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WonderK

Yeah that's right. We're starting it. We might be in different corners of the country - hell, I think one of you is in Taiwan? - but we'll have a Scooter Gang.

I would like to look into getting leather vests like those biker gangs. Ok, not really. But they do match and that is a key component of the gang aesthetic. What shall we have? Matching frames? :oP


Please post pics of your scooter, or one that you want, here. Discuss all things scooter!

 
Mar 30, 07 8:40 pm
mdler

DubK

Have you been hanging out at the Comet again??

Mar 30, 07 8:41 pm  · 
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WonderK

No, I don't have it yet. But I am eyeing one of these:


Red Stella



Tell me why I shouldn't get this one again?


Or I like the Buddys too:



in black?

Mar 30, 07 8:45 pm  · 
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mdler


he he he

Mar 30, 07 8:49 pm  · 
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mdler
Mar 30, 07 8:50 pm  · 
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mdler

Damn image resizing

Mar 30, 07 8:50 pm  · 
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WonderK

What do we think of the TN'G Low Boy?


Mar 30, 07 8:53 pm  · 
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mdler

get a damn Vespa

Mar 30, 07 8:55 pm  · 
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mdler

this guys a gangsta' for sure...

Mar 30, 07 8:56 pm  · 
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WonderK

Not to discount the other threads, they can be found here:

How feasible is a scooter in SF?

Mopeds & Scooters

And we've had a full page or 3 about it on the grad school thread, mixed with some angst, though.

Mar 30, 07 8:57 pm  · 
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bothands

Anyone seen the relatively new Sachs MadAss moped (just coming out in the US via 1977 Mopeds)? very cool, check it...

Mar 30, 07 8:59 pm  · 
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WonderK

Picture, bothands?

Mar 30, 07 9:02 pm  · 
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mdler

it aint a scooter, but it will scoot...

Mar 30, 07 9:03 pm  · 
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bothands
Mar 30, 07 9:09 pm  · 
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I want a cream-colored Buddy. But that lowboy is also very nice, dubK. What about the TN'G Milano?

Mar 30, 07 9:15 pm  · 
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bothands

The Sachs MadAss (above) is 49 cc (no license, no insurance req'd) and is supposed to handle way better than a typical scooter because of the bigger wheels, plus it has decent suspension and brakes...

Mar 30, 07 9:18 pm  · 
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Ooh, also considering a Tank:

Mar 30, 07 9:18 pm  · 
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garpike
Mar 30, 07 9:20 pm  · 
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WonderK

That is not a scooter. Your membership in the Gang will have to be reviewed.

Mar 30, 07 9:32 pm  · 
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cpnorris

so does this gang require any kind of initiation or maybe dance fighting skills? Cause I'm in this other gang called The Fifth Street Knives so I have credentials for dance fighting.

Mar 30, 07 9:50 pm  · 
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vado retro
Mar 30, 07 9:54 pm  · 
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WonderK

OMG. Dance fighting, yeah! I want in on that gang too. Can you invite me? No really.

Your membership in this particular gang is contingent on your ability to post something scooter related.

Mar 30, 07 9:56 pm  · 
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mdler
Mar 30, 07 10:00 pm  · 
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treekiller

wK- this should appeal to your greeness:



detatchable 1kw fuel cell powered moto cycle, read more here

Mar 30, 07 10:04 pm  · 
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WonderK

Thanks tk, I did see this. It's wonderful but I don't think it's really on the market yet. The frame of that thing is really gorgeous though, isn't it?

Mar 30, 07 10:13 pm  · 
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mdler

i have visions of Vado in a side car

Mar 30, 07 10:35 pm  · 
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mdler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KizhSRp85W4
Mar 30, 07 10:36 pm  · 
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Philarch

Vado - thats exactly what I was thinking!

Mar 30, 07 10:37 pm  · 
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Philarch

Quadrophenia that is.

Mar 30, 07 10:37 pm  · 
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Philarct

whoa another phil

Mar 30, 07 11:14 pm  · 
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strlt_typ

"eat dirt" on the mudflap

Mar 30, 07 11:23 pm  · 
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Starland Vocal Band

Mar 31, 07 12:39 am  · 
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Katze

I love the Red Stella and the one dammson posted!

Mar 31, 07 12:44 am  · 
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Japhy

Oooo! Oooo! Can we pick out gang names?

Mar 31, 07 8:41 am  · 
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Japhy

p.s. I like this one:

Mar 31, 07 8:42 am  · 
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some person

My husband and I have a matching pair of Razor Scooters. (I'm dead serious on this one.)

Mar 31, 07 10:11 am  · 
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treekiller

I'm a pixies fan and I never ever heard that song before.... weird!

Mar 31, 07 10:30 am  · 
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cpnorris

Its on the Bossanova album

Mar 31, 07 12:03 pm  · 
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WonderK

I have just found the following site, it is a glorious depository of all things scooter.....

My happy place: ClassicalWheels.com

Also, drool:

Apr 3, 07 2:36 pm  · 
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mdler

Kim Deal used to be soooo dreamy

Apr 3, 07 2:44 pm  · 
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lets start our own gang Garpike!

rockers vs. mods = bicycles vs. mopeds

PS: I always have a knife on me.

Apr 3, 07 3:13 pm  · 
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WonderK

If we're going to have rival "biker" gangs, does that mean that we'll settle our disputes with dance fighting, as cpnorris mentioned above? Ha ha.

Kalyani, that scoot you posted is gorgeous....as for names, I rather like Pixelwhore's suggestion. "The Archinect Mods"?!?

Apr 3, 07 3:24 pm  · 
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why else would I carry a knife? if michael jackson can dance-fight it in "beat it" so can I!

Apr 3, 07 3:34 pm  · 
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garpike

I'm in.

Apr 3, 07 9:22 pm  · 
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WonderK

Notice he didn't decide until we brought up dance fighting, ha ha!

Apr 3, 07 9:23 pm  · 
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cpnorris

FYI, you don't dance fight with a knife. Thats just regular fighting. You dance fight by snapping in rhythmic unison with your gang, doing jazz hands, singing, twirling around light poles, leap frogging over a fire hydrant......basically doing whatever you have to do so at the end of the dance fight you are the one saying, "You just got served!" while standing back to back with one of your gang members with your arms folded. Then after you are done you peel out on your scooter and do a wheely, or maybe skid through a mud puddle.......soooo... thats generally how a dance fight goes down.

Apr 3, 07 10:50 pm  · 
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WonderK

HA ha ha, this is true, I believe you can get a better idea here:

West Bank Story

No scooters but plenty of dance fighting. Also I think I spotted a falafel cart.

Apr 3, 07 11:15 pm  · 
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will the leather jackets say, "Architecture Sucks" on the back? If yes count me in

japanese


or

italian

Apr 4, 07 11:42 am  · 
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chupacabra
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PPimiYS4qXM
Apr 4, 07 11:45 am  · 
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mdler

DubK

Is that Middle Eastern place still there in Clifton...basically where Clifton dies into McMillian???

They had badass falafel

Apr 4, 07 12:03 pm  · 
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