Modern Vespa

As seen elsewhere on the world wide webzzzz….
What the fuck are these?
Anyone have a clue as to who, what, where's?

("Where's" as in manufacturing.)

Those are Shriners.

I googled "1960's bubble cycle golden gate bridge" and all I got was a single very high resolution image of a shirtless Patrick on his TV175 wearing a unicorn head mask riding no hands with bubble wands in full effect.

so, um. keep your safe search on and all that.

/dying!!!!

LOlz

Inspiration to get my TV back on the road!

Why does the guy in the yellow one have what looks like a ceremonial mace?

Bong? Those bubbles aren't vented ya know.

Do you mean the Hydrospheres? I thought they were semi-permeable

Wait,
You saw this picture, and the first thing you thought was: I wonder where they were made?

How about:
I wonder how you stop without rolling over?
I wonder what kind of Barbarella LSD trip the designer was on
I wonder if these guys are shitting their pants in those cross winds

Just for a few.

the lane lines don't line up, something fake or manipulated about this

AI generated image.

killjoys

Looks sort of like a 2 wheeled Peel Trident.

I want one.

I reckon they would work under water.

so many questions:
-how do you get in there?
-that guy in the front, with his knees, can he really steer?
-can you really see well with a helmet and then another one on top?
-is the bubble heavy? looks like a high center of gravity for sure
-are there vents for the bubble or do you get to suck fumes?
-why 4 headlights?
-won't the front tire catch the fender when turning?
-is the guy in the gold one carrying an academy award?
-why does the 3rd one have such a small bubble compared to the first two?

Rolling gumball machines - I wonder if they are pooping out gumballs as they go?

It's like something that could possibly have been used in a scene when filming the movie, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Top 5

Anyone else intuitively counted the fingers?

Holy shit! I didn't realize any of those survived the destruction of Sealab in 2020

Very cool! and MosDef, AI generated image. Note that I did not say 'ART'.

that said, those bubble scoots are neatoburrito. Like a cheesy chimichanga.

The real question has to be who is going to be test pilot after Charlieman makes one.

we've determined it's some kind of generated/chopped photo but I was noting some things:

- the dude in the lead appears to smoking a stogie! holding it between his index and middle finger.

- the bumpers aren't symmetrical or consistent between the pods

- I'm *guessing* the pods are some kind of carnival ride, like the ones that run interconnected to each other on a track all roundy-roundy. they usually look the same and alternate colors...

- the helmet proportione are all wrong. look at them compared to the upper bodies! they're huge!

Now I know that guys name at least

Also...
- the lead rider has no left leg
- The guy with the trophy(?) has no left arm
- There's no way to get in or out
- There's no way to turn the wheel inside that mudguard

All that being said, I still love the look and if it existed, I would ride/drive it to the taco truck and/or liquor store any day of the week.

In the meantime, I guess there's always the VW Fender minibikes.

And you would also make it insanely fast.

Well, yeah!

the trophy is his left arm

"Are you Sarah Connor? I'm here to trophenate you."

Bubbles are AI generated from a guy on insta. He has more crazy stuff…

https://instagram.com/boringisforignoring