MoJo Scooters - Gas Scooters
History Of Gas Scooters
Gas scooters have come a long way over the past
50 years. They are functional, fun, convenient
and cheap. What more could you ask for?
The first patents for scooters go back as far as
1921. The Razor scooter was later developed by
Gino Tsai in Shanghai, Taiwan and became an
instant hit with the public. It didn't take long
for motor scooter popularity to expand all over
the globe.
Even before 1950 there were as many as 110,000
scooters on the road in Italy alone. It has been
just a little over 50 years since the Vespa-Douglas
Corporation in the UK sold their first gas
scooters. The Douglas corporation was on the
verge of bankruptcy when they first began
selling their gas scooters. It was a big hit at
the 1950 Motorcycle Show and saved the company
from possible financial ruin.
From 1950 to 1958 Vespa sold over 125,000 of
their gas powered scooters in the UK. Why the
great success? During this period the European
countries didn't have a great deal of money and
there was not much gas available to the public.
Due to the scarcity of gasoline and the high gas
mileage of the gas motor scooter it's popularity
quickly escalated.
It didn't take long for the Italian models (the
Piaggio from Vespa and the Lambretta from
Innocenti) to branch out to other countries. In
France they became so popular the French tried
to get in on the boom by manufacturing their
own. By the early to mid 1950s the sale of gas
scooters climbed to about 1 million a year in
France alone.
Other countries wanted to profit from the newest
craze and tried to climb on the band wagon.
While some were successful others were not.
Germany began to manufacture larger touring
models, but this did not satisfy the public in
the way the smaller, cheaper and more
fuel-efficient models from Italy and France did.
These smaller models were extremely popular in
the European market.
Tourist Scooters Manufacturers in Germany built
some very strong and powerful versions and were
the first to install electric starters. These
larger versions were great for traveling,
touring and even racing, but were not as popular
as the smaller, cheaper, more efficient models
used for traveling shorter distances around
town.
Vespa began marketing a couple of very popular
gas powered scooters from Piaggio, the GS 125cc
and the GS 150cc. These were improved versions
of the earlier models for several reasons. The
biggest reason is probably because the heavy
gear mechanism rods were replaced by smaller and
lighter cables.
France's Roussey Scooters tried to one-up the
Italian competition by coming out with a 175cc
model. These were very nice vehicles and
included the first water-cooled engines along
with other new features, but because it had a
pull-start it could not compete with the newer
models from Italy that were already offering
versions with electric starts.
As these wonderful vehicles have evolved over
the years they have become increasingly more
popular all over the world. Today they are
everywhere. They are cheap to purchase,
economical to operate, and are very handy and
functional. These are not toys and are genuinely
a lot of fun to ride. There are electric, gas
powered, foldable, mobility and utility
scooters.
The electric types are often used by kids and
teens, but are also popular with the elderly and
handicapped. Models for the handicapped are
usually called mobility scooters. Folding
varieties can be folded up and conveniently
stored under desks, in closets or in other tiny
areas and utility types are used for many
different purposes. They are more popular than
go karts, mini bikes or go carts. Scooters,
sometimes called mopeds or go peds, are very
functional, convenient and are here to stay.
Source:
www.isnare.com
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