Dude, buy a small freeway legal motorcycle (185cc+ here) rather than a scooter. First off, scooters are lame. Second and MOST important, they are more dangerous !! You cant get away from anything by hitting the gas, and cars will crowd you until you are riding on the side of the lane and they are passing you. Bad news !! I have seen it a thousand times. Don't go there ! Also you sit 'in' a scooter and 'on' a motorcycle... If isht hits the fan, you cant get out of/away from a scooter fast enough. Obviously, make your own choices, but as a rider for 25 years, I strongly recommend against it !!! Get a Honda 250 enduro (on/off road), it will get 40-50 MPG, be much safer, and will take you down the trails the pathy cant.
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safety aside... scooter doesn't have to be licensed in many states (read less taxes) and being 50cc the millage is more then phenomenal... tooot, tooot... hehehe