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26 April, 2023
Scooters easy on the budget
A NEW business focusing on scooters has opened at Peter’s Off-Road and Outdoor at Bungalow.
Cairns Scooter Hub has been designed to bring stylish, ecofriendly and economic benefits to Far North Queenslanders looking to reduce their impact on the environment and lower their cost of living.
For 28 years, Peter’s OffRoad and Outdoor dealer-principal and managing director Peter Wandel knows a thing or two about the best modes of transport.
“We all know how expensive the price of fuel is, and we now have two brands of scooters on offer to help keep the cost of living down. We stock Pista Scooters and Benzina Zero,” he said.
“In the last two to three years, we’ve established ourselves in the motorcycle market by bringing Indian Motorcycles to Cairns, and now we believe there is an opportunity in the scooter market due to people being more environmentally conscious and having to cut back on expenses.”
The Pista 50 is an affordable and simple option. Its energetic and charming 50cc two-stroke single-cylinder engine makes it legal to ride with a driver’s license in Queensland.
However, for more powerful performance and optimum fuel efficiency, the Pista 125 is fuelled by a tried-and-true carburettor or the Pista 125 EFI.
Pista 50 2T is $3400 ride away and includes contemporary, sporty styling, large underseat storage, LED lighting with daytime-running lights, 12in wheels, park brake actuator, blue backlit LCD/analogue dash, sidestand with safety switch, centrestand, luggage hook and electric and kickstart.
Pista 125 4T 125 carb is $2990 ride away and the 125 EFI $4190 ride away.
It has the same features as the Pista 50 2T but with 125cc fourstroke engine as well as 13-inch wheels and a combined braking system.
If the environment ranks high on your list, Benzina Zero requires no fuel and emits no emissions and noise.
Powered by Bosch electric motor technology means, users can charge it at home on any power point, charge a phone as they travelled, and all scooters had an inbuilt security system.
There are three models: Duo (range 105km, top speed 50km/h, 2200W) and Duo+ (range 95km, top speed 65km/h, 2700W), from $4650, City (range 80km, top speed 50km/h, 1700W) from $4250, and Sport (range 90km, top speed 80km/h, 4100W) from $7250.
Sales consultant Ferdie Buddingh said users could also charge a phone as they travelled, and all scooters had an inbuilt security system.
“There is minimum maintenance, no need to change spark plugs, no fuel consumption, no oil change, no air filter and easy to charge,” he said.
