Scoot! A Magazine for Scooter Enthusiasts

Since reading Rob’s post about parking the SUV in the garage and buying a scooter for your daily commute, I’ve discovered a magazine that serves the two-wheeled scooter community, Scoot! The issue I picked up at my local Barnes and Noble says #45, but up until last week, I’d never seen a copy.

The blurb on the Scoot! website encapsulates the magazine as "North America’s #1 Magazine for vintage and modern motorscooters. Scoot! is an 80-page full-color, bi-monthly magazine dedicated to the appreciation of vintage and modern motorscooters." Now, when I think of scooters, I have to admit I still imagine Audrey Hepburn holding tightly to Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday. But there’s more to the scooter scene than midnight movies at the local art house theater.

The current April/May issue has a comprehensive 28-page scooter buyers guide, and as someone who has long resisted the urge to tempt fate by using two wheels instead of four, I must admit there are some really great looking scooters available. Some have engines as large as 650cc—big enough to carry someone upwards of 200lbs—and in this era of $5.00/gallon gas, the fuel economy makes them even more attractive. But what really caught my eye was this Geico "caveman" ad on page two of the buyer’s guide. Check out Scoot!