The Best 50cc Scooter for Car Drivers

[Music] it's the showdown in ukraine that's helping to drive prices higher now tesla's starting at just 59 the report released today has found that our city has the sixth worst commute on the planet solving the transportation crisis is easy now we don't have to crack hyperloops or hydrogen we just need to realize that using a 4 000 pound box to move a 200 pound man it's never gonna be efficient and can you think of a smaller footprint that still holds your stuff keeps you dry and goes a to b on a regular driver's license i can think of three billion [Music] the scooter commuter is only a new idea in the new world so in the interest of solving our congestion pollution affordability and density crises all at once let's cast a car driver's eye on three legendary scoots [Music] vespa is all chrome and glass and curves everything mechanical is hidden everything practical is tucked into the fold [Music] it's an italian handbag which means that the vacuum peccock leaks the head bearings are shot the key needs to be actively fondled to turn the bike on and this little screen clock trip meter i don't know because it never worked since i bought it [Music] honda's ruckus is the opposite nothing is hidden nothing is stylized [Music] but everything works look at this horn it's hung on like mr potato head's nut sack but [Music] right and it's like the motor can't wait to run honda is one refinement away from a sentient engine i'm sorry brian i'm afraid i can't do that finally the aprilia sr-50 they say it looks like a supermoto though i'm not so sure me [Music] what i do know is that it has motorcycle tires motorcycle discs motorcycle calipers if you want to feel a motorbike without a motorbike license this is as close as it gets but scooters are more about replacing a car so let's stick with car driver concerns [Applause] [Music] nope none of the inanimate objects care that i have a penis [Applause] [Music] here in north america we need trucks for hauling all that freedom we farm but check this out our aprilia holds 12 starbucks cups the vespa holds 15 starbucks cups under the seat plus seven mcchickens in the glove box and timmy's practice ball on the bag hook that puts the content of your average escalade to shame our ruckus however cannot be recommended for storage [Applause] [Music] all it offers is this under seat slot which fits one twenty dollar bill so on the bicentennial occasion when you move a sofa you can use this to rent a u-haul kinda and definitely on the ruckus with its tiny tombstone of a weather shield the rock is also so cramped that to turn one must assume a gynecological position and that stretches crotches faster than the boy scout screening of baywatch aprilia protects my pants best with its aerodynamic fairing it rains 200 days a year in vancouver with a jacket and aprilia and few stops i usually arrive dry those grippy motorcycle tires keep making me burn holes in my knees though so pros and cons [Music] [Applause] [Music] the vespa is too heavy too much metal [Applause] the aprilia is too flimsy its plastics are made from old calculators but [Music] beer tubing baby it's strong light and easiest to chuck around [Applause] ah this is connor he is exactly my weight and this is augustin he's exactly our weight after eating seven mcchickens [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] i got the whole shot come on faster faster until the full of speed overcomes the fear of death [Music] vespas are fastest because many of them are two strokes they bang and blow every two strokes producing a steady outflow of power and a steadier outflow of gasoline this hasn't passed emissions since the 90s today's swedish children require last minute fuel injection once the exhaust port is nearly blocked but electronics are costly and scooters mustn't be so piaggio invented a doubly genius carburetor for the european market one passage flows pure air to flush the exhaust another flows hyper-rich fuel sucked at 70 psi just before ignition by a tiny secondary crankshaft powerful yet clean purely mechanical yet precise injection this allowed vespa to keep making two strokes until 2017. it's called the hyper 2 it's arguably the most important engine of the 21st century she might top out at 70 but more people go more places more quickly on these than anything split lanes scoot ahead of traffic park on the sidewalk [Applause] [Music] if i tried this on my harley i'd be public enemy number one but on the vespa on malibu barbie and i'm always on time [Applause] [Music] we spent two weeks riding and filming for 12 on the vespa that is cheap ah never mind eight dollars on the aprilia five bucks could snort more than 120 miles per gallon is the same efficiency as an electric car for 150th of the buy-in price and so get a scooter you won't even have to sell the old box just whenever you can think outside of it [Music] so [Music]

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Length: 9min 22sec (562 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 11 2022