How Much Stuff Can You Fit on Your Scooter?
Posted on May 16, 2010 | Filed Under Scooter Pictures, ScootingAdventures 3 Comments
If you follow my blog, you may remember that I play a sort of game with my scooter… I get a charge out of seeing how much stuff I can haul on it. You see, my scoot IS my main vehicle. My hubby owns a smart car and a pickup truck, but I sold my personal vehicle ( a minivan left over from the days of hauling kids) when I left NJ in 2005. I haven’t owned a car of my own since… but I didn’t really need one, because I work from home. And in 2007, I took ownership of my mom’s Olds, which I used only rarely and ended up giving to my daughter when she fell on some hard times.
So, in the fall of 2007 I got my scooter, more because I fell in love with the idea of riding a scooter than because I needed a vehicle of my own. Still, I do love that I have my own wheels now that are only mine. :)
But I digress… so since I got the scoot, I’ve been using it to go everywhere I need to go, including many of my weekly grocery/pharmacy trips. I love that it is not just a fun mobile; it’s also a functional mobile as well.
Today I did it again… I hauled a week’s worth of groceries on and in my scooter! See?
See what I fit in my scooter?
How much stuff have you fit in/on your scooter?
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My name is Kathi, and I created this website to share my love for motor scooters and scootin'. Thank you for visiting. I hope you'll take the time to explore not only this blog, but also the rest of my site. There's lots of info here! You can 
Do you every worry about losing your stuff? I’m trying to use my scooter more to save gas and to be kinder to the environment, but I dare not carry that amount of stuff because I’m afraid it will fly off and into the road.
Hi Eileen… I don’t worry too much. When I carry stuff on the running board, I always tie the handles of my bags and then hook them over my bag hook on the dashboard. Then I straddle them with my feet for extra security.
For my basket on the rear rack, I bought a net that hooks over it. With that on, nothing can escape, but I do push stuff down so it’s not loose anyway.
I’ve never had a problem!
I drive a La Vita 150. The scooter only came with a rear rack, so storage was an issue at first. The problem was quickly resolved by mounting a cheap but free milk crate on the rear rack (the rectangular one, not one of those smaller cube shape crates). Balance is the key. I can put 10+ lbs of groceries in the rack, another 10+lbs on the floorboard and within my backpack. Yet, I think it is safer to distribute the load evenly throughout the scooter. It’s amazing how much a little scooter can haul…