The Girl in the Red Sweater

I love my new scooter. I really do.

But there are a few things I would change if I had the chance. Like adding a drink holder up front.

The search for my new scooter led me to write up a list of what I would consider the perfect scooter, since nobody out there really quite seems to know how to cater to women. The Buddy was wonderful, but its problem is it really can’t go fast enough — as I mentioned in my post about the test drive, the 125cc version gets wobbly because of its itty-bitty little wheels.

So here are the features of what I consider the ultimate chick scooter:

• Water-cooled, since my air-cooled People gets really hot which is not great for the electronics I store in the underseat storage, like my camera and phone
• 29″ seat (this is important to us shorter riders!) with thick gel padding, and a fancy backrest like the Kymco Grandvista custom seat, for maximum comfort
• A mid-sized windshield to keep that wind off at high speeds
• A front pocket with a cupholder at the bottom, so drinks don’t spill (the Buddy held drinks but they could slide around and cause a mess)
• 200 to 250ccs — I don’t want to go over 70, but I want to be able to get up a hill without losing any speed…
• Under 200 pounds (not that we want to have to lift the scooter, but just in case…)
• Giant underseat storage, like the Buddy has — my People’s space is so much smaller I can’t even fit my helmet in the compartment
• A built-in trunk or saddlebags, which can be opened with the ignition key and not yet another separate key, that match the scooter perfectly and don’t have to be bought separately
• Big, easily adjustable mirrors — the Buddy’s were too small and very finnicky to adjust
• Extra-loud airhorn — the fancy International Buddies have a 139-decibel horn built in, and I really like the idea of the extra safety that implies
• 15″ tires: small enough to still be quick and fun — the whole point of riding a scooter — but big enough to be stable

Let me know if they’ve already built this scooter, because I would beg, borrow or steal to get my hands on it…

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