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Japanese scooters

These photographs of Japanese custom scooters come from Pink Tentacle's search of bike shop galleries, auction sites, and Flickr. Follow the links for more images.

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Bikeshop Rodeo has killer photos of their mean machines.

Japanese custom scooter --
Suzuki Skywave

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Honda Forza

Japanese custom scooter --
Suzuki Skywave

Japanese custom scooter --
Honda Fusion

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Gull Craft transformed Honda Forzas into these retro-futuristic KYBELE cyber scooters, and their photo report shows how to make your own. (Via AutoblogGreen)

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KYBELE Cyber Scooter

Japanese custom scooter --
KYBELE Cyber Scooter

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Flickr user tokyo scooter stuff has thrown together an awesome collection of found photos of custom rides.

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Japanese custom scooter --
Suzuki Skywave

Japanese custom scooter --
Suzuki Skywave

Japanese custom scooter --
Yamaha Maxam 3000 Concept @ Tokyo Motor Show

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Yamaha Maxam @ Tokyo Motor Show

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This Yamaha Maxam is for sale on Yahoo! Auctions. With only a few hours left as of this writing, the highest bid is 400,000 yen (under $4,000).

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Yamaha Maxam

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From Alfa Auto:

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Honda Forza

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Yamaha Grand Majesty

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From Lotaus:

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Suzuki Skywave

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From M-Style:

Japanese custom scooter --
Suzuki Skywave

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The Japanese Scooters Flickr pool has lots of great photos, too. Not sure what these guys are riding, but it looks like fun.

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Beat (Photo by gori-jp)

More outrageous modes of transportation:

- Dekotora photo galleries
- Extreme Japanese custom vans
- Dekochari art bikes

Thank you Pink Tentacle!