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• Ridley Motorcycles throws in the towel

  (Come on! Stick that lip in, wipe away those tears! It's too late to cry about it now.) Alas, poor Ridley Motorbikes , we barely knew ye, but looking back at them now I'd say they were one of the few modern motorized bicycles I could actually... Posted Feb 03 2010, 12:12 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Moped, Damn

• Scooterists, be on the lookout for the one-armed scooter jacker

  Really! I nearly had this happen to me once. Luckily there was about two feet of clearance at the end of the arm, so I just swerved around it. Don't let this happen to you! Posted Jan 22 2010, 01:11 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Video, Educational, Damn

• Wanna make your own Chinese scooter? So did Chris

  ("And here is where we install the explosive light bulb." Image source: Telegraph.co.uk ) At some time in our lives we've all thought about it, us people in the scooter industry. The idea starts with, "I bet I could design a GREAT scooter... Posted Jan 11 2010, 07:13 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Damn, Chinese

• Vespa show-off fail

  This is one of those common mistakes. Yer showin' off, smokin' a little rubber then *ERRRRT!* the bike goes flying off without you. I have to think he would have been better off making this mistake whist showing off for an unknown lady as opposed... Posted Dec 21 2009, 06:22 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Vespa, Video, Damn

• 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

• 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

• Ooops! Technical glitch fixed

  We were down last night after some tinkering under the hood. After a solid 7 hours of sleep we had built up the mental fortitude to figure out that we have inadvertently left out a "/*" and broke everything. Well, the "/*" is back... Posted Mar 01 2009, 06:33 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Announcement, Damn

• A case for the full face

  Here's a frame from a 3D CT Scan rendering that says it all. Surfactant shares it in video from flicker and you can watch it by clicking the title link. Here's what Surfactant has to say about what we see here: This patient was not using a helmet... Posted Jan 28 2009, 03:21 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Rider Safety, WTF, Damn, OMG

• Police destroy 14,277 'illegal' motorcycles with bulldozers.

  Today's Daily Sunshine reported that 14,277 confiscated "illegal motorcycles" were destroyed by bulldozers in Yungang district, Shenzhen as part of the city's "motorcycle ban". The Shenzhen-based newspaper says that in April... Posted Sep 10 2008, 12:31 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Damn, Chinese

• If anyone needs you to show 'em some love right now it's Steve Sellers

  On Sunday, June 22nd, P-Town Scooters' mechanic Steve Sellers was admitted to a local hospital where things went from bad to worse. I never had the fortune of meeting Steve in person, but I've heard much about him and I do know he was one of the... Posted Jul 07 2008, 03:18 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Announcement, Good Cause, Damn, Restoration

• Engine size - When IS enough actually ENOUGH?

  (Would a 750 cc Vespa be a welcomed addition to the American market?) Today I was trolling the Motoblog.it and saw a couple of things that caught my attention. One was Rossi having fun on his boat (NSFW!) and the other was not nearly as nice... it was... Posted Jul 04 2008, 04:41 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Video, Damn, Poll

• Italjet 2008 Status / Slice of delicious chocolate cake for the naysayers

  (This image pretty much sums it up for me... except maybe without the "Scamper" tierra... depends on how much I've had to drink.) Where's the RollerCraft? Where's the Dragster? You wanna know? Let's start with this press release... Posted May 31 2008, 08:48 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Announcement, Damn, Italjet, Personal

• Scooters are cute and fun... but know their limitations

  (click the image to zoom in) Thanks Tim! What a hoot! Posted May 29 2008, 02:23 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Photography, Funny, Damn

• Who made the "worst bike ever"?

  (A poorly built bike is one thing, but a bike that's out to KEEEL you is a whole 'nother ballgame!) I was popping around SuperHunky (for some reason) and saw this post called "Worst bikes of all time". I've always been interested... Posted May 16 2008, 02:53 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Motorcycle, Damn, Suzuki

• Not to beat a dead horse, but *BLAM!*

  (By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) NEW YORK (AP) — The government on Tuesday again raised its short-term price forecasts for crude oil and gasoline — trends that are expected to tamp down demand — as oil futures blasted to a record near $123 a barrel... Posted May 07 2008, 05:34 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Damn, US Availability, Gasoline