View Image Details The friendly scooter on earth.

Taiwan is absolutely mad for scooters, a consequence of high population density, tightly cramped streets, and the expense and inconvenience of driving a car. Everywhere you go you’ll find streets lined with parked scooters and filled with scooterists going about their business. In can all seem like absolute chaos to outsiders—but there is a method to the madness, and the convenience factor regularly seduces skeptical westerners into the scooter lifestyle, particularly when living outside of Taipei 台北.

One unusual feature of Taiwanese scooters are the cheeky stickers commonly found on the body. These stickers typically feature the make and model of the scooter—but for reasons unknown to me, poorly translated slogans full of Chinglish are also common, particularly on older scooters. About a year ago I chanced upon a link to a collection of scooter stickers published by Jonathan Biddle way back in 2005. Shortly thereafter I began documenting some of the more intriguing examples of scooter stickers I found in my travels, mostly around Changhua 彰化. This post contains 17 of the more interesting examples I have collected in this time.

View Image Details “Discover a new world of fun and freedom”.

View Image Details “Specializing in noble model street bike for noble life”.

View Image Details “You got to feel the happiness of riding”. View Image Details “Move your creative heart”.

View Image Details “A scooter you can live with”. View Image Details “Ecology new stand and new life”.

View Image Details “Man enjoy yourself (boy 50)”.

View Image Details “Good partner in your life”.

View Image Details “Happy be away from home then safe and sound go home”.

View Image Details “For your nice scene”. View Image Details “New concepts by my own”.

View Image Details “Enjoy the comfortable riding”. View Image Details “Join us to ride it”.

View Image Details “Jog is fascinating to you”.

View Image Details “The scooter is all my life”.

View Image Details “Get away from it all / get away with it all”.

If you like this collection of images I suggest checking out these amusing examples of Chinglish in Taiwan.