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• Need an excuse to go to Germany in August?

  How about Scooter Weeked 2010 ? It's probably the largest event of its kind and if you've got 10 minutes to watch the video above, you might start pricing plane tickets. Looks like a total blast, though I would also schedule an appointment with... Posted Jan 22 2010, 01:29 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Race, 2-Stroke, Video, Germany

• Manual labor never looked so fun!

  I'm convinced I'd do a LOT more gardening if I had one of these things. Anyone know where to get 'em? Posted Nov 16 2009, 03:25 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, Funny, 2-Stroke, Video

• Rally Announcement - Austin Texas - Go To Hell ]|[

  We're just 8 days away from the "Go to Hell 3" rally here in Austin, TX. The event is organized by the oldest surviving scooter club in Austin, Piston Broke. So, if you've got a bike with a manual transmission bring it on down! Click... Posted Oct 29 2009, 08:49 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: 2-Stroke, Texas, Rally

• Make Steve Miserable - Tell Him To Buy This

  Just up on ebay is a cherry Honda Motocompo! As some of you may know, Steve is seriously infatuated with this rare little import scooter from Honda. This one just popped up on ebay yesterday and it has Steve written all over it. The seller has 100% positive... Posted Sep 09 2009, 03:37 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Deal, Oddity, Honda, 2-Stroke, Rarity, OMG

• Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow!!

  Scooter Showoff Owned by Pole - Watch more Funny Videos I can't figure out how he didn't see the huge pole, unless he just wasn't watching where he was going which is rule number two on scooters. Rule number one is wear your helmet you dummy... Posted Aug 27 2009, 07:15 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Rider Safety, Funny, 2-Stroke, Damn, Scooter, Stunt

• Scooter guys are like super heros

  Notte Sento is a short film made with 4500+ still photographs. Shot with a Canon EOS 30D camera. Chosen as one of the top 5 projects of the Seagate Creative Fund (because of all the beautiful Italians). Enjoy! Posted Jun 30 2009, 08:44 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Vespa, 2-Stroke, Movie

• Friday Moment of Zen

  Believe it or not, this is a mid-80s Honda Aero 50 scooter: It started out looking something like this: Posted Jun 26 2009, 11:20 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Honda, Custom, 2-Stroke, Damn, Art

• The Moonbeam

  The Scooter Scoop is about "Scooter and Microcar News, Reviews, Commentary and the Celebration of Wheeled Oddities." Then truly I have found the Scooter Scoop Holy Grail™ - The Moonbeam: The Moonbeam is a microcar made from two scooters and... Posted Jun 22 2009, 07:16 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Honda, Microcar, Custom, Good Cause, 2-Stroke, w00t

• WTF of the week: Check out the windshield on that P!

  If you've studied any UK rally photos, you've likely seen some aftermarket add-on windscreens for the Vespa. I've seen plenty of gaudy examples, but this thing stops just short of being a 2-wheeled automobile. The only details I have is the... Posted Feb 17 2009, 02:09 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Rider Safety, Vespa, 2-Stroke, France

• 1983 Honda Beat makes my heart skip a beat

  (image source ) I was looking at some recent images captured by our man on the Tokyo streets, Kuroneko and saw a shot that blew my mind. Thinking it was some sort of far out mod I googled it... "Honda Beat" and found this thing! This cherry... Posted Feb 04 2009, 03:25 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Honda, 2-Stroke

• When a scooter IS a moped

  (finding a good image of a Vespa V5A with the pedals attached is about as hard as finding a photo of Sasquatch with his hair combed.) I remember seeing this in a book once. It was a GREAT photo of what is definitely one of the oddest Vespas ever made... Posted Apr 15 2008, 05:46 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Vespa, Oddity, 2-Stroke, Moped, Scooter

• The incredible vanishing PX

  (Before with the 2008 PX in both the navigation on the left and in the box at the lower right. Caught this as a Google cached site HERE .) I can always count on getting the Vespa scoop from my good friend... IN JAPAN, Aki Hasegawa. He noted that a few... Posted Feb 07 2008, 10:34 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Vespa, 2-Stroke

• Stellas are on the way!

  Just got word from a VERY reliable source that the first few hundred 2008 Stellas are expected in January with more arriving later in spring. How exciting is THAT?! Look for them in these delicious flavors: Tangerine, Red, Black and new for 2008 POWDER... Posted Nov 30 2007, 04:19 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: 2-Stroke, Genuine, US Availability, Stella

• Vespa launching a 30th Anniversary PX

  Another Arigato to Aki H. who has been hot on the press release patrol and has dug up another interesting announcement from Vespa. Looks like they are releasing the last 1,000 Vespa PXs next year. This is a 30th anniversary edition celebrating the more... Posted Oct 06 2007, 10:21 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Vespa, 2-Stroke

• Genuine Rattler AKA "Buck Ten" gets reviewed

  (Think the Rattler was a bit small? Well, Dan's no small fry and he loves it!) Dan Hoyt as self proclaimed "vehicle geek" from Middleton, CT was the first person to contact us with the scoop on this new gem from the Genuine Scooter Company... Posted Aug 30 2007, 01:22 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Review, 2-Stroke, Genuine