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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 10, 2013 22:14:07 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but this is one bug-uttly scooter. It has no front end at all, and a sport-style rear. kansascity.craigslist.org/mcy/3882297327.htmlRather like a Vespa fathered a baby from my Piggy...and then smashed in the little thing's nose. (and if you own one and think it's gorgeous, then I'm sorry...and shall just stop my thought there before I get into more trouble, ha) >'Kat |
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Post by domindart on Jul 10, 2013 22:21:14 GMT -5
The michael jackson scooter  |
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Post by JR on Jul 10, 2013 22:51:11 GMT -5
That would be the hockey mask scooter without the hockey mask on it. Looks a lot better with the grill over the headlight.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 11, 2013 0:32:29 GMT -5
Hmmm....
Ah, er, well... For a modern scoot, it honestly isn't the best-looking, but then I could live with it IF it ran great! Now if you want U-G-L-Y... You've got to check out the vintage scoots from Germany and Japan. Some of these actually look like the designers had a contest to see who could dream up THE worst combination of sheetmetal, bars, mudguards, etc. I still remember the Japanese "Silver Pigeon" and the monster pressed-steel Teutonic German machines it copied, which looked like they were made for occupying Storm Troopers to march across Europe on.
And I've seen ONE... Just ONE very early Chinese scoot called the "Red Star"... Hmmm... Pressed-steel, sorta "Vespa" and sorta Chinese wheelbarrow. Dead-flat Army Olive-drab paint, with (of course) a big red star on the splash-guard. And in the dash, the proud new rider's own copy of old "Mousey Tongue's" Lil' Red Book. That HAD to be somewhere back in the late fifties, in Chicago. The guy actually bought it mail-order from an ad in Popular Mechanics, or Boy's Life or some such rag. If I recall, it was something like $65 with $8 shipping from a distributor in New York. Even back THEN, a Vespa was around $700...
Never have seen or even heard of another one.
Back then, I believe Red China was on an import ban and I have no idea how the distributor got any. But it WAS ugly. REALLY ugly... LOL! Didn't run very well either.
What can I say? One man's skank is another guy's Barbie doll...
Leo (still ridin' what I can afford without regard to beauty... LOL!) in Texas
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 11, 2013 5:18:10 GMT -5
What can I say? One man's skank is another guy's Barbie doll...  Oh man, I must remember that one! You're too funny Leo! As for the others, pictures my friend, pictures. Or links. I want visual proof of those bikes' ugliness. >'Kat |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 11, 2013 20:54:07 GMT -5
What can I say? One man's skank is another guy's Barbie doll... Oh man, I must remember that one! You're too funny Leo! HeHeHe... I figured you'd get a chuckle out of that...I don't have pix handy, but I'll see if I can find some... In the mean time, check for "Zundapp" "Silver Pigeon" "German Scooter"... These things look like they were "whooped with an ugly stick..." NASTY looking rides! Leo As for the others, pictures my friend, pictures. Or links. I want visual proof of those bikes' ugliness. >'Kat 192cc and they WERE fast! But ugly... Hmmm... I once dated a gal like that... EEEWWWW! LOLOLOL!  image hosting facebookSome of the early Asian bikes could have benefitted from an American marketing guy... Considering names like "Silver Pigeon" "Benevolent Sparrow" "Super Wombat" and SO many others not worth remembering... Of course, those are no worse than TODAY'S Chinese scooters' model names, the likes of "Future Champion" "Go Fast Boy" "Boy Racer" and the truly unforgettable "WUSSY". Ouch... A burly guy gets enough trash-talk just from riding a scooter, without the actual brand "WUSSY" in huge letters on the tail-feathers... LOL... I think... Maybe?I guess THAT'S why Wally World sells "rattle-can" spray-paint! Gotta run, this whole thing has given me a "Jones" to hit the dollar-store, and get a big, pink "Hello Kitty" decal for "Lil' Bubba"... |
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Post by JR on Jul 11, 2013 21:24:44 GMT -5
I don't understand, those are freat looking scooters.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 11, 2013 21:31:09 GMT -5
I don't understand, those are freat looking scooters. Oh, DOUG! "FREAT" looking, maybe... "GREAT" looking, the jury's still out, and possibly dead... HeHeHe! Sorry, couldn't resist!Leo PS: Looks like I also misspelled "Pigeon" too. We're getting old! |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 11, 2013 22:16:58 GMT -5
I dunno, Leo. I think I'm sort of with Doug on this. The Pigeon esp isn't all that ugly. I really like its back half. Looks sort of like those 1950s cars. The other two though--eh, maybe not so much.
