Scooter Mart UK

Advantages: Fun, fast urban travel, lightweight, durable
Disadvantages: Expensive, wheels need replacing regularly

...Ok, ok, Micro Skate Scooters, so you’ve all been there and done that have you... well now it is the renaissance! I was one of the first people in the UK to have a micro scooter. I picked one up in Switzerland back in October 1999. When I came home to skate the streets of Portsmouth all I received were boggy looks, catcalls and turning heads! “What the Dickens is that contraption?” This was the general greeting I received from all and sundry. Of course, this had its variations, guys at the skate park preferred to shout, “Yo dude, what a totally awesome pair of wheels!” I loved the attention, but by April 2000, Woolworth’s and other stores had started to produce their own variations of the now infamous micro scooters. Now they were more common than rollerblades on the streets of Britain and I became... Read review

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Advantages: Quick through traffic
Disadvantages: small

...Scooters are getting used more and more these days because of the ease, the cost and the fuel use. You can weave through traffic with ease and scoot around on 130mpg! You can buy a good quality scooter for about £600 and the makes I would personally recommend are Benelli, Aprilla and Suzuki. You can ride a 50cc scooter at age 16 and a 125cc at age 17. If you are interested and would like to have a browse at some scooters on offer, then I personally recommend www.autotrader.co.uk. They have a wide range on offer and you can also sell your scooter too.... Read review

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Advantages: Method Of Transport
Disadvantages: Difficult to find at resonable price

...I have recently purchased a 50cc Suzuki scooter. However the procedure I went through to obtain it was quite difficult... For days I looked through classified adds and sites such as Ebay to see if I could find a scooter that was good for me. Now I only really had about a £500 budget for this as it was going to be a birthday present off my mum, so obviously I needed a good condition second hand one. However when I finally found my scooter on "AOL classifieds" I was more than happy. It was well worth the wait and I would reccomend one for anyones 16th birthday present! BUT do not forget to drive a scooter you need -to do a CBT course -to be atleast 16 -only 50cc until 17 -Tax, MOT and Insurance -provisional driving license AND never forget your helmet! I would reccomend getting a scooter to anyone but remember an old... Read review

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