TheScooterScoop

Soviet Vespa clone?

Sunday, September 7, 2008

(In Soviet Russia, you don’t fix scooter… Scooter fixes YOU.) Ilya Vinarsky sends this photo of a scooter you THINK you recognize. No, not a Vespa but a Vyatka-Molot. Vyatka, possibly referring to “a sturdy breed of workhorse from the Vyatka Region” if you look it up on Wikipedia. You can get the whole history […]

Review: 2008 Piaggio Vespa S

Saturday, September 6, 2008

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Another one of those little companion videos that go with the reviews I’ve been doing for our buddies from Motorcycle.com in the Great White North. ***UPDATE 9/7/08*** Reader feedback: Darren, on whether or not a full face helmet will fit under the seat of the Piaggio Vespa S scooter.

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

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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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 […]

Stunt Ape featured in Oktapodi

Monday, August 18, 2008

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Here a Vespa Ape (Ah-peh) is featured in this charming and funny video called “Oktapodi” from French artist Julien Bocabeille (who just landed himself a job at Dreamworks SKG). You can see more of Bok’s work on his blog (title link). If you are a fan of good animation, you should check out this cool […]

Definition of "Bat outta hell"

Monday, August 11, 2008

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I was tip-toeing through the TopSpeed.com blog (see title link) and found this video. I think it does a great job of illustrating the following:Bat out of HellRaped ApeScalded DogGoing like the Clappers He’s definitely not riding this road for the scenery.

Amerivespa 2008 images available!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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(This is one scooter accessory that is purely American)If you missed out on all the fun that was Amerivespa this year, fear not! The 2StrokeBuzzards (is that offensive? what do you call people from 2strokebuzz?) have a great batch of shots over HERE. If you want to see more there are a couple hundred billion […]