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Number of posts: 76 Age: 64 Location: Santa Barbara California Points: 953 Registration date: 2010-02-01
Subject: Re: Interesting read on bike sales worldwide Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:51 pm
Unfortunately around here in Santa Barbara Ca. most of the scooters are the Chinese knock offs that are cheep and only last a few months to a few years. And always have problems along the way. Case in point. my next door neighbors bought two new scooters last year. One is down stars and it will not start. The second is starting to rust so badly that in a year it will be so pitted. it will be un-repairable.
cjuzda Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 105 Points: 508 Registration date: 2011-05-16
Subject: Re: Interesting read on bike sales worldwide Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:07 am
Would be interested to see the stats broken down by displacement. Most of the new scooters around Toronto are very small - 50 -100 cc's. They are strictly city use and I don't see them eroding motorcycle sales. ie. this is almost an entirely new market, not an expansion of an existing market. Regardless, it's nice to see more peopl getting out on 2 wheels
Chris
andyman Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 30 Location: Charlotte NC Points: 975 Registration date: 2009-10-28
Subject: Re: Interesting read on bike sales worldwide Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:32 am
a 28% increase of a market that is 10% the size of the motorcycle sales isn't significant yet. Once the total scooter sales approaches the total motorcycle sales, you'll see the US scooter consumer being able to have some pull with manufacturers. Until then, our market (voice) is so small to them that they'll focus on the needs of larger markets.
Subject: Interesting read on bike sales worldwide 
Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:06 pm
