Scootering

The changing face of scooter design

November 8, 2022 will be a date long remembered in scootering history because that was the day a radical new scooter made its first public appearance. The Italjet Dragster GP500 shocked an eager audience worldwide with its stunning looks and performance. I can’t remember a time when a scooter made such an impact and grabbed the headlines so convincingly. It got me thinking, how did we get here in the first place?

I think most of us can accept that the real birth of the scooter came

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