Vintage Scooters: 5 FORGOTTEN Scooters of India

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Vintage or Old Scooters were really very popular until a couple of decades ago. Currently, the Indian two-wheeler market is full of gear less scooters. However, back in the day, there were many geared scooters on sale in the country. Today, in this post, we take a look at as many as FORGOTTEN scooters of India

Vintage Lambretta

The Lambretta is a vintage and iconic scooter that met with great success in many markets across The globe and also in Indian Market. Automobile Products of India (API) started assembling and selling the Innocenti Lambretta in India after our country got its independence. API built the Li150 Series 2 model, which was sold as the Lambretta in our country. The scooter had a 148cc, two-stroke engine that propelled the scooter to a top speed of 80 kmph.

Italian Vespa

Piaggio launched the Vespa brand of scooters in 1946 after the end of the second World War. In India Bajaj Scooter — Piaggio formed joint venture, and later they sold Vespa in Indian Market. Vespa 150 later becomes the very lovable scooter.

Vijay Super

The Vijay Super was another popular scooter of its time and had a distinctive styling. In 1972, the state-run Scooters India Ltd took over the manufacturing and sale of Lambretta scooters in India and launched Vijay Super in India.

Bajaj Super

The Bajaj Super was a more popular scooter launched by the company. It was powered by a 145.5cc single-cylinder air-cooled engine, and that was also found on the Stride. This engine churned out 7.1 Bhp and 10.8 Nm and was launched way back in 1976. Till today this scooter used in many movies.

Vintage Kinetic Honda

The Kinetic Honda was India’s first two-stroke automatic scooter. Kinetic Honda was a 98cc, 2-stroke engine. It produces a maximum power of 7.7 bhp and a peak torque of 9.8 Nm. After that, it becomes the popular scooter.