Piaggio Boxer

The Piaggio Boxer is a moped produced by the Italian manufacturer Piaggio at Pontedera. The first series used the space under the seat as a plastic fuel tank and had high 18 inch wheels and a small single-seater saddle, with a long saddle available on request. A few early examples had the shackle type front suspension already used on the Piaggio Ciao, the B1M version, while most left the line with a telescopic fork, the B2V and B3M versions. The transmission came in two forms, a speed variator with expandable pulleys and an automatic centrifugal clutch, or a centrifugal clutch with a final pulley only. The identification plate bearing the chassis number moved to the end of the rear mudguard. The second series, the Boxer 2, differed in its stickers, frame profile, front mudguard, grey plastic and 17 inch wheels, and came as the single-speed BTM and the variator BTV. The Boxer was later replaced by the Piaggio Si, a modernisation with a new chassis but the same layout and engine.