Cool old scooters

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by AnesthesiaMD

I like Cushmans too!
Can you really call that one a scooter though? Isn't "step through" required?

I'm not really sure how real scooter people classify scooters but you could be right. I usually mess around with antique tractors. I bought a few of old "bikes" (two Yamaha Chappys and one Suzuki FA50) to keep me busy during the winter months. I've gotten two going so far but nothing yet totally restored.

[AnesthesiaMD]

Originally Posted by High_Plains_Retired

I'm not really sure how real scooter people classify scooters but you could be right. I usually mess around with antique tractors. I bought a few of old "bikes" (two Yamaha Chappys and one Suzuki FA50) to keep me busy during the winter months. I've gotten two going so far but nothing yet totally restored.

Really, it is what it is. I doesn't matter what you call it. But in the interest of accuracy, straight from the US Department of Transportation:

Scooter means a motorcycle that:

(S4)(1) Has a platform for the operator’s feet or has integrated footrests, and

(S4)(2) Has a step-through architecture, meaning that the part of the vehicle forward of the operator’s seat and between the legs of an operator seated in the riding position, is lower in height than the operator’s seat.

Here is their web site: DOT

[cfc011]

Tomos Puch RL 125 Galeb 1957.

[catman]

Gotta love those seats!