Actually, I’m happy with the mpg that my Toyota gets. Honestly, I fill up at most once per month! I haven’t considered a scooter because I live only around 6 blocks from my office, so I walk to work each day. Lately, I tend to wear out more shoes than ever before, but (phony) leather is cheaper than liquid gold!

Well I don’t like that they are high but I think they’ll go down eventually.I think motorcycles are deadly.

Love the scooter. I am 68 years old and have just purchased my first scooter. I have enrolled in a Motorcycle Safety Foundation class. I wish someone would start a MSF Scooter School. Learning to ride slowly is the most difficult thing. This ride is not fun in a downpour, but other than that, it is great sport.

I ride the largest scooter currently available, the Suzuki Burgman 650. Great bike and I average 50-52mpg. I ride daily on my commute to work and do many pleasure rides (since riding is so much doggone fun). Riding for nearly 3 years and have put almost 21,000 miles on this bike since June ‘06.

Check out the St. Louis Scooter Club here: http://www.stlscooterclub.com/ We have riders of all types and class of scooter and meet weekly on Wednesday. Also, we highly recommend that all riders take the MSF basic rider course to become familiar with not only how to control your bike, but also all the hazards inherent with riding on the road. Enjoy…….

Would love a scooter but don’t want to get run over by some fool in a gas-hog talking on a cell phone. If people are buying those things without taking a course in motorcycle riding, I’m buying stock in funeral homes.

I’m not seeing it, at least not in St Louis. A scooter on high traffic main roads strikes me as risky. A scooter on an interstate is downright suicidal. In addition, we have too many foul weather days to make a scooter a practical choice. Sure, you could have a car and a scooter both–so you could switch off–but that seems a tad redundant and the extra expense (insurance, taxes, etc.) would eat up anything you’re saving on gas. You’d sure have to stay tuned to the weather forecast! All that being said, I am noticing more of them on my daily communte. Maybe if gas hits $10 a gallon and everyone is using scooters I might rethink my position.

Sigh. I’d rather have a horse….

I owned a scooter before the current craze, I bought it because it was such a fun way to get around. After two years between two scooters, I have rode 22,000 (s)miles. I commute daily on Manchester Road and find motorist have become more and more aware that more and more 2 wheels are on the road. This is a very good thing!

Like my fellow SLSC member, Kevin, I ride a Suzuki Burgman 650cc. I also ride a 250cc by Kymco. Both very capable scooters for even highway riding. The smartest thing I did was taken the MSF basic rider safety course. It gives you so much information as well as confidence on the road. It is something the SLSC recommends to every new member.

If you are considering a scooter and don’t know what you want come out to one of our meetings and see up to 2 dozen at once with many differing types, styles and sizes to see. We love to talk about scooters and show people the fun side to owning a scooter. They are not just gas savers!

http://www.stlscooterclub.com/

I seriously looked into it about 2 years ago, and it didn’t make economic sense. Yes, now gas prices are higher, but I started car pooling. Car pooling is as gas efficient as a scooter and much safer.

Consider this: when I drive the two fellows in my car pool, my car gets 26mpg. But since there are three of us, we are getting 78 “person miles per gallon”. This may seem like an artificial number, but it’s not. In a three week cycle, I commute 15 times but only pay gas for 5 of those trips – my gas expenditure Really is 1 gallon for every 78 miles I commute.

The scooter is fine for some people, but I prefer the car pool – it’s free to start, while a good scooter is around $5,000 – before taxes, licensing and insurance. Yes, waiting on people can sometimes be a pain, but not as painful as riding a scooter in the rain – or catching a bug in the face at 60mph!

I’ve had my motorcycle endorsement for about 4 years and have had 2 different mototrcycles - both sold to new homes a year or more ago.

I’ve gone through the safety classes and have all the proper gear.

I just got a new scooter last month 250cc that handles very well on the interstate or any other road and saves me a lot in gas costs.

I will admit you have to be on top of your game and be a very aware of the drivers around you that don’t see you - but the same is true for the people that ride bicycles on city roads.

I have been seriously considering a scooter for some time now. It’s basically going to come down to whether I can afford it as a cash payment as I do not desire to finance such a purchase.

The only issue I would have is that I occasionally have to go to St Charles. I know bikes (regular man-powered bikes) are allowed on Hwy 370. Can I assume moped/scooters would be too? What about on the Page Extension?