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The front suspension locks or unlocks using a switch, which is located just below the throttle on the right handlebar. The suspension lock can only be activated manually, at low speeds or at a stop; the lock is automatically disengaged when the engine speed exceeds 2,500 rpm. [ 1 ]
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 2000 Piaggio introduced a redesigned Zip model range. These are sometimes referred to as the Zip 2000 or Zip Cat models. It had a height adjustable seat, lockable glove box and underseat storage with room for a full face helmet. [3] The base 50 cc version was once again a two-stroke but the engine was now the updated Hi-Per2 unit.
The front suspension uses a MacPherson strut, rear suspension uses a rigid axle with twin-blade parabolic leaf springs, allowing a load capacity of 1,000 kg on the front axle and up to 2020 kg on the rear axle. The chassis is rear-wheel drive, ESC, ASR, ABS and EBD as standard. The Porter NP6 range can be customized with hundreds of variants.
Comparison between normal and portal axles Pinzgauer portal axle. A portal axle (or portal gear lift) is an off-road vehicle suspension and drive technology where the axle tube or the half-shaft is offset from – usually above – the center of the wheel hub and where driving power is transferred to each wheel via a simple gearbox, built onto each hub. [1]
Immediately before and after World War II, the plunger suspension, in which the axle moved up and down two vertical posts, became commonplace. In the latter, the movement in each direction was against coiled springs. Some manufacturers, such as Greeves, used swingarm designs for the front forks, which were more robust than telescopic forks.
The Piaggio Sì is a moped that was produced by the Italian manufacturer Piaggio. It received homologation on 20 November 1978 and was presented in Genoa on 1 February 1979. [1] In the North American market it was sold by the American division of Piaggio, the Vespa of America Corporation, as Piaggio Si.
Launched on the market in November 2004, the Fly is a compact low-wheeled scooter developed by Piaggio to be sold globally: production takes place in the Pontedera plants for the European and North American market, while the following year the production in China at the Zongshen-Piaggio Foshan plant to be sold on the Asian market.