Motor Scooters: Performance Scooters

Our Recommendations of reliable,
Inexpensive High Performance Motorscooters

See also: Classic, Basic, Luxury, Minimalist, Stand-up/Sit-down, Electric Motorscooters, and mobility scooters. This year, many online scooter stores have had trouble keeping up with demand. We do our best to find the ones that are in stock but that changes so fast.

The Performance Scooter

The term moped is often confusingly, anomalously, and erroneously used for these machines -- a particularly misleading appellation for a high-speed, freeway-legal scooter (See Mopeds).

All of the performance scooters given here have four-stroke engines and stepless automatic CVT transmissions.

Roketa Viper 250cc
Less than $2,300

Note: Roketa 260cc Motorscooters are not yet legal in California.

Roketa Viper 250cc Motorscooter
Less than $2,300

This is the powerful new Roketa freeway model. With its 20HP 257cc liquid cooled engine, the Viper is the most powerful scooter in its class and can cruise comfortably at freeway speeds. The fastest scooter available from China, the Viper has shown itself to have impressive accelleration and to be extremely stable at high speed. With a maximum load rating of 450 lbs., it is also the best equipped to carry two people with luggage of any scooter available. Delivered virtually fully assembled, setup time is estimated at 45 minutes and unvolves uncrating, installation of front wheel, mirrors, trunk, windshield and battery. Available in orange, black, red, and silver.

The Horizon 150cc Moped $1,174.95 On Sale

Horizon 150cc Moped $1,174.95

The Horizon has a metal platform, front disk brakes, rear drum brakes, and an optional trunk which serves also as a backrest for the pillion seat is available for the Horizon for an additional $49.95. It is in most respects a basic scooter as it has none of the performance enhancements found in most performance scooters, but its lines do make it a performance scooter.

The Horizon comes from Global Trailer, which has been selling scooters for over five years and has deserved a reputation for quality and support.

Fully assembled. Residential delivery is an added $30. Comes in Yellow, Black, Blue and Red.

The Scout 250 On Sale $2,124.95

Scout 250 On Sale $2,124.95

The Chuanl Scout 250 has a top speed of 75 MPH and a weight capacity of 360 lbs. Though offically designated a moped, it is absurd to call it one (See Mopeds for a definitive discussion of the subject). The scout comes with a stereo AM/FM cassette deck with built-in telescoping antenna, a locking removable trunk and disk brakes fore and aft.

The Scout 250 comes from Global Trailer, which has been selling scooters for over five years and has deserved a reputation for quality and support.

Fully assembled. Residential delivery is an added $30. Comes in Red, Blue and Silver.

The 150cc Slimer Moped Scooter $898.95
$848.95 On Sale

150cc Slimer Moped Scooter $898.95

Similar to the Horizon, the Slimer boasts a remarkable 12HP engine and a remarkably reasonable price. With a top speed of 68 MPH, the Slimer is an impressive performer -- but what a strange name! An odd association which evokes images of pond scum and the green tinge of waterbottles stored too long in a sunnty location. This is obviously the intent because, though other colors are shown on the site, it is only available in green.

Comes in Green.

Except where indicated, shipping with lift-gate service within the continental US is included in above prices.