It is high time that I posted an entry, since I have been quiet for a few weeks. I now have enough photos of scooters to warrant a full homage to Taiwanese ‘Scooter English’. I am sure this post will grow, since I am sometimes howling with laughter at the genius of some of the prose. Sit back, and absorb…

My scooter: “Duke … ECOLOGY NEW STAND & NEW LIFE”

“We reach for the sky. Neither does civilization … SNIPER”

“GENERATION POLLUTION ON THE EARTH LOW 50 FREINDL LIGHT NO. 01 POLLUTION FRIENDLY SCOOTER NEW”

“TACT … MET-IN … JUST FOR YOU THE NEW GENERATION … FAST FIRST AND BEST”

“Going … MOVE YOUR CREATIVE HEART”

“Your future depends on … MOVIE 125”

“JOG IS FASCINATING TO YOU”

“Going … KYMCO BRINGS OUT THE GENIUS IN YOUR CHOICE”

“Jockey are riding with us”

“THE BEST FUNCTION AND GOOD SENSATION“

“CHACHA … KEEP CLEAN, KEEP PLEASANT, KEEP HEALTHY … GIVING YOU THE BEST SENSATION ALL I HAVE”


“Dio … SHUTTLE IN THE CITY JUNGLE. THE NEW SPEEDY SNAIL CLAN CHARACTERISTIC. DIGNIFIED. AGGRESSIVE”

“CAOW … WITH FASHIONABLE FEELING”

“MAN … enjoy yourself … boy”

“YOU GOT TO FEEL … FEVER … THE HAPPINESS OF RIDING”

“Junior … THE GLARING HEADLIGHTS OF A MOTORCAR”

“SHEN YANG … THE NEW GENERATIONAL SCOOTER FRON EARTH”

“J\O\G … IS FASCINATING TO YOU”

“GOING … THE MORE YOU LOOK THE MORE YOU LIKE”

“125 … FOR NEW CENTURY”

“Spanking … The Dreaming Touring Motor With Spanking Kwang Yang Scooter 100E”

After a whole year of being surrounded by this, it does begin to become invisible to you – a shame. However, occasionally I will walk along a row of scooters with camera blazing, chuckling away to myself. I do feel jealous a little of newcomers who point every strange thing out – things I cannot see any more.

Although it seems very funny, this is the relationship with English that most local designers seem to have. And I have to work with them, using Roman characters to ‘decorate’ their designs. Frankly, we are often the same in Europe – exotic Chinese symbols seem trés chic tatooed onto our arms, eh.

Update:

Lars had some extra photos lying around of scooters. Some new, some when I had no camera – if only you could take photos at traffic lights you could get so much more lyrical goodness … I can see this taking a life of its own!

“FOVEP … YOU GET TO FOOL THE HARRINESS OF RIOING”

“Freeway … specializing in boble model street bike for noble life”

“TACT … MET-IN … JUST FOR YOU, THE NEW GENERATION”

“RR … RIDDING ON THE WING.”

“SNIPER … AEROTYPE … Just for wind cutting”

“THE EPOCHAL SCOOTER”

“SANYANG … THE BEST FUNCTION AND SENSATION … KING OF THE RIDER”

“FOR TOUR NICE SCENE”

“FANGIER … NEW EDITION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE … GET AWAY WITH IT ALL”

A new wave…

Duck – Be Pure – 125 SP – To resist drugs and violence – amazing

Dock – THE DUKE TEAM SO SPEEDING & DOMINANT

6 – THE FRIENDLE SCOOTER ON EARON – ER

To Feel Exuberan Tly Happy

LAEIH (?) – HAHAH
A SUPER SPEED – WE OFFER TOU SAFETY AND QUALITY


And so it continues…