VESPA PRIMAVERA The Primavera nameplate – meaning “spring” in Italian – has been revived by Vespa for their third generation...
VESPA SPRINT The Sprint is Vespa’s sporty incarnation of the Primavera platform. It relies on all the main elements from...
YAMAHA C3 / C-CUBED (XF50) Yamaha announced the C3 (pronounced C cubed) as part of their 2007 line up in...
YAMAHA JOG (CE50, CG50, CY50) The Jog is one of Yamaha’s most popular scooters worldwide and it enjoyed a long...
YAMAHA MAJESTY (YP400) Yamaha’s Majesty was a good performing midsized maxiscoot with a highway capable top speed. First introduced in...
YAMAHA RIVA RAZZ (SH50) First introduced for 1987, the SH50 Razz was a nice little scoot from Yamaha that was...
YAMAHA RIVA 125 (XC125) The Riva 125 (model code XC125) was first introduced for 1985 and was sold continuously until...
YAMAHA RIVA 180 / 200 (XC180 / XC200) Yamaha showed up in North American with the Riva 180 (model code...
YAMAHA RIVA 50 / SALIENT (CA50) In 1982, Yamaha treated Canadians to the first modern 50cc scooter offered in North...
YAMAHA RIVA 80 / BELUGA (CV80) The Yamaha CV80 was an 80cc 2-stroke scooter that was produced from 1981 to...
YAMAHA TMAX (XP500 / XP530) With the TMAX, Yamaha mixed what they knew about making sport bikes with the maxiscooter...
YAMAHA VINO 125 (YJ125) The Vino 125 was a popular mid sized scooter from Yamaha sold from 2004 to 2009...
YAMAHA VINO & VINO CLASSIC (YJ50, XC50) With Vespa’s successful return to the North American market in 1999, the market...
YAMAHA SMAX (XC155) The SMAX is Yamaha’s flagship model in the midsized market. This design was first unveiled in early...
May, 2017 Our first scooter review of 2017 and it’s a…. Piaggio. It’s been nearly five years since I first...
YAMAHA XMAX (YP300) The sporty XMAX 300 launched in the USA market for 2018, filling part of the hole in...
YAMAHA ZUMA 50 / BWS 50 (CW50, YW50) First introduced back in 1989 and still on sale as of 2019,...
YAMAHA ZUMA 125 / BWS 125 (YW125) For 2009 Yamaha USA introduced the Zuma 125 as a faster version of...
June, 2018 Actually, you’re paying over three thousand bucks for training wheels… very well-built, individually-suspended training wheels. Your kit attaches...
Vespa Scooters – Every Model, Every Year Writing about Vespa’s history of selling motorscooters in North America is a daunting...
Yamaha Scooters – Every Model, Every Year This page contains a year by year description of the Yamaha’s scooter lineup....
October, 2014 PCX as a Commuter Scooter SHAD Topcase If you’ve been browsing our reviews for a while, you’ll notice...
Is it just me? Or does this look a little like the old Cushman (or Salsbury, or…)scooter? ...
August, 2012 Bob: What did you think of the BV? Me: I really liked it, what a comfortable ride and...
Yup, 1946 – 2006, 60 years. In celebration, Vespa has put out a “limited collection” of three scooters. The Vespa...
Jordana strikes again! This time, on a new Vespa S 150 equipped with fuel injection. In previous reviews, I have...
“La dolce vita” (Italian for “the sweet life” or perhaps “the good life”) was the marketing cry of Vespa scooters...
There aren’t all that many brands who have managed to make THEIR product name representative of an entire product line...
PIAGGIO FLY 50 / 150 The Fly is Piaggio’s offering to mainstream scooter buyers. You won’t find the high end...
PIAGGIO LT 50 / LT 150 Piaggio’s quirky LT scooter series was first offered in the USA for the 2003...