What Make Do You Ride?

[King Vino]

This is an easy one!

[Lennox]

for those of us with multiple scoots, you need to let us vote more than once.

[King Vino]

You can select multiple answers with this survey.

[Lennox]

Thank you.

[scooterconvert]

Who else on here has bajaj? I don't think I voted twice and I didn't know that anyone else here had one!

[mrklaw]

Stella's not a make, but it's the right answer for me :)

[King Vino]

I realize that Stella is not a make, but it is the only model Genuine makes, and people associate with the name Stella more than Genuine.

[Lennox]

I wonder why Kawasaki doesn't make a scoot?

[Scoot-FloorDaa]

I just read a scooter world article on another forum dicussing how much of the market the china made bikes are taking from japan. Sure don't see that here. It's a slaughter!

[qwiksilver]

Wow...mostly Yammies here... no wonder I feel so warm and fuzzy here.

[florida derbi rocket]

THREE Derbi owners!! C'mon....

[speedy_scooter]

At least Vento is coming in with second. We're catching up though. lol :jesta:

I would think that with 1,800 members we would have more than 74 votes!

[speedfreak76]

Kawasaki doesn't make a scoot, but the dealer in my town/city sell a Brand of canadian Made scooters called E-Tons.

[Sorrow]

The dealer in my city of London,ON sells them as well. They are actually quite nice although I didn't know they are built in Canada. I thought they were just distributed in Canada under the E-Ton name.

[sooznd]

My Yamaha dealer has been selling E-tons for at the past few years. Seems like a well made scooter.

[speedfreak76]

actually i think your right, sorrow. I know that there main headquaters and ware house is in Calgary, but i think they may be made in taiwan.

[Carlson]

Yammies rule, lots of "smart" members here.

[Carlson]

Just one comment about the Chinese scooters taking over the market. I think we will see Chinese scoots taking over the "Used scooter for sale, parts only" market as well.

[Skullet]

You can select multiple answers with this survey.
wish i had seen that before i voted.. lol..

[OveRReV]

well i have a Yamaha Aerox R scooter (euro model) & 2 Yamaha Jog dragracing scooters (asian model), i used to have a Honda Dio SR but my bro wrecked it in a highside crash while practicing his cornering. now he has a Piaggio Zip SP2 (euro model).

[yamadave]

+1 for yamaha. I dont think the chinese scooters will be hogging the market too badly, most people I know who have owned them hated them and got rid of them within 2k miles after having lots of issues. Most of them now own more quality scooters.

[Blackbomber]

I'm guessing most of the Chinese scooter purchases are impulse buys. One who takes everything into consideration, including resale, quickly realizes that the total cost of ownership for a quality established brand is always going to be less.
Problem is there are nice looking Chinese scoots that cost less new than a used Yamaha or Honda, etc.
Now if the Koreans exported cheap scoots to the US, it might be a different story.
Anyway, I paid $250 for my TN'G. I don't regret it for a moment, but will probably go Aprilia or Yamaha next time.

[hworkman]

I've always ridden Hondas, but I've been looking to get a Yamaha. I like the looks of them and that some have fuel injection.

[Blackbomber]

I like Honda motorcycles, particularly the upright twins from 1964-1976.

I do think that Yamaha has always had the premier two strokes, though. Not just the Minarelli licenced motors, but since back in the RD days, and their dirtbikes. Although Suzuki had some pretty cool bikes like the Samurai back in the '60's. Honda historically seems to have avoided two strokes like the plauge, and is pioneering the use of four strokes in motocross and outboard / PWC marine use.

[Old School]

I started with a Yamaha, then a Chinese, then 3 Hondas in a row, another Yamaha and another Chinese. The Chinese scooters are great for people that want to start scooting but don't want to fork out the big cash in case they hate it. Everyone I know that asks about it, I tell them to buy a $500 Chinese scoot. If they love the feeling, then go get a real quality scoot and sell the Chinese scoot.