2011 Piaggio MP3 Yourban

Now go from MP3 to fill it with something smaller, or rather more appropriate for the city. This is called Yourban MP3, a scooter that offers technological advantages such as MP3 three-wheeled scooter safety and performance of classical or agility and mobility to operate better in motion. MP3 proposed travel program Yourban 125 and 300 CCOF two electronic fuel injection. Launched in 2006, a new type of Piaggio MP3 scooter, with a tilt wheel independently. As shown in the beauty of the 80,000 units sold. Design young, so what makes this new sporty three-wheeled scooters that have a more aggressive front and rear easier.

Optical drives are more powerful than today, and lead and stained glass sidelights. In the middle of the screen is a typical “tie” Satin shooting even in the heat shield on wheels and exhaust. The wing is the same color. The tail is more slender and two integrated handles for passengers. Marked by a light tail lights and brake lights. Body color alternating between two colors aluminum insert that comes along for a coordinated package of seats and interiors. Frames can see the front suspension system that Been ensure stability.

For more in terms of agility, are equipped with MP3 Yourban front wheels 13 “with 110/70 tires and wheelbase of 1450 mm machine just to see. The two cylinders 125 and 300 cc electronic fuel injection 4-stroke, 4 valve The first one has 15 hp at 9750 rpm, while the second one to 22.4 kW at 7500 rpm and maximum torque 23.2 Nm at just 6500 rpm machine adopts water .. 125. Cooling (ECS. Electric Cooling System), which consumes less energy and fuel savings of two MP3 Yourban travel quieter and more environmentally friendly It is caused by the startup process:. system in the clutch in oil bath to reduce noise while driving during the quiet operation of the engine hood is provided by the foundation, which is the optimization of the cooling compartment in the transfer of aid.

MINI Scooter E Concept

When it comes time for shooting around the city, point A to point Z and everything in between, no one will argue that it's tough to beat a MINI for versatility, go-kart like handling and straight-up thrill when getting around town. Now, fans have good reason to believe that all those smart looks and the ability to slide itself into the smallest of city spaces have an eye to get even more MINI. For the fashionable looking to find the future of urban mobility - say hello to the MINI Scooter E Concept.
To celebrate the launch of this fresh concept, MINI held a launch party at the Vinyl Factory in London to unveil the new 2-wheelers...check our gallery of the famous and fabulous faces below.

2010 Honda Elite

Riding motorbikes in the City of Angels is always a gamble. Little did I know that I would actually be gambling today when I woke up and prepared to attend the model intro for Honda’s 2010 Elite. Mystery is a big part of working at Motorcycle.com, so I didn’t blink when presented with this morning’s challenge.
No, I didn’t ‘lay ‘er down’ as Eric Bass would call it – textbook or otherwise – instead I was actually gambling, kinda. Motorcycle magazines regularly race against each other to be the first to publish our stories, but Honda added the extra pressure of making a contest of the intro itself.

I don’t get to attend many biker rallies, but I know what a poker run is. I attended my first at the 2004 Star Days Rally in Roanoke, and my second attempt would take place in Hollywood, California on the new fuel-injected Elite 110, buzzing around town like actual owners on errand runs but actually picking up playing cards. Imagine a dozen journalists in a reality-show-type race against the clock to pick up the best poker hand at both planned and mystery stops.

Be it a quick trip to the market or trolling the pits, the 254-pound (wet) Elite is easy to ride and easy to maneuver on and off the street. Built in Honda’s Wuyang factory in China and packed full of Honda quality, the 2010 Honda Elite is a globally “green” machine, complete with an exhaust catalyst and some advanced digital mapping to reduce overall emissions.

The Elite is being delivered to dealers as you read this story and sold in a choice of two colors, red or black. Go be a nice person and ride red!

Adly Silver Fox 50 review

Raised in poverty, thrust into a life of service in the revolutionary underground movement. Later this gentleman warrior turns his counter intelligence and search and destroy techniques toward less noble pursuits. Theft, abduction and murder for hire… He is the Silver Fox, or maybe I’m thinking of Carlos the Jackal… or perhaps I am just confused… at any rate Silver Fox is a very odd name for this 50cc machine from Adly. Especially considering the fact that it looks more like a miniaturised, two-wheeled version of a 1990’s American muscle car with its ‘ram air bonnet scoop’ styled frontal area.

Putting the unusual name aside for just a moment I fired up the Adly Silver Fox it had only 4km on the clock, brand spanking new! As I motored down the road, I took my time to bed in the brakes, and scrub the slippery gleam off the tyres. Once that was done and the engine was warm I began putting the bike through its paces and immediately started to enjoy myself.

