Scooter safety vs. motorcycles | Ask MetaFilter

Scooter safety vs. motorcycles | Ask MetaFilter: "It's pretty hard to resist winding out a bike, no matter 15hp or 150hp, and the more HP, the faster you're going to get to 100KpH. As for the thrill, I know of at least a couple of riders that gave up crotch rockets for 100cc 2-stroke vespas because they provided a similar flowing feeling without the insane power. Within the city, that means you hit maybe 60Kph (instead of 100 ) between lights when you're having fun winding it up."