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• Moreped

  From the Villa.Fi flickr collection (see title link) comes this shot of a moped, the likes of which I've never seen. Three wheels, full front fairing, windshield with wiper, roof. Looks like it could have actually been a production model. Here's... Posted Jul 21 2008, 04:18 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: 3-Wheeler, Custom, Moped

• DIY of the day - the eSnake electirc 3-wheeler

  (Watch the e-Snake, e-Slither around the e... *sign*, "e-" is dead... but the scooter is cool!) Hats off to Prof. Vittore Cossalter & Prof. Giuseppe Buja's fine team of students who knocked out this prototype for a three-wheeled, tilting... Posted Mar 21 2008, 12:51 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: 3-Wheeler, Video, Electric, DIY

• LA Times celebrates the 3-wheeler

  A little newsletter called "The LA Times" dropped some knowledge on 3-wheelers about a week ago. Thanks to Mike Davis for the scoop! One tidbit that caught my eye was this line: Piaggio's groundbreaking MP3 250 hasn't even been on the... Posted Jan 10 2008, 06:17 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: 3-Wheeler, News Feed

• Evolution of the MP3 as designed by... Italjet?

  (Poldino taking his tilting test unit to the track) I've been doing a little digging around lately and discovered some interesting facts. The Piaggio MP3 and Gilera Fuoco 500 have been creating quite a buzz since the MP3 first touched down in 2006... Posted Dec 13 2007, 01:52 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: 3-Wheeler, Piaggio, Italjet

• Adiva TO 400 - Commute scoot perfection?

  (Cyberscooter.it (title link) caught some things that few others noticed) Whew... It's been quite a long break, eh? Sorry about that, I've been working out a few things here at the home front... can't say what right now, but there's definitely... Posted Dec 12 2007, 02:42 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Roofed, Concept, 3-Wheeler, Show, Italy, Adiva

• Rise of the electric - Mitka the electric oddity

  Vanenbrink is Dutch for "kickassed design" or at least "Out-there design"... don't believe me check out some of their other projects . Here's how they describe this little environmental oddity: Mitka: a New Mobility concept... Posted Dec 01 2007, 07:06 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Concept, 3-Wheeler, Electric, Alternative

• Piaggio one step closer to making a car

  Adam gave us a little scoop on some new MP3 accessories from Piaggio. I'll let him tell you about it: Yes, official Piaggio, apparently announced at EICMA. The press release described the roof as a "prototype", along with a trailer, named... Posted Nov 10 2007, 06:26 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: 3-Wheeler, Accessories, Show, Piaggio, Italy

• Gilera Fuoco 500 to arrive in the USA as the Piaggio MP3 500 (CONFIRMED)

  This could be the biggest news to hit all year... Are you ready? (takes grain of salt) The grapevine known as the ModernVespa Forum (see title link) has word from "Lucky ***", that the attendees of the recent Piaggio dealer meeting in Scottsdale... Posted Sep 19 2007, 01:17 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: 3-Wheeler, Maxi, Piaggio, Exclusive, w00t

• The perfect all-weather commuter?

  You may remember Pedro from Portugal. He's healing up nicely at home now after his leg was run over by a big rig. Well, part of the deal with that accident was that he promised his family he'd retire his scooter for good. I respect that decision... Posted Sep 07 2007, 05:52 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Roofed, Concept, 3-Wheeler