Honda has a nice feature where you build your own scooter. You see this mostly with the major auto sites, so it’s nice to see that Honda brought to scooters. You can pick your model with colors and accessories. It’s fun to do. I built a custom Honda Ruckus. Cool.

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My next few posts are going to be about my favorite scooter companies. First up is Genuine Scooter Company, maker of the Stella, Buddy and Black Cat. With a name like Genuine Scooter, you better make a helluva scooter, and boy do they. Their scooters are classy, cool looking and fun to ride. And they are very well made.

Based out of Chicago, they offer unique two wheeled transportation to a population of commuters that are in need of cheap transportation, in the days of gas guzzling SUVs running on $3.00 a gallon gas. Their scooters get around 80 mpg. How’s that for fuel efficiency? They and their sister company Scooterworks USA, have been selling scooters in the US for nearly 20 years. They state on their website that they “strive to keep our customers and dealers happy, and offer the best warranty and service coverage in the business.” If you are ever in the windy city stop by and see them, they’ll appreciate it.

Although this page is in Japanese, you can watch a cool movie of Honda’s new Forza motor scooter with a liquid-cooled 4-stroke 4-valve OHC single engine. Just the latest Honda motor scooter being showcased at the The 40th Tokyo Motor Show 2007 in the Honda Booth.

Wired has a nice article on some freeway legal motor scooters. The scooter above is the
Aprilia Scarabeo 500, priced at $6,300. According to Wired, $6,300, Aprilla trimmed pounds and added power, it’s a lean, mean, street-cruising machine, “more butch than a Vespa and with more cred than a Honda.” The article has great info and beautiful scooter photos.

In a revolutionary move, Piaggio is releasing the MP3 motor scooter with two front wheels. According to Fullboost, the Piaggio MP3 provides better safety, road grip and stability levels than a two wheel scooter, also better braking. Especially in bad driving conditions such as rain and gravel roads. An electro-hydraulic tilt-locking system means no kick stand. And the system will operate at any angle so you don’t need to find a level parking area.

According to Piaggio’s Brand Manager Simon Gloyne, “Not since Enrico Piaggio introduced Vespa to the world in 1946 have we seen such a revolution in transport for individual mobility.”

The Piaggio MP3 will be available in two engine displacements, 250 and 400 cc.