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Gearless scooters in top gear; vroom back

Pranav Nambiar / DNA
Friday, July 3, 2009 2:58 IST
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Bangalore: Geared scooters of the Lambretta fame constituted nearly all two-wheelers sold in the 1970s and 1980s. The advent of sporty motorbikes in the 1990s, particularly from the Japanese stable, left scooters huffing and puffing.
And by 2000, scooters were fast becoming redundant.

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