“Do a 360!” Taiwanese scooter manufacturer, Kymco, just introduced a ton of newly updated scooters to the market along with... Read More
Scooters
Scooters were invented at the end of World War II to provide people with cheap transport over roads damaged in battle. They were also designed for women to ride in a skirt and men to ride in a suit. Today they represent both style and function, making great commuters. We preview coming models, attend launches of new scooters and road test scooters for performance, handling, style, practicality, economy and comfort.
Want to Scoot Off-Road? Honda has its X-ADV in certain markets and its new ADV-150 in others. And that seems... Read More
Updated and Ready to Go The Peugeot Motorcycles’ scooters are fantastic little machines. The Kisbee 50 is one of the company’s offerings. It was recently upgraded for 2020. The company added some more power and some additional features for the little 50cc scooter. For 2020, the bike comes with electronic... Read More
50 Miles of Range Segway keeps adding to its electric moped lineup. Now it has the C80 eMoped. The moped... Read More
The French company Red Electric offers electric scooters in three different variants. While there are plenty of options when it... Read More
KYMCO Australia have released two new Agility models as scooters take another dive in the Australian market. The new models are the Agility City 125i 16+ at $3290 (plus on-road costs) and includes a top case, plus the Agility 300i at $6490. Both models feature the larger 16-inch front wheel... Read More
This balancing act will amaze your friends when you call your motorbike or scooter and it automatically comes to you... Read More
(Sponsored post) Scooters are not just meant for kids. If you want to avoid the hassles of parking your car... Read More
Italian motorcycle and scooter company Piaggio has lost a landmark battle with Chinese scooter manufacturer Zhejiang Zhongneng over copycat designs. The case began in 2014 and has just been concluded with Piaggio over their Vespa LX scooter which has been around since the end of World War II. China didn’t... Read More
Battery swap technology has received a boost with Yamaha unveiling their EC-05 electric scooter with Gogoro lithium-ion battery packs you... Read More
BMW’s infamous C1 scooter with a roof looks like it might be back on the drawing board, according to these... Read More
A Ducati-branded Chinese-made electric scooter will be imported by Perth-based company Vmoto through Urban Moto Imports, arriving in July for under $5000. Electric scooters have slowly risen in popularity in the past years. What seems to be children’s toys are now made with powerful motors and advance features. ScooterAdviser is... Read More
The Hartford Classic 250 rides into Australia on a nostalgic wave of small-capacity neo-classic motorcycles appealing to hip young among... Read More
Whoever thought they would hear the words “Ducati” and “electric scooters” in the same sentence? But now it seems Perth-based... Read More
The cost of living is driving more riders to smaller motorcycles and scooters, says Hartford Australia who is importing small-capacity Taiwanese machines. Ballina-based importer Joe Fisher says scooters and learner bikes have “gone crazy” despite a slow market. “I come from a time when the industry was formed on XL250s... Read More
After several years as a trendy merchandise and clothing brand, Italian-origin Lambretta has returned to our market with a range... Read More
The best thing about the Vespa Elettrica electric scooter is that it is almost a complete mirror of the iconic... Read More
Lambretta scooters has returned to the Australian market and “hit the floor running” with six models and a Pirelli Limited Edition V Special 200 arriving soon. Pirelli V 200 scooters run on their Angel tyres and feature two-tone matte grey/black with red highlights and special badges and numbering. Only 999... Read More
Italian scooter brand Lambretta returns to Australia in August with six models, nine dealers and a public invitation to the launch.... Read More
Italian scooter brand Lambretta returns to Australia soon with six models that undercut the prices of countryman Vespa. They will... Read More
Iconic Italian scooter brand Lambretta is expected to return to Australia in September with three models, followed by an electric version. Last year, the iconic Italian scooter brand celebrated its 70th anniversary with an anniversary V-Special model (pictured above), a Euro4-compliant range and plans to develop an electric scooter. Around... Read More
Some governments around the world allow unlicensed teenagers and motorists with a full car licence to ride a 50cc moped.... Read More
Vespa has released a limited-edition Vespa 300 Sei Giorni to honour the model built for the 1951 Sei Giorni Internazionale... Read More
Electric motorcycles and scooters do not make financial sense yet, but electric power convert Oliver van Bilsen says after living with an electric scooter he would not go back to petrol power. Oliver lives and works in London where he received a Plug-in Motorcycle Grant on the purchase of his... Read More
