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