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Post by Enviromoto on Nov 19, 2009 0:09:07 GMT -5
VERY COOL!Or, VERY HOT Depending on your point of view... I LOVE how the posts trash the guy like "Ya gonna put in 11 hp?"... RIGHT! Then, he shows the whole bike. Now THAT'S gonna raise a ruckus (pun fully intended).Is it still a scooter when ya stuff a 150 hp bike motor in it? I think so... A local "tuner" kid in my hood has a fully handbuilt-frame scooter with a turbocharged Accura V-6 (around 500 hp) in it. It also uses a car tire out back... Sticker on the back reads: "Yeah, it's a SCOOTER. Wanna RACE?".These little wheezers are starting to grow some SERIOUS fangs! Gotta love it!Leo in Texas Leo, It is now your sworn duty to get some pictures and info on this scooter. ;D
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Post by oldchopperguy on Nov 19, 2009 2:19:10 GMT -5
I'll see if I can find it! Saw it at a local gas station hanging with several Mexican kids in tuner cars... Wild to say the least!
Never know just what you'll find on the street these days!
Leo
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Post by Enviromoto on Nov 19, 2009 21:10:09 GMT -5
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Post by jmkjr72 on Nov 19, 2009 22:21:00 GMT -5
230 is all try 272 www.samuraiscoot.com/dan aka smelly can get some pretty cool stuff for the z125 there are a few 215s and 206saround over on zumaforms too
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Post by Rebel on Nov 20, 2009 3:03:14 GMT -5
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Post by oldchopperguy on Nov 22, 2009 3:56:08 GMT -5
Neat stuff!Having a long-term love with choppers, I really hope these distant cousins of both scooters and cycles will evolve into a viable category of street bikes. They have an undeniable appeal to anyone who likes 2 or 3-wheel thingies... I hope they will be welcome at our site... How could any Reb resist some of these toys?Be SURE to check out the link (Thanks REBEL!)... There's a lot of neat rides to see there!I just had to copy this one and post it here as a teaser... Talk about unique! It's REALLY "Mad Max meets Fred Flintstone"! Check out that Italian-style exo-skeleton frame design: just don't pay any attention to what it's made from! Signor Ducati, eat yer' heart out! Ya got nuthin' on us Southern boyz...It's just so AWFUL, yet so absolutely RIGHT! The construction is SO unorthodox, but looks like good engineering none the less. Hey, "Welder? We don't need no stinking welder!" It takes "Rat Rod" tech to a whole new level. My hat's off to the builder! Would I ride it? You bet I WOOD! I'm "pining" for one right now... It's got STYLE, it's got CREATIVITY, heck, it's probably got TERMITES! But who cares? It's American enginuity at its BEST! Now, where did I put my Skil Saw?Headin' for the nearest new construction site scrap-wood heap... Leo in Texas
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Post by Rebel on Dec 19, 2009 15:12:58 GMT -5
In 1947 this was a motorcycle??, some today would call it a scooter, I do not know enough about it, but it looks very cool. I'm googling more about it to see if it is some kind of hoax thing.
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Post by Rebel on Dec 19, 2009 15:28:04 GMT -5
OK, more info on that BOHN
"Throughout the 1930's and 40's designers and concept artists envisaged the motorcycle of the future as aerodynamically streamlined with an enclosed body. While streamlined fairings had appeared on racing bikes, they never featured on production bikes, which remained noisy, dirty, mechanically intimidating.
In the late 1940's Bohn Aluminum and Brass' concept artists painted a vision of the future that was sleek stylish. It was a vision that no motorcycle company embraced but was instead realised by Vespa and many other scooters."
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Post by oldchopperguy on Dec 21, 2009 22:36:40 GMT -5
Whew!
Talk about "Art Deco"! The Germans definitely did incorporate such tinwork in scooters, as did Sears (or Wards... I can't remember...) with their version of the turtle-deck Cushman.
Triumph got just a teensy bit into such styling on a few 500's or 650's but not THAT extreme: mostly just the rear sections under the seat and around the wheel, with just enough "styling" on the front fender and fork to finish screwing up a swell bike... They were pretty ugly for a motorcycle... Then, there's always the Honda 160 and 305 "Dream". Absolutely as UGLY as they were GREAT drivers!
If my REALLY old mind is focusing well, I'm almost certain there was even a Japanese scooter back in the late fifties that copied the German NSU "deco" scoot, Buick "port holes" and all, and had the dubious, typically old-school Japanese model name of "SILVER PIGEON". As truly AWFUL as these things looked back then, they'd be pretty cool to ride today!
If it's on 2 wheels, ya just gotta love it!
Leo in Texas...
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Post by Rebel on Dec 21, 2009 23:12:52 GMT -5
I google silver pidgeon, it was made by mitsubishi and imported by a couple companies includes Montgomery Wards, most of the pictures I found were those of pretty standard European style scooters, then I found this little beauty. Attachments:
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Post by oldchopperguy on Dec 23, 2009 23:38:00 GMT -5
Rebel,
Oh yeah...! (?) That's the one... Sort of "Emperor Hirohito meets Louis Chevrolet" circa 1958! I think I'd rather have my $700 chop-suey-burner... With one of Kilff's heads, of course!!!
The scooter industry has certainly never been shy about trying new "styling" concepts! Of course, the shape of the first Lexus cars were admittedly inspired by a potato. And they did OK!
Gotta love it...
Leo
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