Facebook updates, weather reports, news and even a radar that tracks your riding mates are part of the futuristic smart... Read More
The new Vespa GTS scooter range includes stop-start technology to switch off the engine when stationary and automatically restart when... Read More
Iconic Italian scooter brand Lambretta is planning a return to Australia by the end of this year with a range of new models. Lambretta has just celebrated its 70th anniversary with an anniversary V-Special model and an revamped range, including an electric scooter. International Sales Manager Michael Fulton has confirmed that... Read More
Lambretta is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a revamped range, including an electric scooter, and a vendetta on copycat Asian models.... Read More
BMW’s vision of the future for riders is encompassed in the Concept Link electric scooter that knows where you’re going and... Read More
After a 50-year gap, Czech scooter brand Čezeta has revived the iconic torpedo-shaped 506 scooter, but now as an electric vehicle. Čezeta built scooters from 1957 to 1964 as a subsidiary of Česká Zbrojovka Strakonice (ČZ) which made motorcycles from 1935 to 1997. Production resumed in 2013 with the prototype... Read More
The Piaggio Group has announced its intention to go electric and charitable with the Vespa Elettrica project and the 2017... Read More
The growth of trendy delivery companies such as Deliveroo and Uber Eats has prompted the introduction of the Kymco Agility Carry... Read More
Vespa has added style, chrome and a leather bag on three new model variants to celebrate 70 years of the Iconic Italian scooter manufacturer. The Settantesimo range feature a special “chromatic azzuro 70 traditional colour scheme and a dark brown seat with beige piping. The seat is embossed with a Vespa... Read More
Taiwan scooter manufacturer is celebrating its 50th anniversary by launching into the maxi-scooter sector with its AK 550 Anniversario Kymco.... Read More
Honda Europe has confirmed it will build their first adventure scooter, called the X-ADV, but it won’t be coming here,... Read More
BMW Motorrad will add two new motorcycle models and has confirmed its commitment to an electric future with the launch of two variants of its C evolution electric scooter, one with up to 160km of range. In a press release regarding its display at the biennial INTERMOT motorcycle show in Cologne next... Read More
The first shipment of these radical, fat-tyres, barebones Hunter Scooters has arrived in Australia to inspire custom bike builders. Hunter... Read More
Honda has released a second video of its City Adventure Concept in action on rough dirt roads and a promise of... Read More
BMW has updated their C 650 Sport and C 650 GT maxi scooters with a retuned engine, upgraded transmission, revised suspension settings and cosmetic changes, but does anyone really care? Scooter sales continue to plummet in Australia, down 22.7% last year to 5389 which is less than half the sales... Read More
This Spanish-made solar scooter docks in a solar charging station and switches on and off via an iPhone app that also controls... Read More
BMW Motorrad is the first manufacturer to introduced blind spot monitoring systems from cars to two wheels. While it will... Read More
The popular Vespa GTS 300 Super FL has joined scooter brands such as Aprilia, BMW and Piaggio with hi-tech rider aids. Vespa is one of the brands under the Piaggio umbrella, along with Aprilia, Scarabeo, Derbi, Gilera and Moto Guzzi. The Vespa GTS 300 Super FL benefits from that association... Read More
If the city limits are too limiting, try the Piaggio BV350 (or Beverley) Sport Touring scooter. City boundaries will... Read More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMbx_T_6unc Are we ready for a diesel bike? Hero of India thinks so and has unveiled their RNT diesel scooter... Read More
Yamaha has just made the TMax 530 scooter safer. Last year they made it lighter and more powerful. Now they have added ABS to make it brake better in all road conditions. It is also better on scooters with automatic transmissions as there is no engine braking to help slow... Read More
The 45-year-old Vespa Primavera has been redesigned to take in some of the design cues from the uber-modern 946. It... Read More
The biggest and most powerful scooter – Aprilia SRV 850 – blurs the lines between bike and scooter. For a... Read More
Vespa GTS 300ie: Instead of saying sticking plaster, we say Bandaid. Similarly, we tend to say Vespa instead of scooter, so ingrained is the iconic Italian scooter brand in our conscience. Vespa means wasp in Italian because they sound like wasps when they zip along the streets. Production started in... Read More
A futuristic dream for an iconic retro product has become a reality, albeit a very limited one. Piaggio unveiled a... Read More
Take the new BMW scooters for a test ride and you could end up forgetting you are on a scooter.... Read More