Scooter (motorcycle) There have been scooters with fixed engines and chain drive, and there have been underbones with swingarm-mounted engines. A twenty-first century example of variance from the typical scooter layout is the Suzuki Choinori, which had both its engine and its rear axle rigidly bolted to its frame. Motor scooters are popular in most parts of the first world, Europe (particularly Italy and the Mediterranean), Japan and Taiwan, but not the US. They are even more popular in most parts of the developing world, particularly in countries such as India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and China where there is local manufacture. Parking,
Scooter (talking baseball) reactions otherwise, with "Sports Illustrated" writer John Donovan warning: "purists everywhere, grab the barf bag," and "Sports Illustrated" media writer Richard Deitsch using Scooter as an example of "how technology does not always help society." "The Sporting News" reported polling their staff with the question "What best summarizes your feelings for Scooter, FOX's talking baseball?", and 45% of respondents chose the answer "Send him to a slow, painful death." Despite the negative reactions, Scooter would still be used in televised baseball games until after the 2006 World Series. Some television historians have noticed the similarities between Scooter and Peter Puck,