Behold the Japanese scooterpimper, a wily sort who keeps his knees close and his metallic enamel paint cans and chromed components closer. Magazines in Japan (we do so love Japanese magazines) devoted to following the migration of this sub-niche species include Trans Scooter, Custom Scooter, Scooter Style, Scooter Kid and Gal and Hello Lucky Best Scooter Go! (ok, the last two, not so much). Paramax, a firm specializing in custom scooters, has the skills to build one of these urban cruisers, or knows where to the get the parts for the weekend scooterpimper to bolt on his own kind of urban scooter love. [Thanks to Chris for the tip.]

Urban Bike Project [Paramax USA]

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