Roughly three years ago, an employee sketched a modern-day reenvisioning of the original Motocompo from 1981, a tiny gas-powered scooter add-on that fits in the trunk of the Honda City subcompact car.

Yet, I was surprised. Honda let us ride the Motocompacto around the M1 Concourse track's grounds in Pontiac, MI, and I was quickly hooked by the device's charm. Now, at 5-foot 9 (1.75 m), my ...

Powering this entry-level and highly affordable dual-sport Honda is an air-cooled 149 cc single-cylinder engine. It has an undersquare construction (barely though, as the stroke is just 0.020 inch ...