Saturday, November 19, 2011

Leading Gas Scooters in Today's Market

By Kyle Spencer


Motorcycles have a higher rate of accidents. The rate of fatality with motorcycle is also higher. A majority of these accidents involve a motorcycle with a passenger vehicle. In many of these types of accidents, the motorcycle right of way has been found to be violated by the other vehicle. The remaining are single vehicle accidents where it does not involve another vehicles. These single vehicle accidents are usually due to rider error. This include fall due to over-breaking, slide-out, under-cornering or running wide on a curve due to over speeding. There is also small number of instances where vehicle failure such as a puncture flat also causes accidents. Involvement of alcohol is seen in about half of the fatal accidents.

The extent of injury is more with the involvement of alcohol, size of the motorcycle and the speed. Protective barriers on the road such as the lamps, signs and fences are often the cause of injuries when the accident occurs. The motorcyclists crash on to these protective barriers after the accident resulting in injuries. Another inherent problem with the motorcycle is their relatively low visibility on the road making it difficult for other vehicles to spot the motorcycles.

There are the street, off-road and dual purpose motorcycles. Street bikes include scooters, mopeds and cruisers amongst others. These are what you find usually on the streets. Off road motorcycles are designed for racing and not for transportation or riding on the streets. The dual purpose motorcycles have features that make them allowable to be used on the streets while they are also used for motor racing. Scooters include gas scooters, electric scooters, mobility scooters, motorized scooters, and kick scooters.

You will find gas scooter most often on the roads. There are many who manufacture scooters such as Honda, Piaggio, Peugeot, Suzuki, Puch, Yamaha, Vespa, TVS, ZNEN and Bajaj. Companies such as X-Treme manufacture electric scooters including X-Treme XB-420M, X-Treme X-250, X-Treme X-500 and X-Treme X-140; Gas Moped as X-Treme XM-160; gas scooters as X-Treme XG 470 scooter; gas motorcycle moped as X-Treme XM-50; electric moped motorcycle as X-Treme XM-4000Li; Gas motorcycle Moped as X-Treme XM-155; and gas scooters moped as X-Treme XM-150.

There has been a slow down in the global economy. Gasoline price has been steadily increasing over the years. Both these factors are driving people to consider motorcycle as a better choice in terms of fuel economy. Increased traffic congestion makes motorcycle a better option as they are able to move through these snarls better. The manufacturers of the motorcycles are coming out with better models with newer features.




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