| You know the saying, Everything old becomes new | | | | was the Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon. It was a scooter |
| again someday. Well, this is true for mopeds too. A lot | | | | largely made of warplane wheels and discarded |
| of scooter producers are coming out with new | | | | warplane parts, believe it or not. |
| scooters that look like the old ones. I think it's | | | | The King of Retro - Vespa -- The Vespa is one of |
| awesome. I really like the way retro vehicles look. | | | | the most popular scooter companies today. They are |
| Scooters like the Honda Metropolitan and the Vespa | | | | considered the standard for scooters in Europe. |
| GVS 250 look like classic scooters from days gone | | | | Honda -- Honda launched the most popular scooter of |
| by. | | | | all time, the Super Cub, in 1958. With more than 60 |
| Around the beginning of the 20th century, scooters | | | | million sold worldwide, it is the best selling powered |
| made there way to the market in Europe. They | | | | vehicle of all time. Pretty impressive. If you can get |
| resembled what we think of as a moped in today's | | | | your hands on one of these, you will have a classic on |
| world. A bike with a motor attached is kind of a crude | | | | your hands. |
| way to think of it. By the late 1910's people in the USA | | | | They have built a ton of different models since the |
| were driving scooters, but they still never reached the | | | | Cub in 1958. The fact that they have sold more |
| popularity of the auto mobile. Here is a look at some of | | | | scooters than any other company worldwide should |
| the better know scooters on the market today: | | | | give you a pretty good idea of what kind of scooter |
| Cushman --The Cushman Company produced motor | | | | you can expect from this company. |
| scooters from 1936 to 1965 and they were most | | | | The old style look is one thing. These things are very |
| widely used during WWII. If you've ever seen some of | | | | efficient is you are looking to save a few bucks. With |
| those old WWII documentaries or films, these are most | | | | 4 stroke, liquid cooled, fuel injected engine, many of the |
| likely what the GI's are cruising around on. | | | | small scooters can get around 100 mpg. |
| Mitsubishi -- One of the first scooters made in Japan | | | | What old becomes new. It happens all the time. |