All About Scooters

Scooters are undeniably the most convenient, comfortable, reliable, budget-friendly and durable mode of transportation. With maintenance cost on the lower side and value for money on the higher side, scooters have an undisputed place in the daily lives of modern families. But can you wonder a scooter without tyres? In fact, can you imagine any automobile that plies on road without tyres? No, right? My point exactly. All these amazing innovations would not be operational if not for tyres. Selecting the right tyre for your scooter is very imperative as slightest changes in the tyre specifications recommended by the manufacturer can alter the ride quality, handling, performance your scooter drastically. In one of my earlier blogs, I have described how to read a tyre sidewall and how it defines the tyre requirement best suited for your vehicle. Check the blog  here . Most scooters in India come with 2 different tyre profiles: 1.  90/100-10...

A good suspension is what primarily defines the ride quality of any vehicle. Moreover if the vehicle is used daily, then the suspension has to be well designed to give superior ride comfort. To ensure that your scooter keeps on delivering peak performance, you will have to take care of a lot of mechanical aspects via timely servicing of your scooter. One such aspect is the suspension. The suspension of your scooter is responsible for tackling the bumpy roads and ensure that you don't shake like the Nokia 1100. Moreover, if you traverse in places with excessive speed bumps or speed breakers, like I do, the suspension reduces the impact to some extent. (Bajaj Super 1980 Image Source: Kukikol) As you know, most scooters nowadays come equipped with hydraulic telescopic suspension as they provide better ride quality and handling compared to single sided suspension setups that our fathers were used to on the Bajaj Super. The telescopic suspensions operate on an oil base...

Scooters in India are evolving with time.  But there function remains the same even today. To make city commute smooth and hassle free. Over the last few years, scooters have seen countless upgrades and addition of latest feature such as mobile charger, bluetooth connectivity, fuel cap on the outside and the likes. Last year the Indian government has taken a closer look at motor vehicles plying on Indian roads and the safety aspect of these vehicles and it has called for some positive changes. One of those changes was the addition of disc brakes in scooters with an engine capacity of 125 cc or above. With that law in place, we have a handsome number of scooters sold in India that sport a disc brake at the front wheel. (Piaggio Vespa Image Source: Imghulk) So how does a disc brake work? In Simple words, when you pull the brake lever, pressure is transferred instantly using a fluid to the brake pistons which in turn pushes the brake pads to the disc, thus result in s...

Almost 2 decades ago Honda revolutionized the Indian scooter market with its first 4-stroke gearless model Activa. Over the last 2 decades, the Activa has been the top selling product In India and this product single handedly managed to topple the Indian king of two-wheeler, Hero and make Honda the highest selling 2 wheeler manufacturer in India However, the same cannot be said for 125 cc scooters in India. For a better period of the last decade and this one, Suzuki Access 125 was the lone wolf in the market. Periodic competition from time to time by the Mahindra Gutso and Vespa has not been able to disrupt the trust that the Access has earned from the Indian market. But, things have massively changed in 2019-20. Suzuki has the Access and the Burgman Street, TVS offers the NTorq 125, Honda has the Grazia and Activa 125, Hero presents the market with the Destini and Maestro Edge 125, Yamaha upgraded the Facino and Ray-Z to 125 cc units and then we have the performance and quality...