Japanese Delivery Bikes

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in Penang, there is motorbikes everywhere
on the road, on the pavement, in the mall, in the shop, on pedestrian bridge
and they go everywhere,
one-way street, 2 way street, no way street
and they turn as they like no signals no brake lights

so yes, there is alot of motorbikes here
scooter, honda cubs, tricycle, c70, ex5, rgv, ss2, ninja, zzr

they rule the streets
be you on foot or in the car, you better watch out for them, they always have the right of way as well as the simpathy of on-lookers if you were to accidentally touch them..

Cute- don't think anyone would drive them for normal use, since they already have the 'delivery boy' aura attached to them.

in my country (the Netherlands) these "scooters" as we call them are popular with the youth between 16 and 18 (you are allowed to drive one of these when you're 16, and when you turn 18 you are allowed to get your driver's license).

Over here these bikes mainly drive on bicycle paths and are legally and mechanically limited to a top speed of about 40km/h. There are some people however who can remove the limitations making the bike go faster (which is illegal obviously, and getting caught can get your ride confiscated).

They also look a bit different over here. They usually don't have a wind shield and not a construction that looks like a roll-cage :/ :P the rest all looks the same basically.

only for domino's

it's not so cool cause you get tied down to a restaurant chain and working at a restaurant chain doing delivery ain't so cool

We have those here in my country we call it scooter and mainly used by ordinary people.

I've seen similar bikes around town though they are uncommon. Wouldn't mind a vespa myself though it's very dangerous especially in a country with so many SUVs on the road (with stupid drives in them).

Isn't it just a bike with a windscreen attached?

I think I've seen those from an earlier post of yours Danny =o

I think they're cool though, but I haven't seen them around my area, they tend to drive Toyota Yaris or similar. Maybe in the city they'd have scooters like so

in my country (the Netherlands) these "scooters" as we call them are popular with the youth between 16 and 18 (you are allowed to drive one of these when you're 16, and when you turn 18 you are allowed to get your driver's license).

Over here these bikes mainly drive on bicycle paths and are legally and mechanically limited to a top speed of about 40km/h. There are some people however who can remove the limitations making the bike go faster (which is illegal obviously, and getting caught can get your ride confiscated).

They also look a bit different over here. They usually don't have a wind shield and not a construction that looks like a roll-cage :/ :P the rest all looks the same basically.

When I did an exchange to a Japanese university, everyone commuted either on regular pushbikes, or those motorized scooters. It seems it's popular among university students since it's expensive to get a car licence and this is a cheaper alternative. However, that was in a more remote location.

I guess, in Tokyo, the trains are sufficient enough to get you where you want to go.

Yamaha lagenda or honda ex5 for pizzahut over here.
While dominos and canadian pizza opted for pizza backpack worn by riders instead of pizzahut fixed metal box

ok the funny thing is that they look cute but i don't think they are used that much ^^;;

yeah, called scooters over here
Too bad you'd be branded a goof if you had a windshield...

For me im all for fuel economy, enviro-friendly, etc
It was going to be either a scooter or a Smart Fortwo
Fortwo won out on safety

Is that a 3 wheeled one i see in the back? Very cool

over here fast food restaurants don't have their own delivery bikes. the bikes belong to the delivery boy.

only cars here

Nothing like that here. Maybe on Golf fields but I'm not sure :/

electric bikes?

We only get boring bikes here or a car.

BMW has such a similar bike but it's rather rarely seen on German streets.

I've only seen a few of them here. They are pretty cool IMO x_x

we have a lot of those here. "Vespas", Scooters or whatever you want to call it, just without the top/box on the back.

We don't have any of those here =/ If you work there you usually have a thing attached to the top of your car wth the logo on it and deliver the pizzas in your car.

Back in my country, We used Normal bike to deliver food. But when I came to Japan, I was really surprised to see these kind of bike used for deliver and yes I don't see anyone use this for daily commuting.

That looks like a modified cooler version of a Vespa ^^

I remember this. It was in one of Hard Gay episode. He moved it to help the driver from the troublesome parking spot lol.

Ahha, awesome. It's just like the one in Code Geass. Didn't know the design was actually from real life.

They look sweet i want to buy one! I have never seen anything around here like that before.

my mom rides those type of bikes frequently actually, minus the delivery box of course, and the extra large windshield.

Scooters of the Vespa (http://www.vespausa.com/) variety are not very popular but they are getting more and more common here in Ohio. Last summer the gas prices here abouts skyrocketed and you saw a lot of them. Dealers had waiting lists for them as people saw their practicality for intown runabaout use.

