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  2. Vespa - Wikipedia

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    Vespa (Italian pronunciation:) is an Italian brand of scooters and mopeds manufactured by Piaggio. The name means wasp in Italian. The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A. of Pontedera, Italy to a full line of scooters and one of seven companies today owned by Piaggio. [1]

  3. List of motor scooter manufacturers and brands - Wikipedia

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    FAKA (1952—1957), Took over production of Walba scooters — West Germany[55] (Fenwick) Lambretta(1951—1960) — France. FIAMC (Fabbrica Italiana Auto Moto Cicli) (1950s) — Italy[56] Fly / Flyscooters(2006—2010), Florida based distributors of Chinese and Taiwanese built scooters, particularly Znen— USA.

  4. PGO Scooters - Wikipedia

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    PGO G-MAX. PGO Scooters is a brand of motor scooter manufactured by Motive Power Industry, a scooter manufacturer founded in Taiwan in 1964.. PGO entered into a technical collaboration with Italy's Piaggio (the manufacturer of the Vespa) that lasted from 1972 to 1982; it is also from there that the company gets its name (P iag G i O).

  5. Piaggio Ciao - Wikipedia

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    However, models with turning signal lights were equipped with a 6-volt battery for the blinkers to function. On newer models, the plastic fuel cap also serves as a measuring cup for the 2% oil-fuel mixture. In some countries, such as Canada in the 1970s, it was branded as the Vespa Ciao. Model variants include:

  6. Piaggio Ape - Wikipedia

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    The first model was a cabless adaptation of the company's two-wheel scooter, the Vespa, adding two rear wheels and a flat utility bed over the rear axle. Initial models featured 50 cc, [4] 125 cc or 150 cc engines and, later, a 175 cc engine. By the time of the 1964 Ape D, a cab was added to protect the driver from the elements.

  7. Piaggio Vespa LX - Wikipedia

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    Vespa claims 70–75 mpg ‑US (3.4–3.1 L/100 km; 84–90 mpg ‑imp) fuel efficiency. [1] The LX models feature an automatic torque slave transmission and front disc and rear drum brakes. Released in 2005, the LX is the Roman Numeral [2] for 60, marking the sixtieth anniversary of the first Vespa scooter in 1946. The LXV, the V denoting a ...

  8. Air compressor - Wikipedia

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    Air compressor supplies air into a nail gun.. An air compressor is a machine that takes ambient air from the surroundings and discharges it at a higher pressure. It is an application of a gas compressor and a pneumatic device that converts mechanical power (from an electric motor, diesel or gasoline engine, etc.) into potential energy stored in compressed air, which has many uses.

  9. Two-stroke engine - Wikipedia

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    A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston (one up and one down movement) in one revolution of the crankshaft. (A four-stroke engine requires four strokes of the piston to complete a power cycle, in two crankshaft revolutions.)