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What does a Geek god ride?

9. February 2011

No, not GREEK god like Thor, but GEEK as in nerd or code monkey… except were talking about Aaron Hillegass here, he’s more like a CODE GORILLA! I mean, go to Amazon.com and look up “Cocoa Programming”, and you know what shows up first? Aaron’s book, Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition) by Aaron [...]

The Piano Man rides a Vespa

8. February 2011

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Billy Joel is no Innocent Man when it comes to getting caught rolling his scooter around town (Miami). Years ago I remember when he and Christy Brinkley’s Italjet Velociferos were up on the auction block, looks like he’s moved on to another love… Vespa. Credits to DailyMail UK for the scoop!

Japan’s Big Scooter scene is being replaced by…

27. October 2010

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BEHOLD, the great Japanese Big Scooter – massive, futuristic and fantastically gaudy; Japan’s super custom scooter is slowly vanishing from the Tokyo landscape where it found it’s birthplace. The two-wheeled offspring of the Dekotora (Decoration Truck) of the mid 70’s, and inspired by the 70’s Kamen Rider (and others), the Big or sometimes called Baka [...]

Yamaha taking electrics REAL serious

1. October 2010

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In an unexpected move for any of the Big4 (HYSK – Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki), Yamaha has placed a full page ad ,(apparently) for the E-2 electric scooter in today’s Tokyo newspaper. I’m not exactly sure why we are seeing “E-2″ featured when I was expecting to see something called the EC-03 or Passol-L. I [...]

Mini continues to tease – E Scooter

23. September 2010

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The Paris Motor Show is scheduled to kick off in another week and a half and already, one of the big discussions, is about a new electric concept scooter from WHO of all people? Mini. What you see above is a leaked shot of the throughly pimped out scoot with it’s green to gold [...]

K-Way MOTUS wants to be YOUR pick

30. July 2010

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(Imagine hybrid MP3 with a reinforced roof! Practical? I think so.)
The Progressive Automotive XPrize! In my opinion, this is the most important competition of our lifetime. Sure, it’s great that a team will receive a grand prize of $10M for building a car that gets at least 100 MPGe (miles per gallon [...]