The Huffington Post needs better writers

Seriously, I love headlines but this takes the cake. The Huffington Post story today "

Honda's UNI-CUB Robotic Unicycle Could Replace Scooter"

Sorry not going to happen. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/honda-uni-cub-robot-chair-scooter_n_1519488.html 

This is like the Mini Segway some engineer decided to see if he could design, but the truth is nobody in Japan short of a few people at Honda will be sitting on this thing. 

Story goes on to say " The UNI-CUB advances the technology from the U3-X, allowing riders to move forward, backward, sideways and diagonally, which enables them to move through crowds more easily." "The device will be at Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation starting in June. Although Honda says it doesn't have plans to sell it at this time, the automaker is clearly working on getting this kind of technology into consumers' hands."

American magazines love to come up with headlines, but the truth is this thing will never be used nor is it a scooter. 

AIMExpo MRP first scooter company to commit to new show

AIMExpo MRP first scooter company to commit to new show

Ok, committing to the new show. Press release to follow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXIfdzW1kgY&feature=plcp

AIMExpo Selects Host City: Orlando. Event details: October 16-20, 2013 at the Orange County Convention Center.

US Scooter Industry still in need of consolidation

I haven't written too many articles lately and the truth is there are few places left to submit them to. We are down to three real magazines in the business Dealer News, Powersports Business, and Motorcycle Product News. Besides the occasional yearly article on gas prices and how the industry is doing great, there is no in depth reporting or coverage. More than once I'm the guy that told a dealer their supplier closed.

Wait what happened to CPI? Exactly.

Still it's an industry that is constantly evolving. We've had several spikes of high interest from investors, angel investors, and people wanting to get in on the action.

I salute the girls at GoGo for what they did on Shark Tank and it brought the spotlight back to this industry. Still there is a huge need for more consolidation.

Too many Chinese companies doing the exact same thing. Too many US importers doing the exact same thing.

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