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EV Scooters are still hot despite gas prices going down
So Obama just opened up the gas reserves to lower prices on gasoline in America. This only pushes the re-election agenda, hey let's bring the troops home and let's lower gas prices. It's simple pandering for votes in my opinion. The truth is the EV industry needs gas prices to be in synch with reality for EVs to start to sell. Several Taiwanese OEMs have all started making electric ebikes or...
Insurance Companies spending money marketing to Scooter Riders in the US
In the past two years we've seen some really aggressive marketing towards dealers, distributors, and consumers for better scooter protection.Most states don't require insurance on 50cc units, but that hasn't stopped Geico, Progressive, and All State ( who has the best ads by the way with Mr. Mayhem ) from pushing the scooter trend. I think its great and it brings more people to the table to become...
Zombie GoKart Companies who will survive?
A few months ago I posted at the height of the financial crisis what was going on with the "Zoombie" Scooter companies. http://martinracingperformance.blogspot.com/2009/07/zuma-125-performance-and-racing-parts.htmlThe president of GoKart company just wrote me to tell me the same has happened in the Go Karting industry the last two years. Some companies continue to live by cannibalizing other karting companies and...
2011 Update on brands we work with and the marketplace
We get a lot of phone calls, but most of the questions are regarding where to find part numbers and that’s easy: Repair Manuals for Vento, QJ, CPI, Benelli, Andretti, Strada, Yamati, Powersports Factory, Xtreme Motor Co, Diamo, Twist N Go - CMSI, TNG, all QJ OEM brands:http://www.martinracingdealer.com/WSWrapper.jsp?mypage=Manuals.htmNow a 2011 short update on many of the manufacturers we get calls...
LED Light Bike Grips for Scooters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lYGbLBfuOoMRP the premier distributor of scooter Parts & accessories in North America is proud to introduce our full line of LED Light Grips for both Scooters, ATVs, and Bicycles. You can connect them to the scooter battery or use the new version that uses tripple A (AAA) batteries. BLUE MOTORCYCLE LED GRIP DIRECT TO BATTERY CONNECTION New 2011 Design Small with battery pack portable light grips...
Amerivespa 2011 Promo
All our friends are driving with the guys from Kymco USA to the Big Easy this week. To celebrate Amerivespa we are giving away Vespa hats, backpacks, sunglasses, and pins to our stocking dealers. Place a stocking order on Friday or Saturday June 17 - 18 2011 and get a free Vespa gift orders of $500 or more http://www.mrp-speed.comhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqmHiocjpTAAMERIVESPA 2...
EV Neo from Honda the first European Electric Scooter
Honda's first electric vehicle to hit the road in Europe will be a scooter and here's the first video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBE3-FeNeRkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEGvF2Vm...
Moto Morini Auction moved to next month
So a new lower price of about a million Euro less and Moto Morini is back up for grabs.http://www.moto.it/news/moto-morini-nuova-asta-a-meta-luglio.html reports that there are some interested parties including Hyosung Motors of Korea.Nothing really new to report here, much like Malaguti this Italian brand has been in limbo for quite some time. The best part of the article is a Dr. John Bass a Milan investment manager...
65 years of Vespa dominating Hollywood!
The key to marketing worldwide is Hollywood. Nobody has done this better than Vespa where the name basically means scooter.Here's a cool promo video they put out.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5jOWfHdrSg 65 years of Vespa dominating Hollywo...
Custom Vespas Made to Order
Cool story from Vespa. You can now customize your bikes online. It would be even cooler if you could upload your logo like Nike and make it one of a kind like a giant skull or your favorite band logo.From now until July 31, customers can get a 2010 LX 150 painted with any one solid paint color for a starting price of $4,300. The program is taking place at more than two dozen Vespa dealers across the U.S.http://www.dea...
Malaguti Parts Still available an update on the factory
MRP will continue to import and sell the Malaguti Scooter range of parts. Malaguti Spa has a new division called Malaguti ricambi which is a parts support company that will operate while the company continues to look for investors. The manuals and parts lists are still available at http://www.mrp-speed.comSo far the only word is that there are only 28 employees left in the new parts company. The fate of the 170 workers from the...
Kymco Scooters Their Story, Factory Video
More on Kymco in honor of Amerivespa and the Scoot to Big Easy Ride.Some new models:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJVduLBcS7Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmWnATMkWDoNew People 300cchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2MgiSlvaQM<div> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>KYMCO 700cc Maxi Scooterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-Q5lu1950FACTORY TOUR KYMCO TAIWANhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hqM...
History of Kymco RETRO VIDEO INFO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyF9GlA19sAHave you ever wanted to know more about the brand? Well we have this cool retro history video on the story of Kymco in English. It's pretty cool if a little dat...
