Piaggio Free

The Piaggio Free is a scooter that Piaggio built in Pontedera from 1992 to 2002. Introduced at the end of 1992, it was the company's first modern scooter with the large "high wheels" layout, and it was sold as the cheapest scooter in the 1990s Piaggio range, priced slightly above the Ciao and Si mopeds. At first it came only with a 50 cc two-stroke engine of 4.6 horsepower, with drum brakes front and rear and a weight of 69 kg. A catalysed Euro 1 version arrived in 1999 with 14-inch tyres and a front disc brake, and in 2002 a 100 cc air-cooled four-stroke engine of 7.6 horsepower was added. Production stopped at the end of 2002 because the more refined and better equipped Liberty was taking its sales.