Most Pizza delivery people around here are expected to furnish their own vehicle. Which is an old beater car more often than not.

We have them in the Philadelphia area but most are used for delivery as well.

No delivery scooters in Portland from what I've seen, though bicycles (non motorized kind) are really popular here and are often used by messenger services. Portland is considered one of the most bike friendly cities in the US. If you're getting pizza delivered, you'll get one delivered via car.

Yep, those look cool. Haven't seen such in my region but would like to try to drive one of those someday..

I've actually never seen any restaurant or fast food joint deliver with scooters. They usually have the hired kids drive their own cars over for the job and its usually a crappy family car. Its not like scooters or motorcycles are rare but there are many more cars on the roads. I don't believe restaurants or fast food places are willing to retrofit a scooter specially for delivery jobs either. I think it looks cool and adds to the company's image if they did do that here though.

In Alaska you need 4WD to get anywhere, don't see many motorbikes even in the summer.

A vehicle that small would get crushed by a hummer or something here without the driver even noticing :P

Never seen that in the U.S. I think here people have to use their own cars for delivery.

In Brazil delivery services are usually made by secondary companies... though some of the big fast food chains have their own.

BUT I've never seen bikes are cute as those.
Probably because they wouldn't be practical here... delivery services usually have fast standard bikes...

But those are great marketing strategies!

Not that Pizza Hut needs marketing... yummy! xD

They are very common all over Mexico. I guess it's easier to get through traffic in one of these. especially if your company motto is "We'll be there in 30 minutes or it's free!" Which really isn't, the driver has to pay "cost" for it if he/she doesn't deliver the goods on time.

never seen anything like that in NY, most people just ride on simple motorbikes or cars/vans.

Never seen those here before. Just cars, bicycles, and motorbikes. :/

okay in my region pizza hut using motorcycle. how fast the delivery is ??????

Haven't seen too many of these in Japan. Though I do occasionally.

In America, at the Dominos they just fly banners on their personal cars which are used for making deliveries. Not too many motorbikes out here. Far too many large trucks and SUVs for that to be a very safe choice.

Yea, usually personal autos with a flag/banner thing hanging from a window or something. There is also types of magnetsl like some flat sign that sticks on the doors, or a neon pop up kind of thing that sticks on the top.

There are also. Some companies that use like a sticker/painted up vehicle such as a van. Never seen aa bike though

Only bikes I have seen that looked similar to these are owned by the police >>

Usually use it for patrolling the local market / downtown area. When it comes to deliveries from restaurants, the driver has to provide their own transportation. And they usually put some sort of sign on their care when they are making their runs.

Rarely see these...well at least just the scooter without the cover...though I do think that's pretty practical...

It seems with the size.. the delivery would always be on time.. or most of the time.. .

Those started selling well in my town when gas got around $4 a gallon. Similar to those minus the roof, windshield, and pizza holder. Although they are only out during the summer since they don't work well in snow.

You used to see them all over campus at MSU because they were cheap and could be locked at the bike racks. Not so much now that CATA is running the buses, so they run pretty much on time and everywhere.

Those are cool. I got to see a few of them in Japan. First time I saw them was in the megatokyo webcomic.

yeah, they look cool, but I think very dificult to ride with them.
In france it's really rare to see the same... all the time it's scooter
I prefer bycicle T_T

I have never seen a scooter in use in Toronto. I read in the paper that a shop started importing Vespas in low quantities a few years ago, but they're still very rare and if there were any of them around they'd be in the city core, far from where I live and go to school.

Even motorcycles aren't all that common here. They become quite useless during a Canadian winter, and that's at least half the year.

Hardly any scooters here, when i lived in Cyprus there were freaking loads. Alot of bangers though.

we have scooters here and some of them are not only used for delivery but also for commuting ^^

I don't see this kind of Pizza Hut delivery bike here in Malaysia. They are just normal bike with an add on on their back.

I used to work at a pizza place, two actually. My second job did involve running deliveries, and I had to use my own car since I don't know how to drive standard yet... One of those bikes would be most excellent if I had it to run pizzas!

we don't have them were I'm at.

haven't seen these bike around for quite some years. Back when 3 years ago, the trend for these bike arise, then after awhile, it disappear.......

Etoo.. I want to drive it !!! not matter if the moto have a Pizza Hut logo !OMG!

we have some similiar over here but the suck and they're far to loud.