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Customs, DIY, SF Feature, Vespa, VintageSeptember 2, 2016

Custom: 1958 Vespa VNA2T “Cafe Racer”

Never throw anything out, especially if you happen to have an old Vespa VNA lying around and the skills, time and determination to make something stunning out of it.

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Customs, VespaJuly 20, 2016

Butcher Garage Builds Custom 70th Anniversary Vespa

One person’s vision of a custom Vespa, executed to perfection by the skilled hands at Butcher Garage, Saint Petersburg’s custom scooter crafters.

Günther Schachermayr's underwater Vespa ride

Best of the Web, Customs, The Joy of Scooters, VideoMarch 7, 2016

Video: Underwater on a Submersible, Rideable Vespa

Underwater “scooters” bear little resemblance to the (motor) scooters we ride and enjoy. At least, they did until Austrian stuntman Günther Schachermayr rode a customized Vespa for 300m at a depth of five meters below the surface of his homeland’s Klauser Lake.

Best of the Web, Customs, Honda, VideoJanuary 20, 2015

Video: Resurrecting a Ruckus

Watch as a once neglected Honda Ruckus is reborn into a creative custom machine in this video from designer and owner Jeff Staple.

CustomsNovember 4, 2014

A Radical Custom Scooter from Indonesia’s K-kustom Garage

Here’s one from the ScooterFile Mail Bag. Ariez Thuex of Indonesia’s K-kustom Garage sent us this lovely custom scooter project they’ve just wrapped up. At first glance, you might think it’s a Honda Ruckus, but it’s actually something much more unexpected.

CustomsMarch 3, 2014

The Ruckus (and Grom) Shenanigans of Greg Hatcher and MNNTHBX

We share a profile of Greg Hatcher, founder of MNNTHBX — a company that makes custom Honda Ruckus and Grom parts and manufactures them in the USA.

Customs, Genuine Scooter CompanyFebruary 28, 2014

The Slaughterhouse, a Custom Genuine Roughhouse 50

ScooterWorks USA have taken the humble Genuine Roughhouse and turned it into a little beast of a scooter.

Customs, HondaFebruary 27, 2014

Gallery: The C50 Mini-Bobber by Lê Thanh Bình

Custom scooters are growing in popularity, and we’re starting to see some usual suspects. We all know the west coast-style Ruckus, which is awesome, but I’ve become a bigger and bigger fan of people doing interesting things with the Honda Cub and its variations.

Customs, Genuine Scooter CompanyFebruary 26, 2014

The Reaper, a Custom Buddy 170i

Building a custom scooter is always an exercise in balance. How much custom fabrication does one do? Do you focus on performance or outlandish visual design? What’s the paint scheme going to look like? Then there’s the big question: budget?