This $1,807 scooter just might be the game-changer motorcycling needs.By Kent KunitsuguNovember 29, 2021

In today’s rapidly changing business vocabulary, the term “mobility” is used to embrace anything that deals with human transportation. The rapid rise of alternative means of mobility, such as ride-share and bicycle/ebike/electric scooter rental apps, coupled with a pandemic that has encouraged making those trips solo, has challenged the traditional urban/suburban transportation model.

It would be easy to assume that this scenario would also propel ICE (internal combustion engine) scooter sales. And for the most part, it has helped boost sales in the category to their first double-digit growth in decades. But the American public is a long way from wholesale acceptance of scooterdom, which most still consider a minor niche by the US motorcycle industry despite the outsized role it plays in other world markets.

Honda is hoping to change that perception with its 2022 Navi.

There’s really not much differentiating the Navi from other scooters/minibikes on the market where features are concerned. Sure, it’s got a keyed storage compartment that’s big enough to hold a small bag of groceries, but so do many other scooters. It has a 109cc engine, larger than most in this category (usually 50cc), but there are plenty of scooters with larger engines. And it uses a CVT (automatic) transmission with belt drive, just like most other ICE scooters on the market.