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A motor scooter is an economical form of transportation that is a great choice for someone that is on a tight budget. It is much cheaper on gas than the standard automobile. There are many factors that should be considered when choosing a motor scooter.
Important Factors to Consider When Choosing a Motor Scooter
- Decide how much you are willing to spend on the scooter. They can range in price from $300 to $2500 (for 49CC), depending on the options that your choose.
- Make the decision if you would like to have a gas motor scooter or an electric scooter.
- A gas scooter has more power than an electric scooter. They also can go longer distances than the electric scooter. The highest speed it can reach is approximately 45 MPH, depending on which model you choose.
- An electric scooter can go approximately 15 miles on a charge. The highest speed is approximately 25 MPH, depending on which model you choose.
- It is dangerous to keep a gas scooter in the living quarters of the house. At the same time an electric scooter can be kept inside of the house.
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Colin Furze, 31, spent nearly three months converting the machine which has a powerful 125cc motorbike engine installed under the seat, five gears and twin exhausts.
The petrol-powered super scooter, which is British racing green, can almost reach the national speed limit and keep up with cars on the motorway.
It does 10 miles to the gallon and is nearly nine times faster than an average mobility scooter which glides along at just 8mph.
"It is quite scary when I'm driving it fast as the frame is pretty flimsy and designed for going along at slow speeds," said Mr Furze, from Stamford, Lincs.
"You can't take your eyes off the road when driving it as any rash steering decisions could make it flip over and the slightest dip or bump in the road makes it drift off course."
Mr Furze decided to transform the scooter after he was given the machine by a friend.
He was determined to build the fastest mobility scooter in the world and applied to Guinness to set the record as there wasn't one already in place.
He was told his scooter would have to travel at least 61.4mph and still look like a commercial mobility scooter.
"You hear lots of people complain about scooters going really slowly around supermarkets and blocking the aisles so I thought it would be a laugh to make a really fast one," he said.
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Blonde girl having fun on a scooter.
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The storied Bajaj scooter line of India is coming to an end.
The factory will close later this month, a casualty not of the global recession, but of increasing prosperity in India.
"People have more money to spend today," Pradeep Tyagi, a used cycle dealer, told the Associated Press. "No one wants to spend that money on a scooter."
Although more than a third of the population lives on less than $1 a day, Western-style advertising and easy credit have led to an increasing consumerism. And the middle class is estimated to be 50 million strong.
The humble scooter is relegated to the entry level for people who aspire to owning motorcycles or, even better, cars. A low-end used motorcycle costs $350; a decent used scooter costs less than half that.
Bajaj had a 30-year history of ushering Indians into the modern era. At one point, according to AP, the best-selling Bajaj model, the Chetak, was selling 100,000 units per month. The waiting list could last a decade and desperate buyers would pay huge premiums above the list price to get one. For a time, Bajaj was the world's largest scooter manufacturer.
Now, as the population turns to more powerful machines, so is the OEM.
While the latest scooter, the Kristal, sells for about $750, the popular Pulsar motorcycle costs nearly $2,000. Still, motorcycle sales reached almost 220,000 in December, an 86 percent year-on-year increase.
Despite the shifting consumer preference, Bajaj scooters won’t disappear soon. Their reputation for dependability and being easy to repair, coupled with the lower-income masses of Indians, ensure they will be on the road for years to come.
Posted by Holly Wagner at dealernews.com
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KTM will be displaying street and off-road prototypes of its Freeride electric motorcycle at this weekend’s Tokyo Motorcycle Show.
In conjunction, the company has released more details on the models, which are planed to go on sale in Europe in the late spring of 2011.
Click here to download a PDF of the full press release, which contains specifications and a Q&A. Weighing in at about 198 lbs., the Freeride models have a top speed of nearly 44 mph and a recharge time of 1.5 hours.
Ride time between charges is about an hour. Riders can recharge the battery while it’s installed. They also can quickly replace it with another.
KTM showed the first prototype of a zero-emission motorcycle in October 2008. The company says that a strong impetus for the model was strict European noise regulations.