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• 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

• 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

• 3nd Annual Smoke Out Mini Bike Championships

  I love the idea of whacky mini bike races and apparently others do as well. We have brought you the San Fernando Valley Illegal Soap Box Federation's Mini Moto and now we have a scoop on the Smoke Out Mini Bike Championships ! The mini bike event... Posted Aug 21 2009, 01:06 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, WTF, Funny, Race, Rally

• New Book - Bikes of Burden

  Dutch photographer Hans Kemp has just come out with a photo book examining how the motorcycle and scooter are a critical part of commerce in Vietnam. Bikes of Burden is a photo essay of the myriad of two wheeled vehicles that cover Vietnam and carry just... Posted Jun 20 2009, 02:01 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, Funny, Vietnam, Books

• Two out of the four species of "scooter" covered

  Motor scooter? Check. Kick scooter? Check. Mobility scooter? Fail. German Techno Band ? Fail. Thanks for the scoop Tim! Posted Mar 04 2009, 07:49 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, Video

• Major Kong scooter

  It's never too late to prepare for next Halloween or even your next rally. Don your favorite cowboy garb and swing yer cowboy hat in the air and hold tight cause it's gonna be a bumpy ride! If Major T.J. "King" Kong is too far of a faded... Posted Nov 14 2008, 04:31 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, Movie

• Oddities, abnormalities, anomalies oh MY!

  (bruthas from another mother, the Honda MotoGyro and the 3-Wheeled WFT) I think I figured out why I get along with those rabble rousing Ruckus fans so well, because they're such good oddiologists! Just four months after TheScooterScoop was born, a... Posted Oct 07 2008, 02:13 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity

• Austin commuters! Win a pair of 3 Day ACL passes!

  ("Go go gadget-copter!" Hopefully THIS guy won't be competing) Commute Solutions Month presents the: Weirdest Commute Contest. Friday, September 5th - Judging at NOON! Grand Prize: A Pair of 3 day passes to ACL! Second Price: A Kona Bike... Posted Sep 04 2008, 02:37 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, Texas, Contest

• OOOH! OOOH! 8 Hours left to bid on a GYRO!

  I do not know this guy and I'm not trying to help him sell it, but when Tim showed it to me, I had to tell my people about it. A running Honda Gyro is available on ebay RIGHT NOW, and there are no bids. You could steal it for just $500! Pick up only... Posted Sep 04 2008, 01:40 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, Honda, US Availability

• 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

• In Kazakhstan we have also the Big Ruckus

  Avid researcher, Fritz, brings us this specimen that looks like the great, great, great grandfather to the Honda Ruckus. This is, as the image shows, a 1927 Cechie Bohmerland. Check out it's cool, nekkid frame and the long, low look. Not bad for 1927... Posted Mar 24 2008, 04:35 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, Czechoslovakia

• ObiBoi designs a Hum-Dinger of a Scooter Utility Vehicle

  Bouncing around the webisphere, I made a stop by the old Dragon's place, when I found a post that said "A Hummer I'd actually own". Thinking to myself, "well, the Dragon is a scooter fan and a steam punk fan... so this is either... Posted Feb 04 2008, 01:56 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, Honda, Concept, Hummer

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle... all in one scooter

  First, reduce a Honda Elite down to it's bare essentials. Next reuse old street lamp covers, vacuums and what have you. At the end you have recycled a bunch of garbage to make a one-of-a-kind creation. The Junk Scooter! Sculpt Meister, and friend... Posted Nov 15 2007, 04:40 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Oddity, Honda, Custom, Art

• Best sidecar ever?

  vespa Originally uploaded by brazov1971 Perfect for someone who is torn on getting that classic Vespa or getting the classic car. This pair is about as hip as it gets. You know what would be real cool? If you could walk across the platform and control... Posted Nov 06 2007, 02:42 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Photography, Vespa, Oddity, Custom

• Diver driver on a Vespa

  i polmoni del futuro Originally uploaded by oreundici This photo entitled "i polmoni del futuro", or "lungs of the future" was shot in Italy. Maybe this is how riders in LA will need to travel if smog levels don't drop. I don't... Posted Nov 06 2007, 02:41 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Photography, Oddity, Italy