The Scooter and the Motorcycle, What say you?

 From: http://abacus-es.net/motorscooter/

The Motorcycle

The motorscooter differs widely in concept from its close relative,
the motorcycle. The motorcycle is very clearly a machine – it's got
bits of machine sticking out all over the place, bits of motor showing
there, tubes here, wires there, an unmistakable gas tank bloating out
and a great roar is emitted from the engine. Oh yes, it also has a
seat and footrests, almost as though they were an afterthought.
The Motorscooter

The motorscooter, on the other hand, is much more about the human --
the rider and passenger. It's easy to step into a scooter without
having to swing one's leg over. There is a comfortable floor for one's
feet. Controls are minimal and very easy to use, noise output subdued,
and the engine, fluids, fuel tank, wiring are all safely tucked away
behind designer panels, cowling and fairings. The noisy, oily, hot,
smelly, metallic power of the machine is not a part of the scooter
riding experience. Instead, the scooter is more like an elegant piece
of furniture whose whose look and feel is dictated not by the machine
below but by aesthetics and the ergonomics of the human interface
above.

Riding a motorcycle is rather like going on an ocean cruise and
spending all one's time in the engine room instead of in luxury cabins
and lounges. The motorcycle is consciously and unabashedly unevolved,
though it certainly inspires an atavistic primordial fascination. The
motorscooter, on the other hand, exemplifies intelligent evolution.

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Interesting comparison

 On Tue, 27 May 2008 06:09:17 -0700 (PDT), capri142


Complete rubbish, but what would you expect?
"The purpose of this site is to promote the use of motor scooters"
"Our goal is to put you on a scooter."

--
Turby the Turbosurfer

 
And, likely, the purpose of the spammer, er, poster is to promote his
own website.

 In article


<snip>

It's "interesting" as an example of comparing two things by describing
them inaccurately to prove a predetermined point.


I'd *never* promote my own web site.

Much.

--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>
faq:  http://www.timberwoof.com/motorcycle/faq.shtml

 Turby wrote:

I actually agree with it.  It's a big part of why I like motorcycles.  I
can point to most every part on my bike and tell somebody what it does -
most of them without even disassembling anything.  If you sit on it
wrong, you get a burn on your leg.  When it develops a leak, oil
sputters on to my pants.  It has a manual choke.  The turn signals don't
cancel automatically.  It takes both hands and both feet, all doing
different things, to ride it.  I can hear the valves.  There is little
mystery.  It is all very satisfying.

I recently saw an exception to the rule, a BMW touring bike with so much
body work the soul of the machine was hidden, like a car.  And I
thought, "why"?  But if people want a bike like that, or a scooter, it's
fine with me.