The large wheel gives it another advantage – it raises the height of the rider giving greater visibility in traffic as the rider is able to see over the top of cars to see what is happening further ahead. The only downside of having the larger wheel and tyre combination is that some of the power from the 50cc engine is used just to get the big wheels moving… that sounds familiar… big wheels keep on turning… proud Adly keep on burnin’ (dum dum dum dum dum dum)… Rollin’. Rollin’. Rollin’ on the riveerrrrrrrrrr (ding ding ding ding ding ding). Anyway… back on topic. This “small engine moving big wheels” scenario means the bike is slightly slower off the mark than would normally be expected from a machine that does everything as well as this one does. The shocks feel well set up and firm, most scooters have hopelessly soft rear shocks, but the Fox can handle a pillion with ease. The brakes are firm and predicable with a hydraulic disc in the front and a drum in the rear. The brakes also have a high-stop light fitted to the rear, which, along with the scoots tall stature, makes it very visable on the road, always important.

Overall, if you can see past the Silver Fox’s past life of crime, murder and mayhem. The price and quality of this machine makes it a serious contender for your scooter-buying dollar. Also please bear in mind that the Silver Fox is sold in some places with 10" rather than the 13" wheels and all handling will vary from the above review.

Honda Ruckus 2007

Just before the guy from Honda hands over the keys to the Honda Ruckus 50cc. He gives me a rifle and screams that I’m a useless maggot, and orders me to give me 25 push-ups. NOW!

I struggle through the push ups, afterwards he takes me deep inside Honda HQ to a unmarked door which opens, it’s a lift. We go down to basement floor, as the door opens I see through the steam, and flashing red lights the 2007 Honda Ruckus 50cc.
The paint job is all camo upfront and utilitarian black for the rest. Camo on a Honda! That’s what hoodie wearing baggie-jeans teenagers wear when they go snowboarding. Not on a Japanese scooter.

The basic model weights 82kg, which is surprisingly heavy for such a light looking scooter. The Honda Today weighs a feather-weight 71kg, and the two-stroke, Yamaha Jog 2009 comes in at 69kg. The reason for this extra weigh on the Ruckus is a water-cooled engine, and BIG tyres.

The fuel tank holds 4.9 liters, and consumes gas at 19m/30Km per litre. Amazing when you consider its heavier than its competitors. It is undoubtly the most useable 50cc four-stroke on the market. Crusing around the city streets is easy enough, don’t try and put your knee down ‘round a corner, those big, knobbly tires feel a bit sketchy. The Honda is designed for cruising, its got very wide handle-bars compared with other 50's, which make it feel relaxed and gives the rider confidence, but does effect your ability to squeeze through rush-hour queues.

Living with the Honda; its cool, people ask about it, and guys with huge baggy pants, look enviously at you, but not having ANY real storage maybe an issue for some. It runs on fumes, but isn't so slow that you can't keep up with the traffic.

If you’ve already got a boring practical scooter, and you want to move to the way-out Ruckus, you’ll need to seriously think about having to carry everything around with you. Is that worth it to be cool, for many it maybe, for me it was not (worth it for me. ED (but I do have some issues)) The Ruckus is a blend of the latest styling trends mixed with features from the beginning of scooters. Drums brakes and no storage – camo paint, and liquid-cooled four-stroke motor. It is a mix that although not perfect does a damn good job of doing what it does!

Honda Big Ruckus PS250

Perhaps the designers at Honda were bored. Perhaps there was a military contract they were trying to attain; I can just picture it now, the phone call from a ranking officer to the poor schmuck who handles the new equipment contracts “We need a new vehicle for Iraq… Its gotta be big, and made of pipes, and it has to able to pull a tank out of a ditch… and don’t forget it has to look like a truck. Oh yeah and make it big… really big, yes indeedy, make it huge!”

Probably not… maybe they had just run out of plastic at the factory and had huge piles of steel pipe lying about all over the place. I don’t really know how the Big Ruckus came about, all I know is that when I rode this… um… contraption the following words came unbidden into my poor, addled brain.

Get your motor runnin’ head out on the highway. Lookin’ for adventure, and whatever comes our way. Yeah nothings gonna make it happen, take the world in a love embrace. Fire all of your guns at one time… explode into space.

The words aren’t mine, and the accompanying imagery of long deserted roads stretching to a big, blue sky that they conjure in your mind are nothing to do with me either. However the opening scene of the 1960’s film “Easy Rider” does a good job of wrapping up my initial feeling on the Honda Big Ruckus. Not to mention the fact that I had that very song stuck in my head for hours after I first rode the Ruckus away from Honda.

