Foldable Moped

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 did not take long for motor scooter popularity to expand all over the world.

Even before 1950, there were as many 110,000 scooters on the road in Italy alone. It was a little over 50 years since the Vespa-Douglas Corporation in the United Kingdom have sold their first gas scooters. The Douglas company was on the verge of bankruptcy when they first began selling their gas scooters. It was a great success at the Salon of 1950 Motorcycle and allowed the company to financial ruin as possible.

From 1950 to 1958 Vespa sold over 125,000 of their gas powered scooters in the United Kingdom. Why this success? During this period, European countries do not have much money and there was not much gas available to the public. Because of the scarcity of gasoline and gasoline mileage and gas scooter's popularity quickly escalated.

It did not take long for the Italian models (Piaggio Vespa and Lambretta Innocenti) to branch to other countries. In France, it became so popular the French tried to gain momentum in the manufacture of their own. In the early and mid 1950s the sale of gas scooters climbed to about 1 million per year in France alone.

Other countries would benefit from the recent trend and tried to climb on the band wagon. While some successful some not. Germany began to manufacture larger touring models, but this did not satisfy the public how the smaller, less expensive and more fuel efficient models from Italy and France did. These smaller models are very popular on the European market.

Scooter Manufacturers in Germany built tourist versions very strong and powerful and were the first to install electric starters. These versions have been greater for travel, tourism and even racing, but are not as popular as the smaller, cheaper, more efficient models used for short trips around town.

Vespa began marketing a couple of very popular gas scooters powered by Piaggio, the GS 125 and GS 150cc. These are improved versions of earlier models for several reasons. The main reason is probably because the heavy gear rods have been replaced by cables smaller and lighter.

France's Roussey Scooters tried to score a point the Italian competition by releasing a 175cc model. These vehicles were very nice and included the first water-cooled engines and other new features, but because he had a pull-start it could not compete with newer models from Italy, which already offered versions with electric starts.

As these wonderful vehicles have evolved over the years, they have become increasingly popular around the world. Today they are everywhere. They are inexpensive to purchase, economical to operate, and are very practical and functional. These are not toys and are really fun to drive. There are electric mobility, gas, utility and foldable scooter.

The electric types are often used by children and adolescents, but are also very popular with the elderly and disabled. Models for people with disabilities are generally called scooters. Folding varieties can be easily folded and stored in offices, closets or other small areas and types of utilities are used for various purposes. They are more popular than karts, motorcycles or mini-karts. Scooters, sometimes called mopeds or go peds, are very functional, practical and are here to stay.