Comments on: Folding scooter from the 1960s http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 01:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: gnosis http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-346905 gnosis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346905 Drool. I would love to jump off a train, assemble it mid-air, land on it perfectly and speed off. With the girl. In Bollywood. Drool. I would love to jump off a train, assemble it mid-air, land on it perfectly and speed off. With the girl. In Bollywood.

]]> By: sammich http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347162 sammich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347162 Takuan - it looks ~just~ like a (Dualit) toaster, but with a child-proof safety lid :) (praps it would keep your bum warm on those cold february mornings?) Takuan – it looks ~just~ like a (Dualit) toaster, but with a child-proof safety lid :)

(praps it would keep your bum warm on those cold february mornings?)

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347165 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347165 seen the Surreal Gourmet? http://www.victorydrive.com/new2/images/sized/surrealtoaster.jpg seen the Surreal Gourmet?
http://www.victorydrive.com/new2/images/sized/surrealtoaster.jpg

]]> By: sammich http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347175 sammich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347175 :) - but i'm afraid it may be indefensible in the face of global warming :( :) – but i’m afraid it may be indefensible in the face of global warming :(

]]> By: Bender http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347180 Bender Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347180 Well, it's as good as it's gonna get until the future, when George Jetson's car folds up as a wallet. Well, it’s as good as it’s gonna get until the future, when George Jetson’s car folds up as a wallet.

]]> By: froitzheim http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347201 froitzheim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347201 I just saw a post on ebay for a clinton engine selling on Dec. 7 http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZcentaurQ20scooterQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZR40QQ_mdoZ I just saw a post on ebay for a clinton engine selling on Dec. 7

http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZcentaurQ20scooterQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZR40QQ_mdoZ

]]> By: John Markos O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347007 John Markos O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347007 Most awesome breadbox ever. Most awesome breadbox ever.

]]> By: crosleyguy http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-368016 crosleyguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368016 im looking for a honda fold uo scooter I think they call them motocombo I have 3 centaurs [fold up scooters by Lombard Ind.] & would like a honda anybody know where theres one im looking for a honda fold uo scooter I think they call them motocombo I have 3 centaurs [fold up scooters by Lombard Ind.] & would like a honda anybody know where theres one

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-348062 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348062 @#2: Feh. I'm pretty sure I can carry a 50lb box on & off a train. I want one... @#2: Feh. I’m pretty sure I can carry a 50lb box on & off a train. I want one…

]]> By: urshrew http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347573 urshrew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347573 I would buy that in a New York minute. I would buy that in a New York minute.

]]> By: Michael A. Banks http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347064 Michael A. Banks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347064 Perfect! Big enough to get around, yet uses little fuel--and small enough to take inside and avoid theft. (Or maybe keep it in your car's trunk as backup.) --Mike Perfect! Big enough to get around, yet uses little fuel–and small enough to take inside and avoid theft. (Or maybe keep it in your car’s trunk as backup.)
–Mike

]]> By: beekone http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-346815 beekone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346815 Daddy want Daddy want

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347328 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347328 Honda made a foldable scooter called the Motocompo to fit in the cargo space of their small city cars back in the early 80's. Here's a link to a Wikipedia article on the Motocompo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Motocompo Honda made a foldable scooter called the Motocompo to fit in the cargo space of their small city cars back in the early 80′s.

Here’s a link to a Wikipedia article on the Motocompo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Motocompo

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347073 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347073 with some wings on the side it would make a great logo. And toast. with some wings on the side it would make a great logo. And toast.

]]> By: freeyourcrt http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347330 freeyourcrt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347330 No vid???!!! No vid???!!!

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-346834 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346834 Mmm, 50lbs - not quite light enough for the scooter-train-scooter commute then. Shame, it's a delightful looking object. Mmm, 50lbs – not quite light enough for the scooter-train-scooter commute then. Shame, it’s a delightful looking object.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-346849 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346849 do an electric version do an electric version

]]> By: 13tales http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/folding-scooter-from.html#comment-347127 13tales Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347127 Reminds me a bit of the utterly awesome Honda Motocompo... Never sold outside Japan to my knowledge, and last manufactured in 1982 or so. Absolutely priceless marketing brochure: http://tinyurl.com/ywtc9 (work-safe, but may explode your brain) There are so many things to ROFL at in that brochure, I don't know where to begin :D The punchline, however, is that I passed a guy riding one about a month ago... 1982. The bike is older than I am. Build quality? Hell yes. Reminds me a bit of the utterly awesome Honda Motocompo… Never sold outside Japan to my knowledge, and last manufactured in 1982 or so. Absolutely priceless marketing brochure: http://tinyurl.com/ywtc9 (work-safe, but may explode your brain)

There are so many things to ROFL at in that brochure, I don’t know where to begin :D

The punchline, however, is that I passed a guy riding one about a month ago… 1982. The bike is older than I am. Build quality? Hell yes.

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