August, 2012 Bob: What did you think of the BV? Me: I really liked it, what a comfortable ride and... Read More
August, 2011 Ask anybody who owns one, the Genuine Buddy is (probably) the most popular scooter in the country. There... Read More
YAMAHA ZUMA 125 / BWS 125 (YW125) For 2009 Yamaha USA introduced the Zuma 125 as a faster version of... Read More
YAMAHA ZUMA 50 / BWS 50 (CW50, YW50) First introduced back in 1989 and still on sale as of 2019,... Read More
Yamaha Scooters – Every Model, Every Year This page contains a year by year description of the Yamaha’s scooter lineup.... Read More
YAMAHA XMAX (YP300) The sporty XMAX 300 launched in the USA market for 2018, filling part of the hole in... Read More
YAMAHA SMAX (XC155) The SMAX is Yamaha’s flagship model in the midsized market. This design was first unveiled in early... Read More
YAMAHA VINO & VINO CLASSIC (YJ50, XC50) With Vespa’s successful return to the North American market in 1999, the market... Read More
YAMAHA VINO 125 (YJ125) The Vino 125 was a popular mid sized scooter from Yamaha sold from 2004 to 2009... Read More
YAMAHA TMAX (XP500 / XP530) With the TMAX, Yamaha mixed what they knew about making sport bikes with the maxiscooter... Read More
YAMAHA RIVA 80 / BELUGA (CV80) The Yamaha CV80 was an 80cc 2-stroke scooter that was produced from 1981 to... Read More
YAMAHA RIVA 50 / SALIENT (CA50) In 1982, Yamaha treated Canadians to the first modern 50cc scooter offered in North... Read More
YAMAHA RIVA 180 / 200 (XC180 / XC200) Yamaha showed up in North American with the Riva 180 (model code... Read More
YAMAHA RIVA 125 (XC125) The Riva 125 (model code XC125) was first introduced for 1985 and was sold continuously until... Read More
YAMAHA RIVA RAZZ (SH50) First introduced for 1987, the SH50 Razz was a nice little scoot from Yamaha that was... Read More
YAMAHA MORPHOUS (CP250) To fully understand the Morphous, you really need to know about Honda’s Helix. So go and read... Read More
YAMAHA MAJESTY (YP400) Yamaha’s Majesty was a good performing midsized maxiscoot with a highway capable top speed. First introduced in... Read More
YAMAHA JOG (CE50, CG50, CY50) The Jog is one of Yamaha’s most popular scooters worldwide and it enjoyed a long... Read More
YAMAHA C3 / C-CUBED (XF50) Yamaha announced the C3 (pronounced C cubed) as part of their 2007 line up in... Read More
Vespa Scooters – Every Model, Every Year Writing about Vespa’s history of selling motorscooters in North America is a daunting... Read More
Do you remember “Spy vs. Spy” in Mad Magazine? Yeah, that’s what I was tempted to title this review… but... Read More
We all love The Stella…. we do all love The Stella, don’t we? Hmmm, my wife could have had a... Read More
July, 2010 Back in 2006, Genuine Scooters of Chicago brought us a wonderful scooter called the Blur. It was one... Read More
UPDATE June,2010 The Blur is back! Genuine has brought the Blur back to market with 220cc fuel injected powerplant.... Read More
April, 2009 UPDATE – Custom Reflective HIGHLY reflective 3M checkerboard on a BlackJack I think it’s safe to... Read More
This is my first review of the 2007 riding season. Yes, for those of you in warmer climates, we Minnesotans... Read More
March, 2014 There has been some unpleasantness recently on Facebook and some scooter and motorcycle forums about the two different... Read More
June, 2018 Actually, you’re paying over three thousand bucks for training wheels… very well-built, individually-suspended training wheels. Your kit attaches... Read More
Because You Only Go Around Once A travel documentary series about a group of friends embarking on weeklong adventures riding... Read More
VESPA SPRINT The Sprint is Vespa’s sporty incarnation of the Primavera platform. It relies on all the main elements from... Read More
September, 2013 Suzuki 650 Burgman, there, I said it. Pretty much the King of the maxi-scooters available in the USA.... Read More
December, 2014 This is what happens when an otherwise normal, sane person has too much time on their hands AND... Read More
VESPA PRIMAVERA The Primavera nameplate – meaning “spring” in Italian – has been revived by Vespa for their third generation... Read More
August 11 – 13, 2006 Twin Cities Scooter Rally The Regulars, a local scooter club, put on a terrific scooter... Read More
On Saturday, January 21st, 2006, Scooterville hosted a Cabin Fever Rally. I don’t know about anybody else, but I had... Read More
June 16th, 2010 Hello All, First let me introduce myself for those that don’t know me. My name is Binh... Read More
The AMCA (Antique Motorcycle Club of America) Fall Nationals were held in Davenport Iowa and Marty from GoMoto in Osseo... Read More
On Friday, Saturday & Sunday, February 3rd, 4th & 5th of 2006, the Motorcycle Show was held at the Minneapolis... Read More
OUT NOW at Twin Cities Rider – a review of the new SYM Wolf Classic 150cc motorcycle. No, it’s certainly... Read More
VESPA LX / S SERIES The LX scooters were launched in North American in 2006 (LX is roman numerals for... Read More