Suzuki Bergman, but DONT LET HER have one! Ever.
It'll spank the Suzuki.
I thinki there are smaller versions.

Being perfectly honest here I personally find
modern maxiscooters simply amazing.

They might not out-cool a savage but they'll
out-maneuver, out-range, outrun and out
comfort most road bikes in a flash.

* Check out these models:
(search craigslist.org for a good deal)

- Suzuki Burgman (400cc & 650cc)
- Honda Silverwing 400
- Honda Reflex 250 / Foresight 250 & Pantheon 150
- all of them bulletproof

Have a bit xtra cash? Then check out these little jewels:

- Vespa GTS 250 & 300
- Aprilia Atlantic 500 / Scarabeo 500
- Gilera Nexus 500


* Just stay away from unknown Chinese brands, however Kymco (china/korea)
and Bajaj (india/kawasaki) are both excelent companies. Good luck.

Scooter people all agree, the Bergman 650 isn't a scooter.

It is a luxury crotch rocket in disguise.

It will embarrass a lot of 2 wheeled vehicles you'd never imagine that it could possibly embarrass the living stuffin' outa from the stop light and in the twisties.

I have fun embarrassing people with my Burgman 650.   I love pulling up next to a Harley at a stop light and leaving them behind when the light turns green.

When I saw the topic title I was thinking about something nuclear, not "automatic."

Those old Hondamatic motorcycles were not truly "automatic." They were much closer to the old Buick Dynaflow. They consisted of a two-speed transmission and a hydraulic torque converter. The shifting from Low to High (or Neutral) was done using a conventional foot lever.

Honda is said to have considered a fully automatic transmission for their Gold Wing decades ago. They didn't implement it because of fear that the transmission would choose to shift under conditions where a shift might cause a traction loss, such as in a curve. The modern CVT used in most scooters doesn't make discrete shifts, so the problem doesn't arise.

I used to have a Honda 250 Helix scooter. I never had any problems with speed control, either low or high speed. The only odd quirk I noticed was when coming to a stop. As the speed dropped to about ten mph the centrifugal clutch would disengage, and the loss of engine braking almost made it feel as if the scooter accelerated. The CVT does "mask" acceleration because of its imperceptible shifting, and it is very easy to discover yourself going faster than you thought.

The only caveat I have with the modern generation of scooters is the brake controls. My Helix had a front brake lever and a foot pedal for the rear brake. Most scooters now have the rear brake operated by a hand lever where the clutch would be on a regular motorcycle. I fear lest I grab a handful of "clutch." I also fear many drivers of cars will stomp the non-existent scooter brake pedal in a panic stop.