FASTER SCOOTER- Before/After Stage 1 Mods (EPISODE 18)

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Thank you for all the subscriptions. These episodes are not a how-to on making your bike go faster. Everyone has different needs and criteria on what they want out of their bikes. For me, I ride this bike primarily to work in stop & go traffic and in mostly ideal condition without rain, dust or snow. These videos serve as a documentary on how my 50cc Piaggio Typhoon 2-stroke scooter doubled it's acceleration and increased top speed from 30mph to ~60mph with just a few simple mods - most of them are free and only requires a bit of understanding how a scooter works.

This video is filmed on exactly the same stretch of road. The weather was slightly different by 2 degrees before and after the modifications but the difference in performance is significant and evident. The bike pulls much harder now and gets to top speed quickly for a 50cc standard. With just a few simple mods, this bike has became a lot funner and even somewhat sketchy on those 10" nearly 10 year old tires. Stay tuned for further updates to handling, aesthetic, and even more performance modification to the 2005 Piaggio/NRG Typhoon!

In this video, I also demonstrate that the rule you always read from scooter tuners regarding "lighter weight=acceleration, heavier weight=top speed" is far from the truth. While it indeed holds validity to some extent, this video shows you how going down to a lighter weight and in this case the more optimal roller weight setup for this engine, this environment, and this scenario will yield BOTH improved acceleration AND top speed. The common misconception that selection of rollers weights for one or the other is not entirely true.

Most manufacturer install stock roller weights that are far too heavy to optimize fuel economy and engine longevity with performance.. It turns out Piaggio uses 6.5g stock roller weights in this 2005 Piaggio Typhoon. Leo Vince supplies 5.8g weights so might as well give it a try before I purchase even lighter roller weights! Piaggio report this engine makes peak horsepower at 9500RPM. With that said however, Leo Vince never really supplied any information at which optimal RPM this expansion chamber exhaust pipe is designed for.

Hope you find this video helpful and please like & subscribe for further scooter tuning videos!

If you want your bike to bury the speedo needle like ours did in Episode 1, subscribe and stay tuned for future episodes. We will show you how we derestrict the bike from factory, install the Leo Vince ZXR exhaust, open up the intake, and modify the transmission. Come along with us as we transform this little 50cc scooter from a slow and boring bike to a fast and peppy machine that will do circles around traffic!

Other bikes that shares the same platform/engine includes Vespa, Piaggio, Aprilia, Peugot, Gilera, TPH, Typhoon, LT50, LX50, ET50, Scarabeo, Stalker, Zip, Fly, etc.

Song:
IZECOLD - Close (feat. Molly Ann) [Brooks Remix] | NCS x FHM Release

Brooks

IZECOLD

Molly Ann (vocalist)

[jakemilkman]

Highly recommend this person, I reached out for help and got an instant message back! I learned more and can’t wait for my upgrades!

[JohnMaiurro]

Amazing improvement, awesome job on the series!

[aeroxgermany]

Hey nice Video :)
Im from Germany and i think the scooter scene is here bigger than in America. Anyway do you know the Yamaha Aerox?

[minorconfusion]

your rollers are still half a gram too heavy, and you SERIOUSLY need a 70 kit!!!! like SERIOUSLY. then you will find you need a gear up, badly, as you reach the top of the gearing and over rev the hell out of the engine. if you watch/listen, you first set off, the clutch is perfect, then as the clutch lets go, you get a sudden lift in revs, thats transfer to the variator and a fully locked clutch, your rollers then proceed up the ramps too fast (too heavy) as your revs drop as your speed climbs, untill you reach the top of the ramp, your at full extention on the variator and your at too low an rpm, so to go faster your engine then climbs rpm, in a fixed gear.... so drop a lil weight off the rollers. i am subscribed, im not trying to be a dick, im trying to help, as nobody puts vids of this stuff up and i REALLY cant be arsed

[mantasjasukaitis]

I have Aprilia Mojito Custom 50cc 2T Piaggio engine, equiped with 17.5 dellorto PHVA with 65main jet, mallosi red sponge, BR ES 9 spark plug, 5.5g mallosi roller weights, derestricted Sito Plus exhaust system. Only have 40mph top speed (GPS tested). What should i do next to gain more top speed? acceleration is quite good.

[jessepee]

if youre still active, do u know what us wrong with my keeway fact moped? it starts and works well with cold engine, but when it gets warm and i turn it off and try to start it, its a hell. takes maany kicks. im desperate little help :D?

[kmem-wogu]

How can I increase 200cc scooter top speed?

[trentmclean]

Would you be interested in selling the bike?

[trentmclean]

Would I be able to contact you on your instagram?