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JoeyBee · 02-06-2010, 12:05 AM

No rumor here; we are a new motorcycle company in La Verne, California. We are building a 149cc motorcycle that takes its styling cues from the Mustang Motor Products bikes made in Glendale, California during the 1940s/50s/60s. We're not building econo-bikes; these are "Scooters" with lots of billet, chrome, stainless brake lines, and other custom features.

Questions? Ask away, and I'll do what I can to answer.

The old...

And the new...

Here's a video of a recent test ride...
YouTube - GoGo Gear Visits California Scooter Company - TEST DRIVE!

A Star Ride · 02-06-2010, 07:21 AM

Nice designing, but that "scooter" logo sure looks like "sportster".

The_AirHawk · 02-06-2010, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by A Star Ride

Nice designing, but that "scooter" logo sure looks like "sportster".

I think that was the point!

mscuddy · 02-06-2010, 12:42 PM

Nice looking bikes, but too bad you couldn't source some different motors for 'em. A nice Gladden Industrial motor (that the original Mustang used) can be found at swap meets, also, a v-twin Vanguard Briggs & Stratton hooked up to a torque converter (Salisbury still makes 'em) would be more astetically pleaseing than that Honda motor.

Still, nice looking. Hope you sell a bunch of 'em. Might want to get some kind of springer on the front too, as an option.

Kenneth_Moore · 02-07-2010, 05:51 AM

Questions:

What's the engine output?
How's it driven, is it 1 speed? Clutch?
Street legal with VIN etc.?
Warranty?
Distributors, service and parts?
How much?

acecycleins · 02-07-2010, 06:37 AM

Put some fat knobbies on there and a high pipe and you have a whole new model. What's the cost? What about dealers? Are they 50 state legal? Are they 3spd?

longride · 02-07-2010, 07:00 AM

"Put some fat knobbies on there..."

He can't do that. The tire will blow to bits!!!!!

Dr_Sprocket · 02-07-2010, 07:23 AM

Down here at the beach, everyone rides around on scooters (which all pretty much look alike). If I did ride a scoot, I'd want it to look a little different, much like these. Of course, I can only imagine the comedic sight of seeing my fold my 6'5" legs up on one of these... kinda like a circus bear on a tricycle.

Dr_Sprocket · 02-07-2010, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeyBee

The old...

Is that there one of the old, lawnmower pull-starts on the right side? Kids these days will never know the joy of a pull-start scooter.

A Star Ride · 02-07-2010, 09:24 AM

....or even the joy or a pull start lawnmower for that matter

02-06-2010, 12:05 AM	#1
JoeyBee Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 5	California Scooter Company No rumor here; we are a new motorcycle company in La Verne, California. We are building a 149cc motorcycle that takes its styling cues from the Mustang Motor Products bikes made in Glendale, California during the 1940s/50s/60s. We're not building econo-bikes; these are "Scooters" with lots of billet, chrome, stainless brake lines, and other custom features. Questions? Ask away, and I'll do what I can to answer. The old... And the new... Here's a video of a recent test ride... YouTube - GoGo Gear Visits California Scooter Company - TEST DRIVE! Last edited by JoeyBee : 02-06-2010 at 07:30 AM.

02-06-2010, 07:21 AM	#2
A Star Ride Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: central Va Posts: 1,126	Nice designing, but that "scooter" logo sure looks like "sportster". __________________ White Trash Hick from Appalachia

02-06-2010, 12:42 PM	#4
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	Nice looking bikes, but too bad you couldn't source some different motors for 'em. A nice Gladden Industrial motor (that the original Mustang used) can be found at swap meets, also, a v-twin Vanguard Briggs & Stratton hooked up to a torque converter (Salisbury still makes 'em) would be more astetically pleaseing than that Honda motor. Still, nice looking. Hope you sell a bunch of 'em. Might want to get some kind of springer on the front too, as an option. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

02-07-2010, 05:51 AM	#5
Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	Questions: What's the engine output? How's it driven, is it 1 speed? Clutch? Street legal with VIN etc.? Warranty? Distributors, service and parts? How much? __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

02-07-2010, 06:37 AM	#6
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	Put some fat knobbies on there and a high pipe and you have a whole new model. What's the cost? What about dealers? Are they 50 state legal? Are they 3spd? __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

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02-07-2010, 07:00 AM	#7
longride Super Duper Mod Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere they let me Posts: 10,484	"Put some fat knobbies on there..." He can't do that. The tire will blow to bits!!!!! __________________ I'm a knucklehead

02-07-2010, 07:23 AM	#8
Dr_Sprocket Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Delmarva Peninsula Posts: 2,331	At the beach... Down here at the beach, everyone rides around on scooters (which all pretty much look alike). If I did ride a scoot, I'd want it to look a little different, much like these. Of course, I can only imagine the comedic sight of seeing my fold my 6'5" legs up on one of these... kinda like a circus bear on a tricycle.

02-07-2010, 09:24 AM	#10
A Star Ride Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: central Va Posts: 1,126	....or even the joy or a pull start lawnmower for that matter __________________ White Trash Hick from Appalachia