYM plant in Taiwan, Scooter World Publisher Bev Brinson was pleasantly surprised to see what upon first glance appeared to be a Honda […]