Piaggio Performance Tuning Guide
To compliment to the Moped & Scooter Tuning: The Facts article, here is my personal reccomendation on how to tune Piaggio scooters, at my old work we have used this setup literally on every 50cc scooter we tune and have never had a kid come back from his test ride without a smile on their face.
This article covers any Piaggio engine based scooter, so will apply to all Gilera, Vespa and come Aprilia scooters, but beware that exhausts may be specific for certain Vespa & Aprilia models due to bodywork differences.
Although a little different in order from the previous article, these are the three main things we to do Piaggio scooters, and most people do not require anymore!
1. Fit a performance Race Pipe / Sports Exhaust
We reccommend the Giannelli Reverse (or the Giannelli Extra if your budget can't quite stretch that far) for Piaggio motors (Remember all Gilera, Vespa and later post 2004 Aprilia's use the same motors).
Firstly, this exhaust is sold as a legal aftermarket exhaust, not technically a race pipe by law, so it's got a nice little stamp on it which means it'll pass an MOT, as well as coming with a warrenty, so ...