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While our seven-year-old prefers a wider footplate as she builds her scooting confidence, there were no complaints from our teenage tester. The brightly coloured scooter has great child appeal, but our only gripe is that the paint can chip away quite easily on the frame if it’s not handled with care.
The seat that comes with the Yamaha Aerox 155 is comfortable and wide, but the knee-room looks premium. The headlights and the tail-lights of the scooter make up the LED unit and it also integrates a fully-digital instrumentation.You’ll need to remove the handlebar and shaft using the eject button, and place it under the footplate using the provided rubber strap. There’s the traditional rear footbrake, a handbrake and easy-to-grip rubber handlebar, so our tester felt in control. The later model adds a great amount of storage with its glovebox (’85-’87 models) and storage in the right side panel (see the ad at the bottom of this page for a look inside). It’s hard to believe scooter giant Micro Scooter is yet to turn 20 years old, with many parents relying on the quality sidekick to revolutionise the school run.
Our tentative seven-year-old tester is new to using a bike steering, two-wheel scooter, but this felt like the perfect introduction, because it feels so robust. While the branding is quite basic, functionality is brilliant and we love that you can adjust the height by over a metre.
For the ’86-’87 models you can get big bore kits up to 47mm bore (65cc), intakes, reeds, carbs and even gears. This didn’t faze our teenager, and most young children are used to scooters with just the back brake. Our four-year-old tester was over the moon when we realised the front wheels light up with a variety of colours, and we found the curved shaft kept her in the correct scooting position.