Piaggio Zip

The Piaggio Zip is a scooter manufactured by Piaggio. All Zip models have a CVT automatic transmission, sometimes called twist and go because it has no gears and uses an automatic centrifugal clutch. The first generation was only a 49 cc two-stroke, with an air-cooled base model and a water-cooled Zip SP with single-sided front suspension; a 70 cc machine based on the SP won the 1997 Gilera Scooter Championship in the hands of the young Leon Haslam. A redesigned range arrived in 2000, with a 124 cc four-stroke Zip 125 alongside the two-strokes, and in 2017 a new Piaggio 50 I-Get four-stroke engine came in. The Zip was the best selling powered two-wheeler in the United Kingdom in 2001, and Malossi, Polini and PM Tuning sell tuning parts for it.