Razor Scooters

Razor Scooters

The Razor scooter was originally developed by the JD Corporation. Its design took over 5 years to perfect by a then 44-year-old mechanical engineer named Gino Tsai, the owner of JD Corporation. His inspiration came from the ease of mobility of old- fashioned scooters, but he needed something smaller to ride around his sprawling bicycle factory so he wouldn't have to walk so much. This led to the eventual design of a collapsible aluminum kick scooter.In the late 1990's, the Razor Motor Scooters became a hit in Japan, so JD corporation decided to launch it in the US. Carlton Calvin, who at the time was manufacturing and selling miniature skateboards throughout the US, saw it, and decided to distribute the JD Razor. Demand was so high, that in June, 2000, RazorUSA was incorporated and bought the copyrights. They are the current distributors.The scooter design consists of a steel or aluminum construction, polyurethane wheels, and a lever near the rear wheel which acts as a brake. The neck uses a 1 1/8" bicycle headset, and is collapsible by a cam and lever system, so as to provide easy carrying.