Scooter Commuter News

Escalating summer gas prices created a huge demand for gas-sipping scooters. In America, scooters are usually viewed as fun, summer transportation, good weather vehicles. This year though fall sales remain strong due largely to higher pump prices.

"People have been coming in and saying gas prices are getting so high (scooters) are going to be their only transportation until winter," said Brian Staack of Staack's Motorsports in Butte, Montana in an article in the Billings Gazette. Of course, in Montana they measure winter snows in feet, not inches. In most parts of America, roads are clear enough to safely keep on scooting all through the winter.  

Staack's scooter sales this summer alone were double his entire sales for 2005. "I've sold a couple hundred since opening," he said. "I've always been doing good in them, but I couldn't believe how many people came in and are just buyiing them." Staack said he's sold at least one a day all summer. Nationwide, motorcycle and scooter sales jumped 8% this summer according to the Motorcycle Industry Council.

The scooter industry "just seems to be blossoming," said Margie Hicklin-Krsul, owner of Red Line Sports in Butte, Montana. "Usually we sell 5 or 6 scooters a year," she said. "This year we were sold out by the end of July." She's seen a greater variety of customers this year too. "One lady has a paper route and that's how she's delivering her papers, on a scooter. Put a basket on and she's ready to go."

Easy to maneuver, cheap to park, scooters make the perfect commuter vehicle. Scootertronics carries a full line of gas-powered and electric scooters to suit every need and taste. Visit our website or come into our Sykesville, Maryland showroom to check out the latest models. The fun doesn't have to stop when summer ends. You can keep on scooting into fall and all through the winter. Visit Scootertronics today and start scooting!