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Although Yamaha motorcycles are the ones to have made history, Yamaha scooters can be called a market success too; after all, not anyone can race on a legendary motorcycle, or not even afford it. Yamaha scooters thus come as a brand name alternative to very powerful engines. You can use the scooter in the city or on the highway, and feel safe, comfortable and trendy at the same time. Many Yamaha scooters in fact look suspiciously similar to the motorcycles because of the power engine, the front brakes and other pieces of very serious equipment. We could even speak of very successful power scooter design resulting from the combination of the average scooter and a the touring bike.

Yamaha scooters have variable automatic transmission and incorporated parking brakes, not to mention that the wheels are normally made of cast aluminum. The individual scooter parts are kept together by an external unitary frame that gives the great look and the popular uniformity. With a four gallon tank capacity, Yamaha scooters are very economic and advantageous in terms of fuel consume, and the velocity limit is superior to most other scooters available: 188mph. If we compare this speed limit to that of other scooters in the same category, the difference is astonishing. Yamaha does keep its promise!

Storage space is plentiful with Yamaha scooters. While no-name vehicles have just one small storage box, Yamaha scooters come with two gloveboxes and an under-seat compartment covered by a folding saddle. Reviews insist on the similarity between Yamaha scooters and motorcycles, you can identify lots of common elements. This is also the case with the tall windshield, the full-size gauges and the large headlights. Plus, from the rider’s seat you have a very good visibility of the bodywork as well. The costs for such power scooters is often higher than $5,000, which could prove out of the reach of the average buyer.

Yamaha scooters are more comfortable in terms of seating postures because they allow a higher mobility, and this is due to the step-through design of the vehicles. However, the footrest space is not too large. Lots of Yamaha scooters have just a central tunnel in which to place the boots, without much possibility to move the feet sideways. This could be an inconvenience or a minor flaw to overlook, it all depends on the buyer’s perception and his/her interest in the rest of the features.

Co-author: Bike Frame Bags.