Since were not talking about pittys.....
Something of interest in the scooter department.
The first bike I ever owned when I was a kid was a Sachs & Fitchel 175cc 6-speed 2-stroke dirtbike (circa 1965).....I've come the full circle. The German Sachs & Fitchel were making 2-stroke engines in the 1930's but weren't known as purely Sachs until 1980.
Now they've signed a manufacturing deal with Hunan motor Co. (which make Thumpstars amongst others) and this hybrid scooter is what is hitting Australia. Only the 50cc in Aus at this stage but there is a 125cc 'Madass' made, if you check the second link. They'd be good for a hire company at the Gold Coast......whaddya reckon?
http://www.sachsbikes.com.au/madass.html http://www.sachs-bikes.de/produkte.p...d=1&prod_cat=2
Now the Chinese engineers are gonna be learning about German engineering too...