MBK (Scooter manufacturer) scooters became the company's core business. Over the past decade MBK scooters have played a major part in the European scooter sales boom. Market leader in France, MBK is also a best-seller in Italy with significant stakes in the German, Belgian, Swiss, Portugal, Greek, UK, Irish, Austrian, Spanish and Finnish markets. One of the company's more popular model range is the MBK Booster. It is sold with a 50cc or 125cc motor. MBK (Scooter manufacturer) MBK (), a subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Company, is a French Scooter manufacturer, based in Rouvroy, Picardy, France. The company was first established in 1923
Piatti scooter small number before British production terminated. The Piatti scooter has the dubious distinction of being, in the words of Bob Currie (author of "Great British Motorcycles of the Sixties"), "the worst scooter ever perpetrated." Piatti scooter Despite its Italian name, the Piatti scooter was of Belgian (and later, British) manufacture, being originally produced in 1954 in Belgium by D'Ieteren. Its name came from its designer, Vincent Piatti. In 1956, production also commenced at the Cyclemaster works at Byfleet in Surrey, England. However, the increasing availability of affordable small cars in Europe affected sales of the Piatti (and other scooters) and