2007 Aprilia sportcity 250ie | 2582 miles | VIN ZD4VBC0007S000049 | $3000 plus tax & licensing

The 2007 LA times article by Susan Carpenter hits the nail on the head: Take 15 pound-feet of torque. Factor in 22.5 horsepower. The numbers don’t add up to bragging rights, especially for an Italian sport bike manufacturer. But add 61 miles per gallon and a $4,599 price tag. What you’ve got now is a frisky little scooter, otherwise known as the 2007 Aprilia SportCity 250.The SportCity is exactly how it sounds -- compact enough to squeeze through traffic yet sporty enough to satisfy a scooteristi’s need for speed. I found the single-cylinder automatic SportCity fast off the line. Aprilia claims the scooter accelerates from 0 to 50 mph in 7 seconds, which means I wouldn’t have won any races if I had popped a green next to its Tuono superbike. But I was more than likely to speed ahead of any other 250 cc scooter on the market, since the SportCity is fuel-injected and so lightweight as to be skeletal -- just 326 pounds dry. What Aprilia has done with its newest scoot is fairly innovative. It’s applied the components of larger, more expensive maxi scooters to a smaller-displacement bike to equalize its performance on streets and freeways.
Add that the Sportcity has 15” wheels, fresh with Pirelli rubber, and you’ve got a properly peppy, sharply handling scooter ready to tear up the town. This Aprilia has had a gentle life in the PNW, with only 2582 miles. It has recently been serviced, and is ready to find its new home. A whole lot of scooter, packed into a neat (and affordable!) package.