Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Check out just one of the handful of Italian-made three-wheel Piaggio MP3 scooters I’ve seen recently on the Streets of San Francisco. Is it one of them new gas-electric hybrid models? Non so, can’t tell them apart. But let’s imagine it’s a 125cc hybrid with electric boost. Kewl.
You’ll note that Piaggio did it the hard way, by having two wheels up front. These little putt putts stand up by themselves until you get the revs over 1400 RPM – at that point the front wheels unlock from each other so you can turn.
This fellow heading up Kearny had no complaints, anyway:
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And fashionable Italian women just seem to love these newfangled contraptions. See?
Don’t forget your helmet. Safety first:
Esaminilo, madre! Nessun mani!
The tragedy of helmet hair:
Let’s hear from the folks at Modern Vespa from just east of the bay area in Walnut Creek, way out in CoCo County:
“WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!“
And people start cross-country journey on these things in our little burg owing to the fact that the Lincoln Highway used to end here.
They start at just $7200 – order yours today!
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
This fellow is waiting at a traffic signal between the lanes on an Interstate 101 offramp somewhere in San Mateo County.
The six foot high pennants are a nice touch. Don’t leave home without them, especially when lane-splitting on a recumbent trike.
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Vaya con Dios, jinete del triciclo.
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Now you might think this fellow zooming down Golden Gate Avenue (not too far from where Patty Hearst spent a few terrifying months) is standing on a California Chariot, but you’d be wrong because this backwards tricycle appears to have pedals and a drivetrain.
Complete with his “Wild Kid” T-shirt, this man has got it going on, leaning this way and that down Ignatius Heights.
For those about to trike, we salute you.
Tags: 1827, 1827 golden gate, 6, avenue, backwards, bicycle, bike, cycle, cyclist, gears, Ignatius Heights, pedals, San Francisco, stand up, standing, tricycle, trike, USF, western addition
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
A Symphony Towers advertisement stationed at Market and Octavia. If you lived here, you’d be home by now.
Just in: ®®®REALTORS®®®®®®®®®®® all agree that, as of [insert today's date here], ”it’s a good time to buy“, so that’s worth blocking any number of bike lanes, don’t you think?
Tags: bicycle, bike, bike lane, market, octavia, San Francisco, symphony, towers, tricycle
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