Honda’s Big Ruckus has the most comfortable seating layout imaginable without resorting to a La Z Boy. The set up includes a very comfortable seat with a padded backrest. The backrest drops to become a pillion seat when riding two-up, which is effortless and comfortable for everyone involved. Your feet rest on forward mounted plates similar to those on most cruiser style motorcycles. The aforementioned seat also slides to allow simple adjustment. Unlike most Honda’s we have tested the Ruckus has a factory installed side stand to compliment a well-balanced centre stand. You pretty much just slide into the Ruckus 250 as you would your favourite armchair, put your feet up and ride. The engine although not especially potent, provides a reasonable range of momentum through the rev range and has plenty of acceleration to pass most cars at city speeds and will comfortably cruise on the highway. One note about highway driving however… this is a very naked bike, which means plenty of punishing wind, especially at highway speeds.

The features this pared down machine does provide are good, the functional front disc is let down by a drum in the rear and excess weight. Headlights are extremely good; twin front lights are powerful and point in the correct direction. This is made more obvious by how badly let down most scooters are in this department. Instrument cluster is reasonably good with a trip counter and audible as well as visual indicator warnings. The speedometer is a bit cluttered due to having both MPH and Km/h readings however if your native speed is miles per hour this won’t be an issue as the MPH figures are dominant.

All in all when the review team put their heads together to gauge the final ratings I think the Ruckus will drop down the order a little, but this is a bike that manages to be more than the sum of it’s parts. If you ride one I have little doubt you will give it a 5 star, 10 out of 10, 100% approval rating. Get your motor running, head out on the highway, if you want some adventure and a smile that will only be removed with a baseball bat take the Ruckus for a ride… Fire all of your guns at one time and… um… explode into space???

EVT 168

A scooter that uses no petrol, runs virtually silent and can kill you with a bolt of pure lightning... like some sort of ninja, wizard camel that comes to kill you in the dead of night... This I have to ride!

Ok I made up the lightning business but I did eventually get the chance to spend a few days riding the EVT electric scooter, and I my first impressions are good, it’s like no scooter I have ever ridden before. The first thing that got me is there is no start button or kick start. Put the key in and turn it one click to the right, nothing happens - there is no idle - but she's ready to go. Then turn the throttle and silently move off down the road. It looks just like a normal scooter, there are brakes, wheels, everything seems to be where it should be, I don't have to spend hours learning to ride it. In fact, it’s hard to tell any difference… Well the exhaust pipe is missing but not too many riders will miss that. The model tested is designed to compete within the 50cc scooter market. It produces 2kw just like most of the 50cc models but the EVT does this with zero emissions (near the rider) via a series of four sealed lead-acid batteries mounted under the seat.

The electric scooter cruises along the flats at around 55kph, and will hit 60kph+ on even the slightest downhill. When it encounters hills however things slow down a bit, again compared with other available 50cc machines it is unfortunately at the slow end of the field.

An important aspect of an electric scooter, and one of the first questions anybody asks is range i.e. how far can it go on a charge. Now of course this isn't a easy question to answer, due to all the different variables, terrain, speed, wind, weight of rider..etc..etc.. But the most important question that people should be asking is: How many miles/kilometres do I travel in a day? The answer to that question for most people on a small 50cc bike is in the range of 10-20kms a day i.e. from home to work in the morning and home from work in the evening. The EVT electric scooter will work perfectly in this situation because it can do up to 40kms on a single charge. Of course if you look like Arnold Schwarzenegger or your diet consists of large buckets of fried chicken and donuts then things may change a little.

How does the charging process work? Well, it’s all pretty easy really, pull into your garage at home, pop the seat and plug the scooter in to the wall. Next morning it’s charged. The actual quoted specs are three hours to 85 per cent and 5 hours for full charge.

This infernal beeping is warning you that you are overloading the electric motors, it happens frequently when at “full noise” or on hills and is a warning to reduce power, if you don’t pay attention to this warning you can overheat and damage the electric motor. Essentially you can’t give full throttle on hills etc… there is sound reasoning for this and wringing the throttle doesn’t actually make the bike go faster in these circumstances but it is a strange process and feels wrong after riding regular machines where more wrist = more speed. There is also that little advantage whereby it is virtually free to run… oh and if you are the sneaky type you can have a lot of fun with the silent running… just watch out for pedestrians they don’t hear you coming and tend to step out into the street as you are about to hit them.