Why does everybody think that scooters are gay? They're mini motorcycles that usually have automatic transmissions, why is that gay?
They seem more practical with the floor in front of you, you can use them to haul things that you can not on a traditional motorcycle.

cuase they are.

Mini scooters r way cool.. in fact in Europe, a huge portion of the pop ride vespas, scooters.. they're not cool in the States, for the only reason l think is because American places r so far apart, & we like to travel so much.. European cities have more transportation options, & r more efficient, more buses, more stops, & their r not huge parking lots everywhere so finding parking is virtually impossible. If u have to go into the city in Europe it means, a) take the metro, b) the bus, or c) the mopedvespascooterbike. And d) gas is like $10 a gallon there..

l think people call them gay because they are slower then normal vehicles and they slow the traffic up, me personally they do annoy me in that sense but l think they are rather good. hope this helps

Years ago when scooters first became popular 1950/60's, & the riders all wore the same over cloaks & rode in large groups,they were referred to by the biking community as ''puff truck drivers' which was more of an insult to the scooter than the rider.
Early scooter were 3 speed twist grip gear change so u needed to be double jointed in ur left wrist, not that l ever owned one, but a girl friend at the time had a 250cc lambretta that went very well, but she banned me from riding it with her on the back as l kept scratching the runner boards on corners, oops, probably why she dumped me!!!

There r still many clubs around & seaside resorts in summer r popular venues for these guys & gals to gather.

Do not sweat it.

l am a Harley rider who waves at anything on two wheels because l know we all face the same problems. Heat, cold, wet weather, inattentive drivers. We ride because we like the freedom, the wind, the gas mileage. So ignore the fools who make remarks on the scooters. Shoot l first rode on a scooter and loved it.

the reason society thinks they are gay is bc there is no major body type.example being the sport bikes like the kawasaki ninjas and so on the have no detailed body..and they are generally electric and do no more then 68 mph as a 250 cc motorcycle can do about double that.the only great think is they get like 98 mpg ( the fuel ones )

It does not matter what you ride, just that you ride!

Scooters are great for Point A to Point B local transportation, and a lot of fun on a Saturday afternoon!

It is not the destination, and it not the size of you ride, it is about the journey.

They r gay because they r slow, boring to look at & sound s***.

l mean..who could posibly want a bike that cant even make 50mph on a flat road??? how fast would it go up the hill then??

geez & the price too u can buy a proper 250cc motorcycle that can break 100mph for the same price & less

edit] to the ''greenman'' a scooter doesnt get u from point A to point B without struggling, say u need to go 80miles from ya home on freeways tell me how a 49cc or even 125 gets u there geez come on pocket rockets r faster

Because they like to ''do it'' in each other is tail pipes?Hell, l do not know.

The Italians invented motor scooters, and they are a particular macho race, so might you be suggesting that they ride gay machines ?

You r right,

Scooters have advantages & disadvantages over conventional motorcycles.

You have to ask another question though, why is ur perceived sexuality connected to an inanimate object? Another question is why the people around u think something makes anyone look gay, unless they r harboring homosexual thoughts of their own.

Now, if u r riding a pink scooter with flowers on it, & r not heading to the paint shop, u might be gay.

l rode scooters for years, & l have heard it all, but l often have a conventional motorcycle for long trips too.

Scooters r not gay, people r gay, & they show they r gay by saying other people r gay. If someone is not gay, then if someone else is gay would not matter. People love to hate other people that r different than them, like the hatred of a small minority of Harley riders & Honda riders.

But if u really r gay (goes for everyone here) it is not my concern.

Are you attempting to out scooters?

who is everybody l do not think you will find many true bikes say that l would not keep one out of a porker run just as long as it can make in before last bike in. How ever l would not want to go on a long run with one they are way to slow. The only reason some one would say their gay is for that reason but they would also call any thing under 600 cc gay

Some people overcompensate, some people do not have to.

Its not the scooter. Its the rider!

Not everybody says that, l don't. Some people have been brain-washed by advertisers.
You forgot to mention that some scooters get upwards of 100 mpg.

My scooter gets 70mpg and goes 90mph. Call it whatever you want.

Scooters are not gay.
The immature idiots that are intimidated by them are.

Dude scooties are gay. They just are. Unless you're in Europe where the fastest you go is 20mph while sight seeing in Italy, get a normal Sportbike or even a freaking Harley. Scooters just have no appeal to males in general.think about it..its named after scooting around.who was the last guy that asked you to ''scoot over'' its either ''move dude'' or ''get the f*** out of my seat''

So that is why my Passport scooter has been giving the Honda Gyro a couple of doors down ''that'' look, & after l took the little white basket off the front so it would look more studly.
A lot of Americans still think that u have to have the biggest possible engine in a vehicle. l have to admit, l still miss my '73 Impala with the 454, but I'd have to put it up on blocks & just look at it. My scoot gets about 10 times the gas mileage. Is that gay? l just ride it back & forth to work, & other than one hill l have to climb heading into the wind, it keeps up with traffic. In fact, when l come up to a red light, l wo not get behind a Jeep because usually the driver is afraid to go the speed limit.
Ride a scooter. It is cheap & it is fun. Do like l did & put Edelbrock & Jegs decals on it to make it more badass. Just do not buy a Chinese one. Chinese products r ALL crap & should be banned from our country. Or any other.

l proudly ride a 250cc chinese scooter at 75mph and 60mpg to and from work 35 miles one way and l keep up with the traffic on the 2 state highways l ride on. l do not go out on the interstate because l think the drivers of cars are just not attentive enough to scooters or motorcycles out there.

l live and work in Oklahoma and you have to license scooters and have insurance and have the motorcycle endorsement on your DL.