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Bashan, those pictures took me way back to my high school days. My neighbor and friend had one of those orange Salsbury machines during his high school days. Always thought them to be so much better looking than the Cushman's, and quieter too. Is Orange the only color they made? I had a Whizzer at that time. Lots of fun in my high school days and you just took me back.

There was another powered source for bicycles called the Marmon Twin. A 2 cyl, 2 cycle, frame mounted motor. Looked at them but never bought any. One of my friends had one and it was a bit smokey.
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That is a very popular scooter for the last three or more years. I have one and it is built by a certain Chinese manufacturer, Jonway, and sold by several distributors in the US. It comes with two different engines that I know of. A horizontal Linhai style and the vertical Honda style by CFMoto. MP or MC and possibly other numbers put on by the importers. It took me several months of browsing different dealer web sites. I finally chose a dealer in California and ordered. It came by truck and so far it seems to be OK. I did do a basic PDI and will do a complete PDI on my next fix up period.
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In Colorado I was able to have the local police come to my garage and inspect the scoot. I have a MC 54 250, YY250T. The police person filled out a form, asked questions about it. I showed them the tags mounted under the seat, and pointed out the stamped into the frame VIN. They called in to somewhere for a check and it came back as OK. Took this form and the paper work to our local DMV and the machine was recorded and I got a license and registration form. So I was on the road at that time.

Now living in Arizona. I took all the Colorado paper work to the local DMV and was told they could not register it to Arizona as the VIN did not come up on the search. I called the Colorado local DMV and they replied that it definitely was on the VIN list. I said that Arizona said it did not show on the VIN list. The local Colorado said it was on a special list, not the regular VIN list. I was given the number of the Colorado State DMV headquarters so I could escalate that situation. Ready to do that but then went into some serious health problems and have not escalated yet. Will likely do that at a later date.

Arizona local DMV has said that they could have the highway patrol do the investigation for me and then they could register it for me. That is done here where I live, at the local DMV office area. I may end up doing it this way.

I wonder if Colorado registers all motor cycles and scooters to the special list rather than to the normal VIN list that is available to everyone. I am still riding on my now questionable Colorado plates in Arizona. I understand that an out of state license is valid in Arizona until you have lived here 7 months. Then it must be registered here. I guess I have about 3 months to go before the problems really begin. Maybe by then I will have the problems corrected.

Good luck to you and success with your quest. Start by giving your local police a call or maybe the nearest highway patrol station.
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I had the same problem as you described about being too big for the scoot. Like an elephant riding on a toad stool. Before I bought I visited a couple stores, sat on machines, then went home and checked the specs. I found the machines that made me cramped had 55" wheel base. So then I moved my efforts to the machines that had a 65" wheel base. Bought one and found it much more comfortable for me. But I also found it to be a much larger bike to store. Glad I bought the longer wheel base. Room to move the feet from flat down to extended to the forward position. My knees are not close to the forward panel and I sit high enough to have my legs comfortable and still have ability to reach the ground when stopped while seated.

To me the wheel base meant a lot. Check the specs before you chase one down. If possible do sit on one before ordering. I did not but am happy with my choice based on the wheel base.
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No challenge to your thoughts at all.

Since I don't often get to ride I just went and bought a nice Deltran battery tender at the nearby ACE hardware store. So I never have to worry about that long term failure. My year old scoot is now up to 69 miles. I have had a series of distractions including a interstate move and two medical episodes that included narcotic drugs, no riding time. Soon hope to get more riding time again. This past week I added 9 miles to the odometer.
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Grocerygetter, you have a good memory. I have a link to this and have saved the pictures. Still waiting for the opportunity to make my move to fix the latches. Probably this summer when the temps are too hot to ride will be the time. I don't legally need to wear a helmet but my skull is already broken so for me to have a future I need to wear one in case of a problem, accident or stupid move that leads to the ground. Even in mildly warm weather my head is doing a slow broil inside that plastic box I wear.

I plan to do a photo follow up of that effort, including closeups of how the latches look before and after. Best I can see now is that the cable is likely OK but not properly routed so no action on the longer, rear latch cable.

Above in the link I posted was a 'fix' that worked some time back, of just slamming on the cover by the latch and it somehow caused the seat to release. It that is a true report then definitely it is worth a try. Just don't know if the author of the problem is still following this thread.
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