Street Legal Scooters Have Been Around Since The Early 1900’s
Posted by Bill B. Sheers on December 28, 2009
Did you ever wonder why hats you bought in the early 70’s always seems to be popular again 25 years later? Scooters and mopeds are really the same way. In fact, many of these companies are playing up the trend and coming out with scooters that look retro. The Metropolitan from Honda and the GVS from Vespa actually look like a form of older versions.
At just about the 20th century, scooters made there way to the European market. They resembled what we think of as a moped in today’s world. A bike with a motor attached is kind of a crude way to describe it. By the late 1910’s people in the USA were driving scooters, but they still never reached the popularity of the auto mobile. Here is a look at some of the better know scooters on the market today:
Cushman –The Cushman Company produced motor scooters from 1936 to 1965 and they were most widely used during WWII. If you’ve ever seen some of those old WWII documentaries or films, these are most likely what the GI’s are cruising around on.
The Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon — So, what do you do with old warplane parts? Well, the Mitsubishi company use them to build scooters back in the 40’s. Now that is using what you got.
Vespa Motor Scooters — If you had a scooter in Europe after WWI, it was almost certainly a Vespa. To this day, they are still one of the most popular scooters in the world.
The Honda Motor Company — In the late 1950’s, Honda introduced the Super Cub to the world. This little scooter went on to become the best selling scooter of all-time.(worldwide) With that Honda reliablity, I wouldn’t be surprised if you could find one of these running today.
On a worldwide scale, Honda has probably been the most diverse and they have certainly had more models than any other company that makes them.
It’s cool that they are bringing back the retro scooter look. Most of them are just for looks and will come with 4 stroke engines that are water cooled instead of 2 stroke engines. Fuel injection is also a key feature that has been added to the newer versions.
What is old becomes new again.
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