For Americans, there have been effectively 2 meanings of scooter for a long time. There have been kick scooters back to the 80s at least, and in the late 90s to

For Americans, there have been effectively 2 meanings of scooter for a long time. There have been kick scooters back to the 80s at least, and in the late 90s to 2000s there was an explosion of razor scooters. The “small motorcycle” is also called a scooter, but at least in my own circles I hear people call those by the name “Vespa” (a common name brand for motor scooters) a lot more often.