Hondapedia.org » honda metropolitan http://www.hondapedia.org Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:53:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Honda’s Little Miracle – The Metropolitan Scooter http://www.hondapedia.org/2009/07/30/hondas-little-miracle-the-metropolitan-scooter/ http://www.hondapedia.org/2009/07/30/hondas-little-miracle-the-metropolitan-scooter/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:54:37 +0000 hondapedia http://www.hondapedia.org/?p=348 Honda not only makes cars, motorcycles and a robot – they also produce a wonderful little scooter called The Metropolitan. Metropolitans are those fancy little scooters you see the poor hipster riding around Philadelphia and Brooklyn – you know the ones without rich parents that can’t buy them Vespa’s. Metro’s have been around since the 1960′s, and can reach a maximum speed of just less than 40 mph. That’s on flat ground – Honda Scooters have been known to hit a maximum speed of 43 mph downhill. The Metropolitan has typical gas mileage of 80–110 mpg, according to Wikipedia.

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Metropolitans usually run on a 49-50cc engine with a single cylinder. They make a perfect city vehicle – you can fit two, you don;t have to pay for parking, and they’re surprisingly difficult to steal. Best of all, you can pick one up for (usually) under $2,000!

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Check out more at Honda’s Powersport website.

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