A scooter (also referred to as a motor scooter to avoid confusion with kick scooter, but not to be confused with a motorized scooter) is a type of motorcycle with a step-through frame and a platform for the rider's feet. Elements of scooter design were present in some of the earliest motorcycles, and scooters have been made since 1914 or earlier. Scooter development continued in Europe and the United States between the World Wars.1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle1908 French Auto-Fauteuil motorcycle1919 Autoped Ever ReadyABC Skootamota, designed by Granville Bradshaw1921 Kenilworth scooter1920s Unibus scooter, in grey, at right.DKW Lomos, a cross between a scooter and an auto-fauteuilTypical Cushman scooter, this one sold by Sears under the Allstate brand1948 Salsbury Model 85 scooter, in the middleFuji Rabbit Touring 150 (S-402)Goggo scooter, made by GlasHeinkel Tourist1957 NSU Prima1958 Zündapp Bella R 154Maicoletta scooter1954 DKW Hobby1955 Dürkopp DianaSoviet Vyatka-3 ElektronIWL WieselIWL TR Troll1978 Simson SchwalbePolish 1963 WFM OsaCzechoslovak Čezeta1956 Heinkel Tourist. This scooter had a frame-mounted engine and a swingarm with an integral chain enclosure.1980 Honda NC50. This underbone had its engine mounted on its swingarm.Suzuki Choinori. Introduced in 2003, this scooter has no rear suspension. Both its engine and its rear axle are bolted to its frame. A scooter (also referred to as a motor scooter to avoid confusion with kick scooter, but not to be confused with a motorized scooter) is a type of motorcycle with a step-through frame and a platform for the rider's feet. Elements of scooter design were present in some of the earliest motorcycles, and scooters have been made since 1914 or earlier. Scooter development continued in Europe and the United States between the World Wars. The global popularity of motor scooters dates from the post-World War II introductions of the Vespa and Lambretta models in Italy. These scooters were intended to provide economical personal transportation (engines from 50 to 250 cc or 3.1 to 15.3 cu in). The original layout is still widely used in this application. Maxi-scooters, with larger engines from 250 to 850 cc (15 to 52 cu in) have been developed for Western markets. Scooters are distinct from mopeds because they don't have pedals.