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Milage as of : 03/08/2002,  017777

Engine: 

Malossi 172cc conversion, Malossi carbon fiber reed block and reeds, Malossi racing cone air filter with carb. upjetted to suit, Doppler polished aluminum boost bottle, All coolant hoses covered in braided steel, Malossi racing H.P.C crank.

Transmission:

Standard 125cc gearing with Malossi Multivar 2000 variator, Malossi rollers and clutch springs, Malossi kevlar belt, Malossi outer front pully.

Suspension: 

Standard front upsidedown forks with carbon fiber struts, Doppler fully adjustable gas rear shock.

Brakes: 

Front: Brakeing oversized(260mm) disk with race pads and standard caliper. Rear: Standard disk and caliper with EBC kevlar pads. Braided steel brake lines all round.

Wheels & Tyres: 

13" Piaggio NRG front wheel sprayed silver and standard 13" rear wheel with 130/60/13 Bridgestone BO2 Hoops front and rear. 

Bodywork: 

All original stickers removed, PM Tuning carbon fiber front and rear mudguards, Pm Tuning carbon fiber flywheel cover, seat re-trimmed black, small fly screen from runner 50, Scooter-attack checkerplate foot mats, fully colour coded black, aluminum racing mesh behind all intakes, Radiator grille replaced with mesh, Cut down rear number plate holder, Clear light lenses,  Black brake levers from piaggio NRG, Blue L.E.D lights fitted inside headlamp unit, All reflectors tinted black, Side air vents replaced with mesh, Pro-Bolt anodised bolt kit, Blue neon dash lighting.

Security:

Far, Far to much to list, not that I would tell anyway you understand ;)

Performance:

 Max power: 23bhp(at flywheel, 18.5 approx at rear wheel) , Max speed: 95mph(152km/h)indicated, 0-30: 2.5 seconds(est), 0-60: 6 seconds(est), Power to weight ratio: 209.5bhp per tonne.

The above graph shows a comparisson between a standard 125(Green) and one fitted with a 172 kit(red) alone. Blue line is a modified 125 motor.

(new rear tyre 19/11/01)

(new rear tyre 19/03/02)

All photo's copyright:Paul Loughnane,2000, 2001,2002

I bought my Runner on the 27th of July 2000 from Bikeworld in Dublin. I've always been into modifying cars but never planned to bother doing anything to the Runner. This all changed 3 weeks after I got my Runner as I was stopping at traffic lights in Dublin city when another motorbike ploughed into me from behind at about 35mph. Needless to say I was a bit upset when picking the mass of smashed plastic that had been my shiny new runner off the road. £800 damage and 3 weeks later Bikeworld call me to say its ready, but that they'd forgotten to order a new sticked set. So in I went and there was my runner looking even better then new with no dodgy yellow stickers to be seen. To the detrement of my pocket and my sunday afternoons the modifying bug took over and I went straight home and ripped off the remaining couple of stickers. Since then I haven't stopped changing things to the point that the outside of my runner is totally unique including some parts that are the only ones in Ireland. At first I decided to leave the engine alone as it was fast enough-that idea lasted about 17 seconds with the original air filter and carb jets being the first bits to be given their marching orders. The brakes and handling haven't been left out either with braided steel brake lines and kevlar pads for the stopping and Bridgstone hoop race tyres with Doppler gas shock for the turning.  Transmission has not been able to hide either with the original variator, rollers, belt and clutch springs being left in a pile in the corner and  replaced with Malossi racing items. I'm currently doing a mechanic apprentiship which has put a large dent in my funds so I'm just keeping it fully maintained for now( with the occasional modifying twich being cured with something small i.e Piaggio badge, runner 50 brake handles) Come next year when qualified and money begins sprouting in my account the next thing to have a dark shadow cast over it will be the exhaust which will have a PM Tuning PM58 race exhaust bolted into the resulting hole. After that a Malossi oversized front disk  to cope with my stupidly late braking tendencies. And after that, I want to see 100mph-and live to tell of it! 

Its now 28/1/02 and despite my above plans for an exhaust and disk coming first, constant humiliation buy 180 owners(the 180 now costs the same to insure as a125 in Ireland!!) has led me to take drastic mesures. A quick internet order was sent to Scooter-attack in Germany and shortly afterwards a Malossi 172cc kit was on its way.  On its own the 172cc kit gives 1hp more then a 180 but couple that to the 125's lower gear ratio and the result, as tested today, is a thorough trouncing of a 180 off the lights! And now I have finished that mechanic apprentiship I mention above which means I'm not finished yet. Exhaust, 25mm carb, Racing crank...............

05 of July 2002 now and my Runner just about 2 years old and bears very little resemblance to what Piaggio had in mind. The 172cc is well run in and terrorising any scooter on the road, a recent blown transmission promted a rebuild using all Malossi parts including a race crank. I also bought a Technigas race exhaust in Greece this year which is also being fitted. Next is the 25mm carb and after that the stakes rise. High compression cylinder heads, NOS nitros injection and even Turbos are being developed by some mentally questionable people out there, But I've never claimed to be of sound mind myself, so I might be forced into buying them!! :) 

paul_loughnane@e-merge.ie