scooter

Scooters are the largest motorcycle category in the UK by registration volume, and the most ignored by motorcycle press. Most motorcycle journalists treat scooters as not-real bikes. We don't. They commute, they tour, they get used. The Honda PCX125 alone outsells most "proper" motorcycles by a significant margin in the UK every year — yet you'll struggle to find a serious 30-year retrospective of one anywhere else.

This category covers UK-market scooters from 50cc commuters to 750cc maxi-scooters. Era splits are typically 1996/2006/2016/2026, but many modern scooters (NMAX, C400 GT, Forza 750) only exist for the 2016/2026 eras — the older eras show GAP panels, which is itself useful information about how recent the modern scooter renaissance actually is. Verdicts are written by someone who actually rides — including a 9,000-mile solo trip — not by someone who thinks scooters are beneath them.