Someone asked me the other day if I would ever consider owning an electric scooter or motorcycle.  It is not something I had really given that much thought.  My immediate answer was ‘if it has the range I need and is well made then, yes’.  I decided to have a look into the whole electric scene a bit more to see if the scooter I had in mind already existed?

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to consider an electric scooter or moped after taking your CBT.  From the obvious environmental benefits to the simpler running gear it all makes sense.

I am looking here at scooters that can be ridden on a CBT, so for those of you who have to ride under speed restrictions due to age you are not going to gain anything in speed, however when i first started riding I remember that although my moped at the time was not bad on fuel, at that age there was usually something better to spend it on.  With that in mind imagine having an electric moped that you never had to fork out for (I’m sure Mum & Dad would take more kindly to you plugging your moped in rather than asking them for petrol money . Read the rest of this entry »