http://www.mcnews.com/mcn/model_eval/200810sportcity.pdf

Despite reports coming to the public’s attention that motorcycles and scooters produce significant carbon emissions for their size, sales are increasing. Scooters are known to be affordable when it comes to gas mileage. With the volatile prices of fuel in the U.S. the Aprilia Sportcity 250 is right up there with gasoline-affordable two-wheelers – it averages 67 miles to the gallon. The exciting thing is that the Sportcity has electronic fuel injection to clean up its emissions. Tooling around town on one of these babies can ease your conscience and the burden on your wallet.

Like the majority of scooters, the Sportcity does better on the surface streets than the highway. This report says that 60 mph is about all it can handle before it starts to lose power. However, with traffic congestion, a person doesn’t often have the opportunity to go much faster than that anyway.

The Aprilia is owned by the Piaggio Group, an Italian manufacturer of scooters and motorcycles that was started in the late 1800s in Pontadera, Italy (near Pisa). Piaggio pretty much has the scooter market cornered; they own the Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia, Derbi (Canada) and Scarabeo (Europe) lines of scooters as well as Moto Guzzi motorcycles.

Whether you are a sport bike, V-Rod, or vespa person, the 2009s are now on the market and ready to be drooled over. Every inch needs to be looked over - components, parts, colors, style - every inch. What is new and what is different? And what’s new that makes you want to sell you purebred puppy for a down payment!

For instance the changes to the 2009 Ducati Monster - it is next-to-identical in style to the Monster 696 and has 1100DS engine borrowed from the Ducati Hypermotard. Great time to compare and contrast (our English professors would be proud), and a great time to have that garage sale and bring your change to Coinstar.