(Nice video with one tiny correction, Kymco People is Taiwan not Korea.)
Besides some interesting stats on scooter sales this piece from the LAT compares what is probably the most popular class in the USA right now, the 125-150cc displacement. It’s not so much a shoot-out between the Vespa S, the Kymco People 150 and the Yamaha Vino 125 as it is a “best in sub-category”. Susan Carpenter gives us her opinion on “best style”, “best city handling”, and “most economic”. The web article actually takes it one step further by comparing 3 maxi-scoots (Majesty, Silverwing, Burgman). Thanks to Mike D for the scoop!
22. May 2008 at 8:49 pm
Great article and video. With all this press perhaps we are coming into a scooter “Golden Age”?
23. May 2008 at 3:23 am
I think it’s a bit late for a Golden Age of Scooters. That title almost certainly goes to the fifties and early sixties.
Depending on where you live, you could also count a Silver Age during the Mod revival and a Bronze age in the late nineties when scooters returned to popularity in Europe.
Of course, in Asia it’s just one big Scooter Age that never really stopped.
23. May 2008 at 1:05 pm
Great video and glad to see that the media recognized other scooter brands besides Vespa.
Two minor things bugged me.
1. She said KYMCO is Korean and of course it is Taiwanese.
2. She said the Vino was the only bike in it’s class that can ride two up. I don’t think that is accurate.
All and all it was a good representation of small displacement bikes. Thanks for the link!
- wisart
25. May 2008 at 11:01 pm
Its no surprise that scooter sales are going to go crazy this summer. Even compact cars are getting expensive to fill up!!
27. May 2008 at 1:10 am
Why is the video altered and cut to say the kymco gets 60mpg.If you look at your clip it says 90mpg for the kymco,and the camera doesnt leave the girls face.If you link over to la times their video is altered and cut,and says kymco gets 60mpg.
28. May 2008 at 1:17 am
Its great to see scooters being adopted in the US, I’m sure as the price of gas my and more people will leave their cars at home.
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