Modern Vespa

... don't worry, pretty soon these guys will be at the top of the dorkiness-ladder.

It will be interesting to see how the DMV classifies this!

Dude, that's a thousand times cooler than a Segway. Nerdy? Probably. Fun looking? Yes.

Maybe as a Uni-Moped?

"Uniped"

That 's cool. Wonder how much it'll be.

Where will you store your helmet, coffee holder, curry bag, groceries, beer, pillion rider, and puppy?

It reminds me of smorris' avatar:

I want one.

+1 8)

On top of your head like Carmen Miranda

Looks pretty cool. It'd be fun to try, but I wonder about panic stops.

But how do you do a wheelie?

I could kill myself very easily on that It's cool and definitely a head turner. Thanks for the link

how fast can we make it go?

A pogo stick with a headlight?

Looks fun but bloody dangerous.

Why doesn't it just fall over.......emergency stop anyone?

Emergency stop = a trip to the dentist methinks....

I suspect these are not going to be street legal, but used very much like Segways. They are supposed to have a top speed of only 25mph and a 30 miles range, plus as others have remarked, emergency braking is going to be an issue.

They do look cooler than segways, but on the other hand they seem less safe to me, because of the possibility of side falls (essentially impossible on a segway) and the fact that it may be harder to hop off these in a pinch. Still, they should be fun to ride.

It's not a trike or a bike...maybe just an ike? And would you refer to it as a POW? It is cool tech though.

I want one with a tall windscreen and a top box fitted.

I like this design better.

FIXED.

That's where SDG's pogo stick action comes into play. Hop!

You're always doing a wheelie.

You don't have to worry about your back tire wearing out before your front tire.

The Wheelie!

Sounds like we just named the new machine.

It's fun to pop a Wheelie!

Ride a Wheelie all the way to work!

I wonder what kind of lean angle you can get on that thing.

Yeah, I was just wondering about the chicken strips. I wonder if you can grind it in a turn.

it looked like he was going way slow and looked slow & cautious while cornering. Thanks for the video post I hadn't seen them in action.

.....too slow for gopam and shit, what's the balance like on that thing.

Oh, and don't forget the directors chair.

I'll ride that thing and run over stupid Justin Bieber on his segway!

Did someone say Segway? Must revive:

It's not bonafied till the fat man rides it.....my turn.

IBKING

I don't feel dorky on my Vespa,
Except when I got passed in the fast lane by 2 Yamaha Wasit's recently.

They just whizzed right past me beside me in my lane.

Man, They were fast, Snuck in and whizzed by with those huge honking rear tires.

Scared the hell out of me and I was going 120 km/hr.

Well, Maybe I do feel dorky now.

Yamaha R6, Hmmmm, Do I really want the cops watching me,
Naw...I think I'll stay dorky just a little bit longer.

Besides, How could I carry beer on an R6,
Can't put a front rack on those things.

Actually, Come to think of it,
How can you carry anything on a Uni-Bike?

8)

Can I get a windshield and a top case for it?

I think it looks cool but I also think it would be a novelty item. I have thought that at times scooters/motorcycles were on the small side and hard to see, that thing you pretty much would be seeing the rider and not the bike.