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As in virtually any industry you can think of, from washing machines to cars to computers, there is a wide range of prices when it comes to purchasing scooters and the big box stores tend to sell the cheapest stuff because that’s what their customers demand. Hey, that’s all right. Costco and Sam’s Place aren’t scooter stores and they don’t pretend to be such. Instead, they sell everything under the sun and they sell it cheaply.

Great for Bulk Pretzels, Not So Much for Scooters

This is fine when you’re looking to purchase bulk pretzels, because one pretzel or another pretty much tastes the same and you can usually make an informed decision about purchasing your pretzels from a place like Costco without a problem. However, this becomes a highly problematic situation when you replace local scooter stores with big box stores; and the problem isn’t just cost.

But Let’s Talk about Cost First

Okay, we just got through telling you that it’s not about cost, well not only about cost. However, prices are a big reason why people don’t want to shop at scooter stores – the big box places are cheaper. However, as noted above, the problem with big box stores is that the material they sell, especially for high ticket items like electric scooters, tends to be the cheapest material available. This may be fine when you’re buying your pretzels, but a scooter, which has to go into and out of traffic needs to be made of quality materials. Otherwise, you are quite literally risking your life in order to save a few dollars.

Even if They Had Name Brands

Beyond that however, let’s talk about name brands and big box stores. The typical big box store employee earns minimum wage and has to sell blue jeans, blueberry syrup and blue shirts all at the same time. This means that even he or she happens to be stocking the scooter section of the big box store, he or she isn’t likely to know anything about electric scooters or which ones are safer for which uses. He or she won’t be able to offer the kind of advice about safety that someone from one of the local scooter stores might be able to offer you. At most, if you’re lucky, you’ll have someone who tells you where the helmets are located.

Contrast that With Scooter Stores

Now contrast that with scooter stores. These stores have people whose only job it is to sell scooters. They know which ones are junk and likely to cause an accident. They can tell you which ones are good for a flat neighborhood, but will be a safety hazard in a place like San Francisco. Plus, if you need to know about safety gear, there is no replacement for visiting one of your local scooter stores.

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The basic difference when considering mopeds, scooters and motorcycles is that mopeds officially are supposed to have the ability to be pedaled whereas a scooter is much more like a motorcycle in that it’s designed to powered exclusively under its own engine power. The catch however is that many municipalities will class mopeds, scooters and even some kinds of e bikes together as a single category of non motorcycle types of vehicles. That’s because they are trying to convey that certain types of vehicles have rules governing them which allow them to be used only by those with a motorcycle license while others are able to be used by anyone.

The Rule of Thumb

The rule of thumb is that anything in the category of mopeds, scooters and other conveyances which has over a 50cc engine is going to be classed as a vehicle which requires a license while those under 50cc will be considered more like a toy or a bicycle. However, even though 50CC is the cut off point (by the way, the CC refers to the engine’s power), most professionals say that a 50CC bike is really little more than a toy and should be avoided since it’s not a very reliable or safe conveyance.

So Why Do Some Companies Call Mopeds Scooters and Vice Versa?

The reason is quite simple actually. It’s a marketing thing. Most people don’t understand that there is in fact a difference between mopeds, scooters and other forms of two wheel vehicles (they have a vague sense that a motorcycle is more powerful, which is true, though a motorcycle is much more than that). Because of that, many companies, trying to capitalize on search engine results will list mopeds, scooters and other kinds of two wheel vehicles together and will even use the terms interchangeably in order to sell to people who have only a vague idea of what they want but who think that a moped is more “adult” than a scooter.

What about Motorcycles?

We did title this article by saying that we’d talk about the difference between mopeds, scooters and motorcycles for a reason. That’s because there is also a clear distinction between a motorcycle and the mopeds/scooters which proliferate on the Internet and in other places. While all three kinds of vehicles generally will require that you obtain a motorcycle license in order to operate them (in some cases there is a special mopeds/scooter license, though many states just lump them all together for licensure), in many cases, only a motorcycle will be legal for highway travel whereas traveling within the city is fine even with mopeds scooters.

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