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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

16th Scooter Meeting 2012 in Akigase (Part I)

Best Mag Ever!!
This is a two part series of an awesome scooter event I attended this past Veteran's Day weekend.  It was Moto Champ Magazine's 16th Scooter Meeting 2012 in Akigase, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.  If you remember from my previous post, Moto Champ is a magazine devoted to all kinds of motor bikes especially scooters like the Honda Monkey, Dio, Zoomer (Ruckus), and Yamaha Jog.  This event was one of many happenings Moto Champ Magazine sponsors throughout the year.  The 16th Scooter Meeting 2012 in Akigase featured a 1/32 mile shoot out as well as a skills course and parts swap meet.  Along with my moto-crazed friend Soma-san, we traveled about 2 hours to Saitama to see what it was all about.

For Otaku Use Only

Akigase didn't disappoint!!  There were tons of highly modified scooters everywhere!!  Some scooters came straight off of the pages of previous Moto Champ Magazines as featured bikes.  Now I got to see them live in 3D!!  Walking around the pit area was awesome.  I was amazed of all the ways these bikes were modified.  Some you couldn't tell what was the original bike they started off with.  The innovation and time spent on them were second to none.  I thought I was crazy into mopeds but these people were on a different level all together!!  We were in the heart of scooting "Otaku" culture!!

Enjoy some of the highlights of the pits:





Scooters!!  Scooters!! and MORE Scooters:

Moto-Champ Time
Sleeper
Just Crazy
Sleeper
Sponsored by Stage 6
Grocery Getter
Green Machine
with Wicked Rims
Old School
Ass Kicker
Saran Wrapped Wheels
Gangsta
Dragsters
Wicked
Street Legal?
Nice
Nicer Pipe
Zoomer Sponsored by U.S Navy
Drag Zoomer Please
Pizza Delivery

Sponsored by Malossi
Custom Frame

Old School Dragsters
Centerlines
NOS Pizza Delivery Guy
Duals
Hybrid
More Dragsters
Down Low
Huge Expansion Chamber
Trike!!
Not Your Grandma's Trike!!
Daily Driver
Two Seater
Yamaha JOG
Nice Brakes
Lightened
Holy Crap


Monster 
One Of My Favorites
Lining Up For Photos

Flame Out
Two Stroke Oil
Scooter GoPed
Why Doesn't My  Scooter Look Like That
Or That
Gold Standard
All Graphics
Not Only Scooters Came Straight Out Of The Magazine!!

 Who's The Talent Here?  Soma-Stud!!
Swag
Old School JOG
Zoomer Cover
Zoomer Time
Guest Zoomer
Zommer lovers
Kawaii Zoomer
Dragster Zoomer
One Of My Favorites.  Spree Looking!!
Around The Pits
Don't Look Like My Garage
Pits! Pits! Pits!
Zoomer Drooling.
Purple Haze
I Want It!!
I Want That Too!!



Yikes!!  400cc Beast!!
Kowai
Twin Tip
Duals
More Stage 6
Ichiban Scooter!!
Murder Inc!!
Take-Out Delivery
Innovation
Time Well Spent
Kit Scooter
Pit Bike
Classic
Customer Zoomer
Daily Driving Zoomer
Purple Bomber
More Pit Action
Parts! Parts! Parts!
New School
Spree me?
Spree Mitai
Simply Awesome!!
Still Kicking Ass
Golden Boy
Wanna Race?
Zommer In The Lot
GoPed
Monkey Sighting


Check out Part II for highlights of these bikes in action in the 1/32 mile shoot out!!

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