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• Honda Cub to go automatic for 2010!

  Honda's gone and done it! Adding an automatic transmission to the Cub has been on Honda's upgrade short list for some time now, and just two days ago Akisan sent us the scoop on Honda's new CV- Matic engine for Cubs (all underbone type Hondas... Posted Sep 10 2009, 11:56 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Honda, Japan, News Feed, Cub

• Scooter Sales Down Means Good Deals Can Be Found

  The Kansas City Star is reporting that scooter sales for the first three months of 2009 are down when compared to the same time period last year. Dealerships with full inventories are usually eager to get some merchandise moved and adjust their prices... Posted Jun 17 2009, 12:14 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed, Scooter

• The key to maintaining National Security? Cutting back consumption.

  (Click the "story" link below for the original NPR piece or else I'll spray you with patchouli!) Today on NPR's All Things Considered there was a story on importance of energy conservation. The story can be summed up with a quote from... Posted May 19 2009, 05:55 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed

• The little scoot that could - Scooter sales still on top

  (scooters are also attracting attention, even in today's sucky economy) Here's a recent piece from Motorcycle Product News that notes that while the powersports segment it takin' it in the shorts, scooters are still a relatively attractive... Posted May 17 2009, 07:40 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed, Scooter

• A little news bit on scooter sales

  Posted May 16 2009, 06:44 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Video, Texas, News Feed

• Hail and fairwell

  WASHINGTON - JANUARY 20: US President Barack Obama waves alongside his wife, Michelle, and US Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, as former US President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, leave the US Capitol on the presidential helicopter after... Posted Jan 22 2009, 02:17 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed, USA

• Scooter sales jump as buyers pawn TVs

  Here's an interesting story from Australia that says "Motorists desperate to survive tough economic times are pawning laptops, furniture and television sets to buy scooters for cheap transport." I'm not sure if we'll see anything... Posted Jan 13 2009, 05:58 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Australia, News Feed

• UK bike sales down, but be glad you're not a car dealer

  ("Tell ya what. Buy this car instead of the scoota and I'll throw in a pint and a nice plate of fish and chips.") Big ticket items the world over are feeling the pinch of this transitional economy. All this uncertainty has had a measurable... Posted Jan 10 2009, 03:06 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed

• NPR - Gas Prices Down, SUV Sales Up

  (And fast-food peddling clowns are back in fashion! Make mine SUPERSIZED!) Say it ain't so! I havn't had a chance to actually listen to this report... and I've just finished eating, so I'm gonna wait until tomorrow to see what NPR has... Posted Dec 11 2008, 02:27 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed, Gasoline

• PennDOT puts the brakes on Chinese Scoots!?

  (PennDOT says " zhè zú gòu le, xiè xiè " to Chinese scooters. source: flickr/ ironleg ) A recent article in the power sports industry trade mag, Dealer News, reports that Pennsylvania has put a hold on registering any scooter with a "L"... Posted Nov 12 2008, 09:13 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed, Chinese, Scooter

• Aprilia unveils the new SportCity Cube 250

  Caught this story on Motorcycle-USA.com today, though I should have heard it from their marketing company Brandware. Jeff, where's the love? The SCOOTER scoop looses the scoop to MOTORCYCLE-USA? *sigh* So an update to the very popular, sexy and hard... Posted Sep 12 2008, 05:58 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Maxi, News Feed, Aprilia

• Can you ride a scooter year-round in Alaska?

  (I sure hope so, because their gas prices SUCK! Image Source ) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Think you're feeling pain at the gas pump? Consider the residents of Lime Village, Alaska, an isolated Denaina Athabascan Indian community where gasoline... Posted Jul 19 2008, 02:59 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed

• Boston struggles with scooter parking solution

  (Little Suzy Phillips, age 6, offers a proposal to solve Boston's parking issue. flickr/DanCox ) “We understand the green issue, and we don’t want to prohibit that. But want to make sure it’s done in a safe way,” says BTD spokesman Jim Mansfield.... Posted Jul 19 2008, 01:28 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed

• Bush lifts oil drilling ban. Hummers happy, baby seals sad.

  (w00t! Hummers are happy to be back out on the road! Flickr/Sam Felder ) In a brave last minute move to temporarily save us oil addicts from " the shakes " before he has to roll, G-Dub has lifted his Dad's 1990 ban on offshore drilling.... Posted Jul 16 2008, 02:34 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed, Gasoline

• Scooter buyers clamoring for the last of the available models

  ("Dude! Did they say they have any Buddy's left?" - "No! They just sold out of Keeways and they are down to Tank or Rocketta, I can't tell which.") Well, this is something that nearly no one could have predicted just a few... Posted Jul 14 2008, 01:14 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: News Feed