"Hello Kitty"--please, can anyone explain the hold this thing has on apparently EVERYONE in Japan? Children, women, businessmen in three-piece suits? Seriously, it's kinda' creepy....
Btb, I still think the Argo sans hockey mask is uglier, Leo.
>'Kat
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Post by scootnwinn on Jul 12, 2013 1:26:32 GMT -5
Yep I agree those are lovely machines. You should check out the rabbit too cool scoot. The original is by far uglier...
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Post by JR on Jul 13, 2013 17:12:15 GMT -5
Kat, This would be what that scooter looks like when it has the hockey mask on.  |
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Post by JR on Jul 13, 2013 17:14:42 GMT -5
I don't understand, those are freat looking scooters. Oh, DOUG! "FREAT" looking, maybe... "GREAT" looking, the jury's still out, and possibly dead... HeHeHe! Sorry, couldn't resist!Leo PS: Looks like I also misspelled "Pigeon" too. We're getting old!You have to forgive me, I have too many thumbs and when I am on the phone they hit the wrong keys. At least when I am on the desktop, Firefox has a spell checker that helps me out. |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 13, 2013 22:42:17 GMT -5
You have to forgive me, I have too many thumbs You know what I'm picturing in my mind now. And it's kinda' weird.  Leo, I dunno, that's not a whole lot better. Some better, yes. But a lot? No. Just too straight up in the front for my tastes. >'Kat, who has the usual number of thumbs, one per hand |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 14, 2013 0:42:41 GMT -5
Doug,
I understand... I've been accused of not having thumbs at all... And my knuckles DO drag on the ground some... I think it comes from all my chopper-riding years, and stretching for those "ape-hangers" LOL! I probably shouldn't complain about how ANY scoot looks, considering I've always liked the old Cushman "turtle-deck" scoots... Those may actually BE the most ugly scoots ever designed... Still classic Americana though... Hard to believe they came from the same folks who brought us the immortal "Eagle".
After the bike I saw tonight at church, most anything looks second-rate. (We go to church Saturday night, because it's SO crowded on Sunday... The church has services all weekend...)
Anyway, I'm not all that hot for crotch-rockets... But, doggone, one of the pastors has one that you just can't ignore! A Yamaha motor in a complete racing frame, with total custom plastic/sheet-metal, all candy red. Forks, brakes, wheels, instruments, lights... EVERYTHING is custom, AND perfectly done. I've never seen so much color-anodized aluminum, polished stainless-steel and braided lines on one vehicle!
It is so compact, and "tucked-in" it looks SMALL! At first I thought it might be a 250 or so... NOPE! 1,800cc+ BLOWN and fuel-injected... I got on and picked it up off the side-stand, and it doesn't weigh much more than our scooters...
I couldn't help noticing the classic analog gauges... 20K tach, tape-marked at 1,8000 and a 300 mph speedo tape-marked at 225 mph. Hmmm... That bike is SO clean, simple, and well-styled that it could change an old guy's mind about rockets... That is until I sat down on it, put my chin on the tank, and reached for the clip-on bars that SEEMED to be somewhere near the front axle... I think I messed my back up just sitting on it... HeHeHe... That thing looks like it's doing mach-2 just sitting there.
Definitely a YOUNG buck's ride!
Still gotta luv it...
Leo
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Post by ramblinman on Jul 14, 2013 1:02:06 GMT -5
Oh, DOUG! "FREAT" looking, maybe... "GREAT" looking, the jury's still out, and possibly dead... HeHeHe! Sorry, couldn't resist!Leo PS: Looks like I also misspelled "Pigeon" too. We're getting old!You have to forgive me, I have too many thumbs and when I am on the phone they hit the wrong keys. At least when I am on the desktop, Firefox has a spell checker that helps me out. omg, i googled "freat"; the urban dictionary - A word that shortens the phrase "freaking sweet". seriously thought you meant to type freat... freaking sweet made sense in that sentence, lol. |
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