Favorite Body Styles

[Rebel]

I thought it might be interesting to see what type of body style people here like on a scooter, here are some of my choices.

Off road scooters, well I like all of these I have seen, the ruckus, big ruckus and their clones are great.

the TNG Baja is nice


A big ruckus clone


Jeremie's red streak is great looking too.

For street rides

I have a warm spot in my heart for this one, my coolster 50cc looked like this and I liked the styling.


for a bigger one this is one of my favorites


Thats a few, I have more but I'll let those out later.

[mrsg]

My first and only Chinese scoot. There will always be a soft spot for this model with me now lol.


Ray

[90GTVert]

I like the Vento Triton/CPI Hussar/Yamati Strade/etc... styling about as much as any of them...



The Aprilia SR50 DiTech is a cool looking scoot...



Yamaha Aerox...



I like my naked Triton and the Ruckus (or clones) a lot too, but I think it's the ease of use rather than actual appearance that I like so much...

[Rebel]

I think that men like the naked scooter look because of the bare bones nothing there but what needs to be appearance, truly a machine for being a machine and no excuses are needed. It also takes away the nerd factor to a large extend making it not a pencil necked geek toy but a mans piece of equipment that actually serves a purpose.

My wife on the the hand says, why would anyone want something like that, it is not pretty. I shake my head, she just does not understand the male mentality.

[jmkjr72]

well i like the off road look and the bug eyes of the zuma but i also love the vintage look of the stella

[oldchopperguy]

OK Rebels and Reb Belles,

Here's a view from an old-timer's perspective... I guess my all-time favorite body style is the obscure, but VERY classic Mustang.

Made in California in the fifties, these gems bridged the gap between scooters and motorcycles like no other marque, save maybe the Cushman Eagle. They were accepted by the scooteristas of the era as the high-water mark of motor-scooters, yet welcomed by the big-bike riders as a full-fledged alternative to a Harley or Triumph.

They were equally at home under a high-school nerd, or leather-clad outlaw. The best ones had a multi-speed foot-shift tranny and hand clutch, and could keep pace with anything on two wheels. Later "Pony" models looked as good, but were hampered with a single-speed centrifugal clutch chain drive. There's something about the classic flathead engine and motorcycle transmission, combined with honest, hard-tail styling that made the Mustang "one of a kind". If they could have only been made in numbers sufficient to supply the demand, they might have put mainstream America on two wheels decades before they were "meeting the nicest people on a Honda"...




Of course, most any Reb past sixty has to rank the venerable Cushman Eagle right near the top... After all, The General hisself rides one! For fan-cooled classic power, it set the standard...



The Harleyesque hand-shifted 2-speed tranny gave it performance about equal to our modern 150's, and that incomparable flathead cackle echoing through dual straight pipes was music to a young boy's ears...

No imported fan-cooled engine will ever have "the look" like this!



I have to admit that I am as much in love with the original step-through Cushman "turtledeck" scoots. They WERE the scoots that defined the genre for half a century...

Is THIS sexy or what?





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OK, I know you can't buy these classic favorites at your local dealer, so, realistically, here are my "modern day" choices...

For genuine visual appeal, I think these little Asian-style 50 cc scoots take the cake. At first, they appear to be downsized versions of our similar 150 step-through's. However, the lines of these 50's are so clean! They don't "swell up" at the front, and the way the nose drops right down into the front fender makes the look "just right". I wish they would have made the 150's more like upsized versions of these compact beauties!



For pure scooter appeal, my vote goes to the little Italian-style step-through bikes. China did a great job modernizing the vintage Vespa/Lambretta idea. One of these was my first choice when I looked for a scoot, but the seats just did not fit both my Wife and me comfortably.



Now, after all these favorites of mine... Here's what I ride: The comfort, size and generic parts-mix won me over... The "one-style-fits-all" Asian-style general-purpose 150 got me!



So, when all is said and done, beauty is always in the eye of the beholder... Beauty is as beauty does, and the most attractive feature of any scooter is its utility for the rider. After trying every style from vintage to modern variations, the mundane step-through 150 got the prize!

Whatever YOUR favorite style, ENJOY THE RIDE!

Sincerely,

Leo in Texas

[dademoss]

*puts on my glasses* yup Leo thats a good view but i have to say even with my glasses and old eyes i still cant make it out
i like the looks of the eagles like Leo's and the magnum my wife has and my 250 Aand the bali and well the heck with it i like pretty much all of them sept the nekkid scooters