Hello, Motocompacto! New Honda Mini-E-Cycle Remasters '80s Icon

 Meet the Motocompacto. It's a wee little scooter that looks a bit like a flatbed scanner with handlebars, with the sort of friendly future robot appeal of Pixar's Wall-E. king88bet Login Alternatif

It's sleeker than the ubiquitous electric Razor-type scooters running around, and it's a lot smaller (and lighter) than many e-bikes. king88bet Login

And, probably more importantly for anyone who's a fan of the unusual antics of Soichiro Honda's company in the 1980s, it's directly inspired by one of the Honda's most delightfully nerdy two-wheelers ever: the Motocompo. King88Bet Situs Slot Terbaik

The Motocompo was a folding tiny motorcycle, and unusually for Honda it was a two-stroke. It folded into a carry-on suitcase sized lump that conveniently stowed in the trunk of the Honda City hatchback.

The City was a pugnacious little bulldog of a car, and it even got a much-admired Turbo version (and a very catchy, very 1980s ad starring the British ska band Madness!).

But the funny thing about the City is that it was designed from the get-go to handle the Motocompo, rather than the Motocompo being designed to bugar in its kargo tempat. The idea was to get close to a congested city, park somewhere convenient, and Motocompo your way into downtown.

The Motocompo, however, weighed 90 pounds, so hauling it in and out of the City was probably a chore. Here's where the Motocompacto improves on the orisinal: instead of a smoky two-stroke, it fiturs a 0.5-kW, 11.8 lb-ft motor and 6.8-Ah baterai.

All up, the Motocompacto weighs just 41.3 pounds—less than half of its predecessor's mass—thanks in part to a lightweight aluminum frame. It's kompak, too, at just 29.2 inches long, 21.1 inches tall, and a measly 3.7 inches wide when folded up—with a handy carrying handle protruding out the hebat, to make lugging it easier, too.

Honda says the Motocompacto will do 15 mph and has a maksimal kisaran of up to 12 miles.