In contrast to most motorcycles, scooters tend to have body, including frontal protection for legs and a body that conceals all or most of the mechanics. The classic scooter design features a flat floor to the driver’s feet and often includes a hollow of integrated storage, either under the seat in front protection for the legs or both sites.

Most scooters retro old and some recent models have a manual transmission with the shifter and the clutch on the handlebar izquierdo.El motor scooters is usually found under the seat with a continuously variable transmission transferring the power to the rear wheel often available in a front axle that allows the rear of the motor oscillate vertically in conjunction with the movement of the rear wheel.

Until relatively recently, most modern scooters had two-stroke air cooled and air-fuel mixture from carburetor, though some high end are cooled by water, such as the Honda FC50 or the 2002 Yamaha YG50. Most scooters have smaller engines than other motorcycles (between 30 cc and 250 cc with a single cylinder). The 49 cc displacement or less are classified in most countries as a moped or are subject to security restrictions and fees reduced. Since the 90’s are becoming more common four-stroke engines capable of meeting the strictest emission controls for gas, the fuel-air mixture injection and models of larger displacement: 400 cc, 500 cc and 800 often referred maxiscooters cc. Sginificativos Examples of these models are the Yamaha T-Max or the Piaggio X9.

Recently are emerging in the market and start to become popular three-wheeled scooters that we should consider the tricycles and bicycles and motorcycles are the Piaggio MP3.