TheScooterScoop

Best use of Mods in a TV or print ad goes to…

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Lucozade! Big shout to David Neal for scooping up this cool ad for Lucozade. Lucozade appears to be sort of like the Brit’s version of Gatorade, except it’s been around since 1927, 38 years before Gatorade. This commercial (advert) however has been around for only 10 years and it celebrates everything Mod. You can read […]

Attention Mech pilots! Check out Givi’s X.01 Gold 30th Anniversary Helmet

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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The Givi X.01 has always been one of the wickedest helmets in all the land (especially the black one). Well, if you’re lucky and you know someone in the UK that can score you one, you can be the proud owner of 1 of a limited 500 piece run of these gold-n-white Mech pilot helmets. […]

UK Police already watching you, can now sneak up on your arse.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

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(The Vectrix has a whole new career and uniform to match)David D. sent over this scoop from London Bikers (title link). Looks like the Hampshire police force has put a couple of these babies on the road for a 6 month test run. Their goal? Reduce carbon emissions, save money, sneak up on your arse […]

R/C Scooter in time for the holidays

Sunday, November 25, 2007

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I’m a bit confused by this one. It’s a remote control scooter… but it’s from the UK and the package says “Mod Moped”. Huh?! There are not pedals on this motorbike… well, that’s beside the point. This little toy is available from Gadgets & Gizmos in the UK for about $41 US and is described […]

Subcompact, Mini, Microcar get’s reviewed on BBC’s Top Gear!

Friday, November 16, 2007

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Awww man! Big shout out to Jo Borras for scooping up this baby. This video comes from a link found on AutoblogGreen (click on the title link if you don’t mind the annoying, growing NEC projector ad). This is definitely the cheekiest video to ever come from Jeremy Clarkson. It shows the 6′ 4″ giant […]

MCN Video – Commuter comparison, two wheels vs. four wheels

Thursday, June 28, 2007

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Autobloggreen.com (title link) discovered this video on the MotorCycleNews network. Cool study if you live in an area where you can get away with lane splitting.I would post the video here, but my embed option makes the video way too wide and if I change the settings it just cuts off part of the screen. […]