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2001 Piaggio Liberty first series. Presented at the Barcelona motor show in May 1997, the Liberty was born as a scooter with a 50 cm 3 engine intended primarily for young audiences, having highly innovative specifications, it immediately stands out as "high wheels" among the most popular on the market; thanks to its original and dynamic line, good design quality and competitive price.
Motoflash (1950s), 50cc and 75cc two-stroke engines — Italy [56] Motobloc / Riva Sport Industries (RSI) (1950s), Initially sold the Swiss AMI scooter as the Ami Motobloc. The Sulky was developed with RSI — France [86] Motoblic (1960s), Models included a 75cc model, [87] and Stela 100cc model [88] — Spain; Moto Guzzi (1950–1966) — Italy
Piaggio launched the Vespa (Italian for "wasp") and within ten years more than a million units had been produced. The Italian language gained a new word, "vespare", meaning to go somewhere on a Vespa. [6] In 2024, Piaggio celebrated 140 years with limited edition of 'Vespa 140th of Piaggio,' with only 140 units available from April 18 to 21 ...
The 125 engine belongs to the Piaggio Leader family and is a four-stroke with electronic injection and has a power of 7.9 Kw (10.7 HP). With this engine, the LX reaches 91 km/h. The highest displacement is represented by the Leader engine, also four-stroke and 151 cm 3 electronic injection. This engine produces a power of 8.9 kW (12.1 hp) and ...
The Piaggio Free was introduced in the end of 1992 and was Piaggio's first modern scooter defined as “high wheels”. It was only available with a two-stroke 50 engine delivering 4.6 HP and was positioned as the least expensive scooter model within the 1990s Piaggio range, slightly more expensive than the Ciao and Si mopeds.
In November 2017 the “2018 Model Year” introduces the new Piaggio 50 I-Get air-cooled, three-valve, four-stroke, engine Euro 4 approved. The new range is composed by the "basic" Zip and sporty Zip S versions which differ in the bodywork colours [ 7 ] In 2021 the I-Get engine has been re-homologated to Euro 5.
Piaggio also produced some stablemates to the Ciao: The Piaggio Si, with a telescopic front fork suspension, the Piaggio Grillo, with 14-inch wheel, Piaggio Boxer, the Si's ancestor, the Piaggio Boss, with kick starter, mass button and speedometer and the Piaggio Bravo with a telescopic front fork and a shock absorber rear suspension.
In 1998, the 125 cc (7.6 cu in) FX Runner was introduced which had the same styling as the 50cc. In 1999, the SP model was released. The biggest difference between the FX (FXR) and the SP is the FX had a 9 L (2.0 imp gal; 2.4 US gal) petrol tank and battery stowed near the spark plug and a rear drum brake. The SP has a 12 L (2.6 imp gal; 3.2 US ...