World-class looks and sound engineering
That the Dragster is a scooter will be lost on many onlookers, thanks to a muscular and sportsbike-like demeanour as also un-scooter-like exposed Ducati-ish trellis frame. The Dragster is aggressively proportioned and that bulky (pregnant-looking), slatted front apron houses its radiator. This scooter comes with five-spoke alloy rims and a sporty scoop carved into its front mudguard. The low and slim headlight, as we found to our dismay, looks far more powerful than it shines and Kinetic needs to rectify this before it launches the Dragster.
The handlebar is in clip-on fashion, with gleaming metalbraided control cables running around it. A white backdrop speedometer in its chrome housing hogs centrestage, while warning lights for low-fuel, indicators, high-beam and oil level blink out just behind. Respectable grips, buffed alloy control levers and the most solid-feeling switchgear we have ever used, all rally to make the Dragster more comfortable to blast around on.
At first we were convinced that the floorboard was going to be painful with exposed frame section and the front shock absorber splitting its length. Yet, after spending saddle time on the scooter, we discovered one does not suffer at all. Under the skimpy stepped seat is a smallish lockable storage to add to the glovebox in the front apron and in true-blue racer style, our test Dragster
sadly offered no room for a pillion.
The Dragster, typical of European products, is well built with fine paint and smart attention to detail.