You've seen gooseneck handlebars on motorcycles, right? Well, why not for scooters? It'll make riding it a bit harder (a lot harder if you go extreme), but it looks cool, anyway. You could extend the front wheel fork too, for that little extra 'chopper' look.
-- galukalock, Mar 09 2003

Believe me, it exists. (My son demonstrated it to me.) (Shortly before he broke his scooter.)
-- DrCurry, Mar 09 2003


*galukalock zooming down the highway on his goose-neck scooter w/ motor attached, thinks, (uh oh turn up ahead), fails to negotiate curve, BLAM! hears sirens in the distance*
-- smileydudette, Mar 09 2003


If you wanna get extreme, you could take that wimpy ol' gas-powered scooter and tack on a nitrous kit.
-- galukalock, Mar 13 2003


Does the phrase "Darwin Awards" ring a bell?
-- X2Entendre, Mar 14 2003


// wimpy ol' gas-powered scooter and tack on a nitrous kit. //

How about a couple of solid-fuel rocket motors ?

Oh for heaven's sake [X2Entendre], will you shut the damn bell off ? We can't here ourselves think down here in R & D ....
-- 8th of 7, Mar 14 2003


So you're not talking pushable scooters here, but powered ones. Ah, I see.
-- PeterSilly, Mar 14 2003


could I give my skate board a chopper stylee?
-- howlingq, Mar 14 2003


Initially, I thought of this for push-scooters, but when 'Bubba mentioned 'extreme riding', my mind wandered.
-- galukalock, Mar 14 2003


You're right [8th], R&D is R&D, let applications worry about safety issues. Let's knock ourselves out!! (literally)

I've stifled the bell and I'm now requesting a carburetor that's jetted for an ethanol/castor oil mixture, a tuned exhaust system complete with expansion chamber and a Nitrous Oxide fogger, (or ether, if that's a bit more handy). I also suggest the rider wear some of [Farmer John]'s nifty stilt shoes just to get the center of gravity up as high as possible.

Obviously, a helmet would look ridiculous with this ensemble, so let's skip that and sport a mohawk or mullet with lots of hair gel instead, ok?

Before riding, I think it would be appropriate for one to say "Hey everybody! Watch this!" <G>
-- X2Entendre, Mar 14 2003



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