The Genuine Scooter Company is a Chicago

Chicago

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-based producer/distributor of motorscooters, most notably the Stella

Stella (scooter)

Stella is a model of a vintage-style scooter imported into the United States by Chicago-based Genuine Scooters since 2003, and manufactured by LML in Kanpur, India.-History:...

 and Buddy

Buddy (scooter)

The Buddy is a motorscooter distributed in the United States by Genuine Scooters of Chicago, Illinois. Introduced in 2006, the Buddy is the most popular scooter sold by Genuine and is sold in 150 of its dealerships throughout the country...

 models. It sells scooters and accessories through a network of over 150 dealers in the United States.

The company was founded by Philip McCaleb in 2002 as an outgrowth of his garage-based business where he sold vintage Vespa

Vespa

Vespa is an Italian brand of scooter manufactured by Piaggio. The name means wasp in Italian.The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A...

 and Lambretta

Lambretta

Lambretta can refer to:* Lambretta, a petrol-powered scooter made by Innocenti* Lambretta , a clothing brand* Lambretta , a Swedish rock band* The Lambrettas, a British mod revival band...

 scooters and operated a mail-order catalog featuring scooter parts and accessories. It is a sister company to Scooterworks

Scooterworks

Scooterworks USA is a Chicago-based retailer which operates through mail order and a local storefront. Its primary business is parts and accessories for motorscooters....

 USA, which specializes in aftermarket parts and accessories for Genuine, Vespa, and other scooter brands.

Genuine Scooter Company began business in 2003, setting up and providing current dealerships with the Stella, a scooter based on the "classic" mechanical design and styling of mid-20th-century scooters, manufactured by LML

LML

LML is an Indian scooter and motorcycle manufacturer based in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.-History and overview:...

 in India. Building on the success of this model, in 2006 the company began a relationship with PGO Scooters

PGO Scooters

PGO Scooters is a brand of motor scooter manufactured by Motive Power Industry, a scooter manufacturer founded in Taiwan in 1964.PGO entered into a technical collaboration with Italy’s Piaggio that lasted from 1972 to 1982; it is also from there that the company gets its name .PGO Scooters, in the...

, a Taiwan manufacturer which produced the Buddy, a scooter with CVT

Continuously variable transmission

A continuously variable transmission is a transmission that can change steplessly through an infinite number of effective gear ratios between maximum and minimum values. This contrasts with other mechanical transmissions that offer a fixed number of gear ratios...

 and other modern styling and design features. The Buddy has become Genuine's best selling model, with several engine sizes and versions featuring various styling and accessories. Later introductions were the Rattler (since discontinued) and Roughhouse, designed for more off-road and recreational use, and the Blur, a scooter with a higher-powered engine capable of maintaining expressway speeds. In 2011, Genuine introduced a version of the Stella with a redesigned four-stroke engine compliant with California emissions standards, and a 170cc version of the Buddy with fuel injection

Fuel injection

Fuel injection is a system for admitting fuel into an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in automotive petrol engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....

 instead of a carburetor

Carburetor

A carburetor , carburettor, or carburetter is a device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine. It is sometimes shortened to carb in North America and the United Kingdom....

. Following these introductions, it received additional capitalization from Livingstone Partners.

Products

Genuine Scooter Company features the following scooters in its product line as of April 2011:

• Blur SS 220i (220cc, 4T, fuel-injected)
• Buddy 125 (125cc, 4T)
• Buddy 50 (50cc, 2T)
• Buddy International (150cc, 4T)
• Buddy Li'l International (50cc, 2T)
• Buddy 170i (170cc, 4T, fuel-injected)
• Roughhouse R50 (50cc, 2T)
• Stella (150cc, 2T/4T)

External links

• Genuine Scooters website
• http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/genuine-scooter-companys-buddy-black-jack-150/1200889/feature about the Genuine Buddy "Blackjack" model on Jay Leno
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