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08-01-2006
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W/NW Mopeds & Scooters
From Taipei - highest moped/scooter density per capita in the world
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08-01-2006
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08-01-2006
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#3
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From USA- most "chopped" bikes per capita in the world 
M6-28 Ultron
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08-01-2006
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Or, in other words, the most cc per rider capita 
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08-01-2006
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Hmm, those previous posts don't look much like scooters or mopeds to me!
Chiang Mai, Thailand (Bessa R3A, CV 40/1.4, Tri-X)
Keremeos, BC (Hexar RF, CV 35/2.5 PII, Tri-X)
Keremeos, BC (Hexar RF, CV 35/2.5 PII, Tri-X)
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08-01-2006
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Originally Posted by sockeyed
Hmm, those previous posts don't look much like scooters to me!
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That's because you talk to the wrong people !
Last edited by ferider : 08-01-2006 at 15:41.
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08-01-2006
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Originally Posted by sockeyed
Hmm, those previous posts don't look much like scooters or mopeds to me!
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sure...tell that to "Chubba", the guy who owns the orange one above and affectionately refers to it as his "scooter". |
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08-01-2006
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Madrid, Grand Via in April 2006
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08-01-2006
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Unabashed Amateur
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Here is one that is slowly fading away near my work:
Rob
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08-01-2006
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aka StarbuckGuy
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Cushman Eagle my brother is restoring.
It was originally mine when I used it for a 22-mile paper route in the early 60's...
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Bessa T, Zero Image 35mm Pinhole, Canon S90, Nikon F100, Lumix G2
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08-09-2006
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A few scooters in Saigon during the rush hour...
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Moped Tomos Arrow Toronto |
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08-09-2006
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Film is the other way
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Moped Tomos Arrow Toronto
here's my moped, GeneW knows it is real ;- )
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08-09-2006
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My Red Dot Glows For You
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Originally Posted by rbiemer
Here is one that is slowly fading away near my work:
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I used to own that very same model and color.
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08-09-2006
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Film is the other way
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Rob, cool shot I like the comp ; Gabriel I would never have guessed!
Socke, that's a real scooter! Gene , 22 mi paper route?
Last edited by jan normandale : 08-09-2006 at 10:43.
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soggy vespa |
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08-09-2006
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soggy vespa
from my gallery...
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06-10-2007
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06-19-2007
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yarinkel
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06-19-2007
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06-19-2007
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Originally Posted by yarinkel
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street.
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
we were running for the money and the flesh.
And that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left.
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06-19-2007
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Originally Posted by angeloks
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street.
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
we were running for the money and the flesh.
And that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left.
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May I ask where that's from? |
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06-19-2007
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Stewart McBride
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It’s Leonard Cohen, song or poem
PS i think
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06-19-2007
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Last edited by nightfly : 06-19-2007 at 08:08.
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06-19-2007
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#23
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Scooters are catching on in the US also, here's one in Dallas:
and one in San Francisco:
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06-19-2007
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#24
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RF Enthusiast
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Pike Place Market
Post Alley
MP 35/2 Summicron
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06-20-2007
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Here's a couple of very old ones, yet they are daily drivers in Bisbee, Arizona.
The first is a Motobecane 49cc from the seventies or eighties. It's the owner's sole method of transportation.
The second is a Moto Guzzie 125cc from the mid-fifties. runs good.
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