Symba Scooter

Sue Carpenter of the Los Angeles Times reviews the new Symba scooter. Read her review at bit.ly/5TmdGp (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)

[@danielgermain794]

Symba it s a Honda cube under liscence ?

[@ComradeMP187]

Hellz yeah, I've been riding mine for about 3 month now. Got a white and black one. Confusing thing with the seat/.max weight thing, though I've taken passengers on it and it handles ok.

[@Akibatai00]

Thanks for giving us good details on the pros and cons of the symba, great review!

[@Foozhow]

@daedalx i looked up the user manual and to my surprise it says no passengers. even though their is clearly an extra seat and footpegs?!

[@amunman]

very good video

[@thespeez]

If SYM were to price this bike at about $1,800 to $2,000, I think they could sell more of them. I do realize they've dropped the price down to about $2,400 from $2,600, but that's still a bit of coin for this kind of machine.

[@XV250]

Good review...

[@thespeez]

@daedalx - I think that the rating wasn't 199 lbs. but 199 kilograms, which comes out to about 438 pounds.

[@Zigazgman1]

$2,399 MSRP, EPA est. 100mpg

[@brotherskeeper7]

What Scooter? Yes, She is very cute. Nice piece on that red thing. No, I did like the Scooter, but had to appreciate the finer things in life. Oh, yea, she is smart, too and very pretty.

[@thespeez]

I think they meant 199Kg which comes out to over 400 lbs.

[@thespeez]

I feel bad for you Californians who have to put up with those clunky fuel nozzles. We don't have them here on the east coast, at least not in Maryland. Regardless, a good review! I hope this bike can catch on. The only question is can the bike haul two people and not get 'bogged down?'

[@cosbystudio]

Sorry! Taiwanese is not Chinese

[@godarbike]

Cuando llegan al Peru

[@ripmax333]

i hope one day it will come to europe! we have the vespa one of the most famous scooter on earth, now we want the cub !!! why honda didnt bother to continue the cub in production, piaggio did it with the vespa, thay make it more to today standards. honda isnt capable to do that?

[@abbaby555]

very cute... so is the scooter

[@yosheeut88]

it can probaly drive an entire family =)

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Only in India

[@tatosta2]

i liked when you make a stop in front te vespa dealer...

[@Zigazgman1]

She got the capacity incorrect by 100lbs. Max is 299lbs

[@thespeez]

@ajaswinski - This is a different machine, but what I think would be cool IMNSHO is for SYM to offer a standard transmission in addition to the semi-auto. I think you have better control at low speeds, but that may be just me. I wonder what the ignition system is like? Criticisms aside, I'd get either the red or black. The blue does nothing for me

[@Ericthefilo]

@daedalx thats what they say and yet you see people in Asia using the 50cc version like a pick up truck lol

[@chambliziOfficialChannel]

its design to cut "weight" by a few pounds.... and gve the "PASSENGER" a seat of there own..

[@umaxen01]

Sue Carpenter is a punk who can SMELL MY BOOTS! Just imagine, with all it's shortcomings, they have sold more than 60 MILLION Honda Cubs in the world to date. If you add the fake ones, you are probably in the 65 million region. These Cubs have been known to run for 40 years, 50,000 miles and get 120 mpg. The fact is, if you want reliable, old fashioned small motorcycle characteristics, buy this bike. Oh, by the way, 99 out of 100 new bikes still run with carburetors, not fuel injection...

[@mbmflips79]

I wanna get one :)

[@yoganmail]

its an indian M80

[@alexsbikesandmotors]

why the hell are you acting like this some sorta cool new fashion statement!? There are more of those on earth than any other bike on or car on earth!

[@dick117]

What the hell is wrong with these reviewers? Did I miss the part where she stated the price and mpg?

[@TheHumanRayce]

me cause i needed her to go get me some more food XD

[@Reaper1947]

I'm surprised it didn't fall apart while you were dving it . Can you say TRASH ?

[@idkyoo]

for two anorexics xp

[@Darklordkime]

they are lieing... i have put more than 300 pounds on my cub