The third Monday of June is a special day for motorcyclists and scooterists. Each year this day is recognized as Ride to Work day and more than 1 million people participate by riding to work on their motorcycles and scooters. This year, Ride to Work day is going to be June 20. The event is […]
Read More »New Zealanders on how to survive the scooter accident
Those of us who have never been to New Zealand often see its beautiful nature on TV and simply can’t help ourselves from admiring the country. But there are so many more things to admire about New Zealand. At least there are two more that are going to be mentioned in this article. First one, […]
Read More »Keira Knightley shows off on a vintage 2-wheeler
Gossips about Ducati’s plans for a scooter going back and forth, meanwhile the name Ducati is also mentioned in other recent news. Not the scooter but the Ducati 750 Super Sport. The recently released teaser for the Chanel Coco Mademoiselle perfume commercial features the English actress Keira Knightley riding a beige vintage Ducati in the […]
Read More »Customized Vespas and Lambrettas European style
Last week, March 11-13, the beautiful city of Salzburg in Austria, which is also known to be the birth place of the 18th century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart hosted its 6th annual international car show (Auto Messe Salzburg). It was not all about cars this time, there was a special exhibition for customized Vespas and […]
Read More »Why pick scooters to save costs?
Last week, one popular topic in the news was, how increasing gas prices helped boost up scooter sales. Finally, consumers started thinking about how they could cut down their transportation costs in terms of gas consumption. OK, let’s think about that… If we don’t consider public transportation, shared commute or bicycling, one option would be […]
Read More »Cool video from Cocoa Beach Rally 2011
Cocoa Beach Scooter Rally took place from February 25 to 28 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Watch this cool video that was recently posted on reddit.
Read More »Suzuki’s hydrogen powered scooter gets EU approval
Suzuki Burgman hydrogen powered scooter, which was developed by Suzuki and the Loughborough based fuel cell company, Intelligent Energy, received EU’s WVTA (Whole Vehicle Type Approval). The WVTA approval clears the design as safe for usage in European roads. According to Suzuki, the green Burgman is the first fuel-cell vehicle in the World to receive […]
Read More »Founder leaves Zero Motorcycles
According to a recent press release by Zero Motorcycles, the California based Zero Motorcycles founder, Neal Saiki, is leaving the company to concentrate on building a human powered flying machine. Zero Motorcycles, was founded by Neal Saiki and his wife, Lisa in their garage in Scotts Valley, California in January of 2006. Currently, the company […]
Read More »Piaggio Americas CEO steps down
According to a recent press release by Piaggio Group Americas (PGA), the president and CEO, Paolo Timoni left the company in order to pursue other professional interests. Former general manager of Piaggio Spain, Miguel Martinez has been appointed to take over Timoni’s responsibilities.
Read More »Yamaha to sell 2 new electric scooters to India.
Although the details are not clear, Yamaha India (India Yamaha Motor) hints two new electric scooters for the India market.They also are mentioning two new bikes for the country as well. The scooters will be designed in Japan but they will be specific to the India market. According to India Yamaha Motor Director (Sales and […]
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