Tucano Urbano Airbag Vest

Today at Eicma in Milan, Italian clothing company Tucano Urbano announced a collaboration with French safety company In&motion which resulted in the development of the Airscud TN Flex safety vest. For those outside of Italy, you may not realise that in urban areas especially, local riders don’t always take safety as seriously as maybe some … Continue reading Tucano Urbano Airbag Vest

Motorcycle Helmet with Integrated Airbag

Italian crash helmet manufacturer Airoh and Swedish automotive safety supplier Autoliv started a joint pre-study aimed at developing a helmet with integrated airbag back in 2020. First unveiled in 2022 at Eicma, at this year's show they have presented an updated concept of their study. The integration of the airbag system into the helmet is … Continue reading Motorcycle Helmet with Integrated Airbag

Pininfarina Scooter Design

Okay, so while we aren't much for modern electric scooters here at ScooterNova, we do appreciate them. More so we appreciate a funky design, which is why our eyes were caught by this concept scooter being previewed at Eicma in Milan today. Australian-based electric scooter manufacturer Vmoto unveiled their APD Concept today, developed in collaboration … Continue reading Pininfarina Scooter Design

Updated Vespa Scooters at the Eicma Show in Milan

For the Piaggio Group, it was motorcycles that took centre stage at the 2023 Eicma Show in Milan today. But the smallframe Vespa range did get a minor makeover with some new colours and technology too. Their press release begins: “Milan, 7 November 2023 - The Piaggio Group attends EICMA having consolidated its position as … Continue reading Updated Vespa Scooters at the Eicma Show in Milan

New 2023 Vespa GTS 300 – suspension and other upgrades

As we approach show-season here in Europe, a new Vespa GTS has been spotted on the roads of Vietnam. But what can we expect for 2023 from the classic Italian marque? The scooter was spotted, despite it’s disguise, and photographed by Hoang Son with the story later published on https://tuoitre.vn Details of whether this was … Continue reading New 2023 Vespa GTS 300 – suspension and other upgrades

Vespa 946 Christian Dior

  The Vespa 946 was launched in 2013, a new model to the range taking inspiration from the Vespa prototype MP6 produced in 1946. In my opinion, this is one of the most stylish of the modern automatic Vespa scooters Piaggio have produced, almost risquĂ© in design you could say. However the decision was made … Continue reading Vespa 946 Christian Dior