| If you ask me what is my favorite memorable | | | | for the owners to register (some allows them as |
| memory when I was a kid, the answer to that is | | | | long as they are under 50cc), you need to be 16 |
| riding my orange offroad scooter. We called them | | | | and must have a helmet on when driving on the |
| minibikes on my days. It had a 4 horse power | | | | streets and should not be driven on highways. But |
| engine, no suspension system and only a 3 inch | | | | for just having fun and environment friendly go |
| clearance. That give me lots of pain in the | | | | get yourself a electric motor scooters. Not so |
| buttocks when driving through bumps, but it didn't | | | | noisy but I like it any maybe you do. |
| stop me for having fun. The engine that I had | | | | There are two types of offroad scooter - the |
| was Tecumseh 4HP single stroke engine, which I | | | | stand up and seated. Both can be fitted with |
| had a lot of time doing some "repairs" and | | | | powerful engines if you can afford it. The stand |
| messing around the spark plugs, cleaning the | | | | up off road scooter offers a lot of fun than the |
| valve...which added more fun owning an offroad | | | | seated version. There a lot of tricks you can do |
| scooter. | | | | with it like wheelies, flips and jumps. Wheelies are |
| I upgraded then my scooter to a Honda 50 and | | | | easily done but you need to watch the throttle. I |
| for a while to Honda 70, a true offroad scooter I | | | | can still remember the 50 feet wheelie I had back |
| may say that handled the hills and bumps back | | | | then, but to think about I can do more. Jumps are |
| behind the quarry perfectly. With three gears I | | | | also cool to do, plus you can put some spins and |
| had with the Honda 70; make me reach fast | | | | launch from a hill to get some air time. |
| speeds and even cooler than the other two. It | | | | Offroad scooters are not just for fun they can |
| felt like driving a real motorcycle. | | | | also be use as a cheap transportation for kids to |
| Scooters in this time has differently changed, | | | | go to school or work. I recently bought my son |
| they go by bunch of different names: motorized | | | | an orange offroad scooter too. Which he totally |
| gopeds, gas scooter, and motorized scooters. The | | | | love it and got a simple form of freedom driving |
| popular kinds are Raser, Black Widow and Dirt | | | | the scooter without me. It also became a way |
| Dog. Has a wide range of engines to choose from | | | | for both of us to have some quality family time |
| but mostly they are under 50cc. There a lot of | | | | where we discuss on how to upgrade, get it clean |
| laws that need to be followed some states ask | | | | and other things. |