How have I never heard of the Suzuki scooter commercials before, with Michael Jackson? (volume down, it's a bit loud) The 1979 Suzuki CL50 Love

https://www.reddit.com/r/MichaelJackson/comments/1urafm4/whats_the_story_behind_the_michaels_suzuki_ad

In 1950, Allen Hawke left his career at Ford Motor Company, purchased a factory from Ford on the way out the door, and set up shop in Clarkston, Michigan, about 40 miles northwest of Detroit. Three years later, the first Pony Cycles rolled out of the Hawk Tool & Engineering factory.

Hawk Tool & Engineering first sold Pony Cycles directly and through bicycle shops. As production smoothed and gained speed, it struck a deal with Montgomery Ward to make the scooter available through its catalog. This decision branded the scooters as Montgomery Ward models—Special, Deluxe, and Supreme—and started increasing both awareness and demand significantly.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-pony-cycles-short-lived-success-and-lasting-legacy

an outstanding store display window, at Louis Vuitton, with a scooter made of luggage!

https://www.facebook.com/mysticrosepetal/posts/pfbid0W354M7sc7fD3QrKf7Yfv6nwHefdbbyg8ygqsLLgKRHCvwuFqMy5UBpZ5DW67bhG5l

Alex just bought three 1915 Autoped scooters that were on the original family’s 50 acre Long Island estate since new! They'd been purchased to drive around the property and were stored away over 80 years ago in the carriage house.

https://www.facebook.com/alex.dragone.7/posts/pfbid02wJJFb71LysHS7kDBW3ikrFqwaA8Tz81g4U24VMkDovYSwdNp8DWSfKkvXhnQivqZl

Gloria Swanson and her manager, using a scooter with a cargo sidecar... which is pretty weird

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/476/

Salsbury Motor Glide de Luxe scooter Thanks Kim!

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/630

I almost made it the whole day without posting cartoon art, until I saw this - and it ties in with last weeks "dummy light" post, and the evolution from police operated traffic signals in the middle of intersections, to stop lights

I think it was worth it, Donald on a scooter, Pluto pulling a dog cart! 

it turns out they didn't avoid repeating the titles of cartoons, they reused Officer Duck more than once

Skip the first 30 seconds

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x620x4k

https://disneyanaplus.com/vare/officer-duck-complete-set-of-original-published-disney-art-from-1940/

Plant Shop and others by Julia Blattman, who is amazing

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BdV04

https://www.artstation.com/juliablattman

https://www.juliablattman.com/

https://www.juliablattman.com/blank-page for the cool stuff you see here in full size

If you were looking for a scooter project...

 

Uwe Oltmann made a 5-cylinder Puch, it’s unrideable. It runs with all five cylinders firing enthusiastically, but once you get it going, it’s far too noisy and hot to be usable.

This project started as a 1976 Puch Maxi S moped, to which Uwe promptly added four more Puch engines. Each engine has been bored out to 70 cc, with a central shaft linking the bottom three engines, and two belt drives connecting the fourth and fifth.

This moped also features a prototype swingarm and a set of race-spec WP Suspension, both from Ralf Waldmann’s 1993 Aprilia RS 125 R Grand Prix racer. The front wheel uses a heavily modified moped rim, the rear wheel is a magnesium item from PVM

The start sequence includes spinning the rear wheel to get the first engine going, then releasing each subsequent engine’s fly clutch with a wrench. The 350 cc Puch makes 127.5 decibels at full tilt, and the only way to stop it is to pull all five spark plugs.

Skip 2 minutes 25 seconds to get to the start up:

Because it can be done, and ought to be admired for the utter goofyness

https://www.bikeexif.com/best-custom-motorcycles-2024

a remarkable scooter can be made with a kids "hoverboard"

https://www.tumblr.com/luckykittycolor/754185205310504960?source=share

Steve just corrected me on the basis for this, it's not a segway, it's a kids "hoverboard" with an upgrade kit found on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hoverboard+attachment+go+kart&crid=2BK6W0ROL6SS5&sprefix=hoverboard+a%2Caps%2C427&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_12

a scooter riding "Ghost Cat Anzu"

above the early making of video, below, the finished trailer. 

11-year-old Karin is abandoned by her father at her grandfather’s house, the monk of a small town in the Japanese countryside. Her grandfather asks Anzu, his jovial, helpful, although rather capricious, ghost-cat to look after her. The clash of their strong characters causes sparks, at least at the beginning.

https://programme.annecyfestival.com/en/program/event/100001505271

Did NYPD influence the Hudson PD to get scooters? Or vice versa? .

the Spanish Eibar factory-built Lambretta Li 150 Special scooters manufactured for the New York Police Department back in the 1970s

the total number of Italian scooters across the 79 precincts was an even 1,000.

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-couple-days-ago-i-posted-strange.html was the post about the Rabbit Scooter the Hudson PD used

https://silodrome.com/nypd-lambretta-scooter/

Coolest scooter I've seen in years

https://www.tumblr.com/madeyoulaughgifs/749103470849802240?source=share

interesting that someone still has one of these running, and made a cool trailer for it

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10228122430220027&set=gm.1466691267215070&idorvanity=369770523573822

The Miami, Florida-based micro-mobility company known for allowing rambunctious, helmetless e-scooterists to fly down city streets declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy

https://gizmodo.com/flightless-bird-e-scooter-company-bird-declares-bankru-1851114346

racing down the mountain for 10 minutes, county road, Philippines (start at 5:15, ends 15:30)

 

1950s home made fruit-crate scooter

looks like a 2x4, roller skate wheels, and the crate. 

https://www.wliw.org/brooklyn-best/your-stories/jim-pantaleno/

I think they get a pass, if this occurred between 1962 and 1972. Fashion and design was just weird back then

https://www.facebook.com/SuperFlyAutos/photos/a.760919503931960/7016174631739718/ via https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064330046350

the most fun sound a scooter can make

https://www.tumblr.com/armengoldira/726782891161534464?source=share