Archive for October, 2007

Written by Paul on October 29th, 2007
The folks at Scooter Swag are featuring the design studio Plexipixel and their amazing swag to be had at AmeriVespa in Seattle this past summer. They report that the above image, and others, are for sale on their website for a mere $25 with just $3.75 shipping. These are pretty ...
Written by Paul on October 26th, 2007
Although this page is in Japanese, you can watch a cool movie of Honda's new Forza motor scooter with a liquid-cooled 4-stroke 4-valve OHC single engine. Just the latest Honda motor scooter being showcased at the The 40th Tokyo Motor Show 2007 in the Honda Booth.
Written by Paul on October 23rd, 2007
Wired has a nice article on some freeway legal motor scooters. The scooter above is the Aprilia Scarabeo 500, priced at $6,300. According to Wired, $6,300, Aprilla trimmed pounds and added power, it's a lean, mean, street-cruising machine, "more butch than a Vespa and with more cred than a Honda." The ...
Written by Paul on October 19th, 2007
Beautiful '66 Lambretta Li 150 3 on Ebay. According to the owner it's been modified and rebuilt, masterfully rebuilt by a Lambretta/Vespa expert, and it looks great.  It has original style-look with new White and Blue paint and stainless steel trim. And it "really jams around town as well... turns ...
Written by Paul on October 16th, 2007
Vespa will be releasing the last 1,000 Vespa PXs. 2007 is the 30th anniversary, 1977 to 2007, with over 3 million of these beauties sold.Here's are the stats from The Scooter Scoop: 25cc 2-strokes, white, lots of accessories (rear rack, chrome hub caps, white wall tires, windshield, numbered ...
Written by Paul on October 13th, 2007
A nice article on the Baldwin County Scooter Club. They are a new scooter club in Southern Alabama. Let's hope more of these clubs pop up around the USA. From the article: Scooters start at approximately $2,500 and up and there are about 400 different models. Foley resident Lawson Chapman ...
Written by Paul on October 10th, 2007
In a revolutionary move, Piaggio is releasing the MP3 motor scooter with two front wheels. According to Fullboost, the Piaggio MP3 provides better safety, road grip and stability levels than a two wheel scooter, also better braking. Especially in bad driving conditions such as rain and gravel roads. ...
Written by Paul on October 8th, 2007
It looks like Razor, a California-based importer, is recalling about 20,000 of its E300 electric scooters over concerns the handlebars can break off(Ouch!) according to the U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission. Consumers can go the website www.razor.com/recall for more info.Powered by ScribeFire.
Written by Paul on October 5th, 2007
The 2008 Yamaha Vino Classic looks just as cool as ever. Again, combining Euro styling with the Yamaha technology, this baby is quite the attention getter. From the Yamaha website: It has a  Four-stroke engine to provide for more power and fewer emissions, electric starting with kickstart option, fully automatic ...
Written by Paul on October 1st, 2007
Talk about a nice looking scooter. It's slick and cool looking, and it's liquid cooled 2-stroke motor gives it some impressive power. Peugeot’s New C-Tech R-Cup Scooter has 13” alloy wheels with Pirelli tires and a 226mm ‘wavy’ disc at the front, backed up by a 190mm disc at the ...