The bicycle-inspired scooter that delivers 214mpg

It is perhaps because small capacity motorcycles regularly travel 100 miles on one gallon of petrol that so few are designed to maximise their aerodynamic efficiency, but a Dutch cycle designer has done just that and achieved an impressive 214mpg.

Allert Jacobs fitted a Honda Innova 125cc scooter (best known in Britain as the pizza delivery scooter of choice) with an aerodynamic outer shell.

In its standard form the Honda delivers an already-impressive 110mpg, but the addition of the bodywork boosted the figure to 214mpg. Mr Jacobs hopes to eventually achieve a figure of over 230mpg.

A spokesperson for the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) said: “There is a history of fitting aerodynamic shells like these to recumbent bicycles to boost performance – the results are no less impressive in this case.”

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