People"S" 250 style-Italian influence?

[kawzak]

I think I have heard somewhere that the People "S" model is of Italian style influence. I havn't see any Italian scooters that share any of the "S" traits-as they are usually more rounded.  The Kymco has some erect lines and a some what sharper/squarer shapes. It would be interesting to know if the design is really of Italian influence or just "internal" engineering. Which brings me to the next question- the front forks legs are in front of the axle-unlike the typical practice of over the center or behind the axle. Does this add to the "ease of turning" (kind of like the old leading link forks-acted like power steering). Anyone have any thoughts on this? The Kymco People "S" 250 certainly is very functional and maybe " function over form"  is key here- kinda like a Goldwing-everything on it works very well as opposed to being dictated by style. Some one told me my scooter looked like a Praying Mantis!-Cool!

[olbull]

The 'S" has knife  edge  styling like the  CTS  Cadillac..As  to  the  axel  postion its all  about head  angle..This allows  a  milder  angle (more  forgiving than  a  steep angle) ,while shorting the  Wheelbase  by  an inch or  so...makes  a big difference  on  the "P"  model  which  has a wheelbase  3" longer  and a  more  "Buick "  type  ride ..The "S" is more  snappy...The  forks are shared  as are most  of the  components.

OlBull

[geezerbob]

My buddy at Kymco USA said that an Italian designed all the People scooters.

[olbull]

Lets  hope that  Kymco  didnt let the Italians  develope  the parts  department..Ive owned  more than  few italian  bikes and  scooters...

[geezerbob]

The wheels have "Made in Italy" on them.  I'm not aware of them containing any other Italian parts.  Seems I saw Italian wheels on another bike, Burgman or Silverwing, maybe.

[olbull]

Parts  dept  =  the  spare  parts  delivery  system ..not  if a  part is  made in  a  specific  country..

[geezerbob]

As far as I know, the parts department is 100% upstate SC redneck.