The Million Dollar Moped: Chicara Nagata’s Fuel Sipping Sculpture

Cars and Transportation, Fashion

Custom motorcycle builder (and I’ll go ahead and shout him a sculptor) Chicara Nagata has come up with a fuel-sipping two-wheeler that in no way, shape, or design resembles any other moped I’ve seen. Defying the usual logic of a scooter purchase — they’re cheap, great on gas, reduce your carbon footprint as they save you cash on insurance, the whole shebang — Nagata’s chromed out scooter “Chicara Art IV” will set you back $1M.
Wow, and I thought the price tag on Alexandre Verdier’s $130,000 sustainable camper seemed a little steep. On the plus side, you won’t have to anguish about running across anyone else riding a scooter even remotely like that one. The 1.5 horsepower

engine is based on a Honda’s super-efficient moped from 1966 — see, Honda was thinking about fuel economy way back then — so there’s really no chance that you could ever waste gas by speeding.

Of course, most of us who are interested in green scootering would be more apt to go for something like ELV hybrid electric scooter. Heck, after looking at Chicara’s cycles, the $12,000 Vectrix looks like a steal of a deal.

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[Source] Josh Loposer

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