Scooters - Would you buy one?

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Scooters are great fun and good transport.

The newer Bolwell stuff is pretty good value for money, Gmax 150 is the smallest you can go for if you want to be able to 100km/h or more for any length of time.

Piaggio X8 250 is a reasonable jigger for the next size up with decent storage and sort of halfway between a lightweight scoot and a large maxi size scoot. It offers much of the storage but without the bulk and is also cheaper than the maxi scooters.

Best value I think of the maxi scoots are Suzuki's 400 Burgman, most storage of all the Burgman range and good enough performance for touring with a passenger. I also managed to fit three cartons (72 cans) of beer under the seat :->