| Did you ever wonder why hats you bought in the | | | | Vespa Motor Scooters -- If you had a scooter in |
| early 70's always seems to be popular again 30 years | | | | Europe after WWI, it was almost certainly a Vespa. |
| later? Two wheelers are really no different. In fact, | | | | To this day, they are still one of the most popular |
| many of these companies are playing up the trend | | | | scooters in the world. |
| and coming out with scooters that look retro. The | | | | Honda -- Honda launched the most popular scooter |
| Metropolitan from Honda and the GVS from Vespa | | | | of all time, the Super Cub, in 1958. With more than |
| actually look like a form of older versions. | | | | 60 million sold worldwide, it is the best selling |
| Around the beginning of the 20th century, scooters | | | | powered vehicle of all time. Pretty impressive. If you |
| made there way to the market in Europe. They | | | | can get your hands on one of these, you will have a |
| looked like what we think of as a moped in today's | | | | classic on your hands. |
| world. A bike with a motor attached is kind of a | | | | You can not go wrong with a Honda. They have sold |
| crude way to describe it. By the late 1910's people in | | | | more scooters than any other company. In fact, the |
| the USA were driving scooters, but they still never | | | | Honda Motor Company makes more engines than |
| reached the popularity of the auto mobile. Here is a | | | | any other company in the world if you count |
| look at some of the better know scooters on the | | | | generators, cars, lawnmowers, snow blowers, etc....... |
| market today: | | | | Fuel injection and the introduction of the 4 stroke |
| Cushman Motor Scooters -- Between 1936 and 1965, | | | | engine have made these scooters one of the best |
| Cushman made many of the scooters that the | | | | buys in terms of cost of purchase and cost of fueling |
| military had during WWII. These mopeds are really | | | | it. |
| cool. If you ever get a chance to ride one, make | | | | What is old becomes new again. |
| sure you take advantage. | | | | If a ton of free information is what you want and |
| Mitsubishi -- One of the first scooters made in Japan | | | | you can get it at Whether you want to find out If a |
| was the Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon. It was a scooter | | | | ton of about street legal scooters or Honda |
| largely made of warplane wheels and discarded | | | | Metropolitan scooter, this site cover it all for free! |
| warplane parts, believe it or not. | | | | |