![]() ![]() ![]() With a weight of a mere hundred pounds, even the weakest could pick up the Express should it fall over. Scooter technology was apparent in the drivetrain, with the engine, transmission and rear drive all incorporated in a single-sided swingarm. The frame was a neat assembly of a couple of tubes, with the look of a step-through bicycle, a simple tube coming down from the steering head, then up to support the single seat-no passengers for this noped. Simplify, with a throttle and two hand levers. Please, nothing complicated like a gearshift. A bike was much more comfortable to ride with both feet on equally placed pegs. And they did not want to burden this new buyer with pedals-they wanted a noped-no pedals. To enhance the bicycle motif, the designers did away with any minor bodywork, leaving a frame, a discreetly hidden engine and two wheels. Make it so easy to operate that it would appeal to the person whose sole experience on two wheels had been a single-speed bicycle. And light of weight, so it could be pushed around like a bicycle. ![]() Make the Express look harmless, non-intimidating. Which, though the designers could hardly admit to this sexist approach, would be a woman. Variations on the famous Cub-on which you meet the nicest people-had been around for donkey’s years, so the marketing fellows thought that a new look would be in order to appeal to the new buyer. ![]()
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