The Piaggio NRG is a
scooter made by
Piaggio
Piaggio & C. SpA (Piaggio ) is an Italian motor vehicle manufacturer, which produces a range of two-wheeled motor vehicles and compact commercial vehicles under seven brands: Piaggio, Vespa, Gilera, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Derbi, and Scarabeo. Its ...
from 1994 to 2020.
History
The first model (mc1) used a liquid-cooled,
two-stroke engine
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of t ...
. The mc2 differed from the mc1 only visually and later models (since 1998) had optional
air-cooling and rear
disc brakes (the Hi-Per2 engine). The mc3 saw not only further visual improvements, but also a rev counter, the new Hi-Per 2 engine, air-cooling (optional), rear disc brakes (optional) and direct fuel injection (optional). The NRG Power (introduced in 2005) changed drastically from the fairly similar 3 previous models. The NRG Power and mc3 were supplied in three versions:
*NRG Power DT / NRG mc3 DT (air-cooled, rear drum brakes)
*NRG Power DD / NRG mc3 DD (liquid-cooled, rear disc brakes. DD stands for "Double Disc")
*NRG Power PureJet / NRG mc3 PureJet (direct fuel injection)
Piaggio and Gilera have produced models similar to the mc1:
*NTT (10 inch rims and a front splitter)
*Piaggio Typhoon / Gilera Typhoon (10 inch rims, different front body, air cooling)
*Piaggio Storm / Gilera Storm (13 inch rims, Typhoon front body, air cooling)
Models
*Piaggio NRG mc1 (1994-1996)
*Piaggio NRG mc2 (1996-1998)
*Piaggio NRG mc2 DD / mc2 extreme (1998-2000)
*Piaggio NRG mc3 DD / DT / PureJet
*Piaggio NRG Power DD / DT / PureJet (since 2005)
*Piaggio NRG mc4
References
External links
Official website
{{Piaggio motorcycles
NRG
Motorcycles introduced in 1994
Mopeds
Two-stroke motorcycles