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-sharing system still under investigation. Lime claimed that the scooter was not defective. Dockless electric scooter services can only function thanks to behind-the-scene-operations run by contractors, known as 'chargers,' who collect and charge the scooters. Some arrangements allow anyone carrying a smartphone with the proper app to become a charger, and get a prize for every scooter retrieved, charged, and delivered (bird hunting). The prize money and scooters becoming potential bait for muggers are parts of the safety equation. Some competing contractors have fought with their rivals over the same scooter, at times involving guns. Compared to the other forms of shared