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A kick scooter (also referred to as a push-scooter or scooter) is a human-powered street vehicle with a handlebar, deck, and wheels propelled by a rider pushing off the ground with their leg. Today the most common scooters are made of aluminum , titanium , and steel .
Amish kick scooters. Amish communities also use kickbikes in preference to bicycles, [5] [6] for several reasons, including the safety and unaffordability of early bicycles, and the risk of gearing mechanisms as a source of vanity. [7] Kickbikes can be used for dryland mushing, also called "dog scootering." [8]
Freestyle scootering (also known as scootering or scooter riding) is an extreme sport that involves using kick scooters to perform freestyle tricks. This is done mainly in skateparks but also in urban environments on obstacles such as stairs, hand rails and curbs.
Scooters share traits with mopeds (some models could even be considered both a moped and a scooter). Adding to the confusion between them, in many jurisdictions smaller engined scooters (e.g. 50cc) are road registered in the same legal category as mopeds (often named "Moped" class), leading to scooters being casually referred to as "mopeds" in ...
Kick start is a method of starting an internal combustion engine (usually that of a motorcycle) by pushing a ratcheting lever with the rider's foot. Kick start mechanisms were almost universally a part of motorcycle engines before the mid-1970s, and were phased out of production over the next twenty years or so as electric starters became ...
In May 2000, ZAP introduced a line of sea scooters with battery-powered propulsion, [26] and the KICK-PUSH Scooter. [27] Also, the company appointed John Dabels as President of ZAP following the acquisition of EMB in 1999. Dabels was the former marketing director of the GM EV1 program. [25] [28]