| Gas powered scooters and mopeds have been | | | | you include everything they manufacture |
| around since the turn of the 20th century. Most early | | | | (lawnmowers, generators, cars, etc..) they produce |
| versions had step through frames and actually looked | | | | more engines than any company in the world.o The |
| like bicycles with motors. Maybe that's because that's | | | | 582cc liquid-cooled four-stroke parallel-twin Silver Wing |
| essentially what they were. These are what we would | | | | can easily go a 100 mph.o The Honda Helix, aka Fusion, |
| probably consider today as mopeds. Back in the 1930's | | | | has atop speed of 72 mph and its available in Japan. |
| a company called Salsbury Motor Glide created one | | | | #3 Yamaha |
| with an enclosed body and automatic transmission. | | | | The Yamaha C3, or Vox as it's known in Japan is a |
| This body style most resembles what we think of as | | | | small scooter with a top speed of 37 mph. If you want |
| a scooter today. Make no mistake they work well and | | | | a little more speed you need to jump up the popular |
| were very popular, but times have changed. | | | | Zuma model which can get up into the mid 40's. |
| Here are some of the fast gas scooters you may | | | | #4 Suzuki Scooters |
| want to take a look at. | | | | Suzuki has two Burgman models: a 400 and a 650. |
| #1 Vespa | | | | These are fast and a couple of the more expensive |
| These became popular in post war Italy in the 1940's | | | | scooters you can expect to find on the market today. |
| and continue today to be very popular scooters. They | | | | "Fast" does not mean these scooters are not good on |
| offer multiple models with one of the top ones sporting | | | | fuel. Most of these scooters can easily get between |
| a 250cc fuel injected engine, capable of 80+ mph. | | | | 50-80 miles to the gallon. The fast gas scooter may |
| #2 Honda | | | | be a little bit more expensive than the slower 49cc |
| They have been in the game a long time, introducing | | | | bikes, but hey, you got to have some fun sometime, |
| the Super Cub into the US market back in the 1950's. | | | | right? So if you are looking to save a little money on |
| They are still going strong and offer a wide range of | | | | fuel cost these days, but still want to have a little fun, a |
| scooters. You can't go wrong with a Honda engine. If | | | | scooter may be the way to go. |