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Me.

I want one.

Most scooters are, um, dare I say, sissy-looking. This thing speaks to my man-parts. :) And 450cc is nothing to sneeze at.

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Looks a lot like the Honda Ruckus, with a better body:
http://powersports.honda.com/scooters/model.asp?ModelName=Ruckus&ModelYear=2008&ModelId=NPS508

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I don't think 450cc is really a "scooter", maybe a "motorcycle with unusually small tires" or something.

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Scooters are anything BUT green. Sure they save you money on gas, but they leave a trail of smoky emissions.

btw, anything over 250cc requires a motorcycle license, which defeats the purpose of a scooter.

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It's called a "maxiscooter". I have a 250cc Honda Reflex that can easily do the freeway at 65 and get 65mpg. The biggest is the Suzuki Burgman 650. When you get that big, MPG is more car-like. And a friend of mine rode his Burgman 400 from TN to Toronto and back last summer.

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Looks like the scooter Harley Davidson made in the early 50s.. and that model had a DAF variomatic gearbox!

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1970 called, it wants its scooter back... This thing is terrible looking. They tried to make a scooter look like a car and it just isn't right.

http://www.aboutfreezers.com

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This strongly reminds me of the Honda Big Ruckus. Honda pulled the 250cc Big Ruckus from the U.S. market a year or two ago for lack of sales. The "rugged" styling was controversial, but a darn sight better than this Hummer idea. Seth, you might just be lucky enough to find a used one for sale. They're very solid scooters, much like the mechanically similar Reflex.

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I think it's a pretty good joke. Especially with the too big for a scooter engine.

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This is what would be considered the maxi-scooter category. It isn't even an impressively large engine. Suzuki has the burgman in a 400 or 650 which are more common than you would think, kind of a goldwing style. Speaking of the goldwing there is the silverwing by honda, another large displacement scooter. But impressively large are the 850-950 cc models being developed and produced....
My fav is the Aprilia Scarabeo 500 ie
http://www.apriliausa.com/modelli/scarabeo/modello.asp?id=103

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Man, that thing is ugly. I'll take a Vespa over this POS any day.

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To bigbenaugust- Sure, 450cc is as big as a motorcycle, but it's still a scooter because of the small tires, step-thru frame, and automatic transmission.

It's just an artist sketch, not from anybody at GM, and it's a cruel joke. So you get the off-road styling of a Hummer 4x4, but minimal off-road ability, unlike a dirt bike or quad which would outperform any 4x4 offroad. A perfect scoot for the 99% of Hummer buyers (read poseurs) who never drive off road.

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