Introducing the new Piaggio Typhoon, the young, practical and fun scooter according to Piaggio. Piaggio’s best selling model gets all-new styling and mechanical content, and the classic 50 cc 2-stroke is now joined by a 125 cc 4-stroke.
Piaggio Typhoon, has sold over 500,000 examples to date, has been completely revised and is now aimedat an even broader clientele, with the classic 50 cc 2-stroke engine now joined by a feisty carburettor-fed 125 cc 4-stroke aimed at urban communing needs.
A new leg shield design, new lights, new graphics and looks and an all-new choice of engines: the new Piaggio Typhoon is more grown up than before in terms of both looks and style.
The front of the Piaggio Typhoon boasts an all-new design: the distinctive “shark face” of the most youthful model in Piaggio’s line-up is now more imposing and substantial; the wide slits - a trademark of the Piaggio Typhoon - rise and spread out along the sides of the leg shield to follow the profile of the new headlight, which frames the eyes of the scooter, with their completely new, more aggressive and dynamic design.
The new Piaggio Typhoon looks different at the rear, too: taut, clean lines define a tail that is larger, more defined and sportier than before, while the all-new tapered tail fairing lends a sleekness to the design, as do the passenger grab handles, which extend along the broader, more comfortable new saddle and visually lighten the entire rear of the scooter.
The new Piaggio Typhoon also comes with a choice of new graphics which Piaggo say are: stylish and modern to suit the tastes of younger riders, or subtle and elegant for a more mature users.
The Piaggio Typhoon now boasts a new frame and 12” wheels, designed to soak up bumps better and improve stability. Also new is the 2-valve 125 cc engine.
New Typhoon 50cc 2-stroke / 125 4-stroke
| Engine | 2-stroke single cylinder | Single cylinder 4-stroke |
| Engine capacity | 49.4cc | 124 cm³ |
| Bore x Stroke | 40 x 39.3 mm | 57 x 48.6 mm |
| Max. power | 3,1 kW (4,2 HP) / 6.500 rpm | 7,1 kW (9,6 HP) / 8.500 rpm |
| Max. torque | 4,6 Nm / 6.000 rpm | 8,2 Nm / 7.500 rpm |
| Starter | Electric starter and kick starter | Electric starter with automatic choke |
| Cooling system | Forced air | |
| Transmission | Automatic continuously variable transmission (CVT) with torque server | |
| Clutch | Automatic centrifugal dry clutch | |
| Frame | Single cradle structure in tubular steel with pressed reinforcements | |
| Front suspension | Hydraulic telescopic fork with straight stanchions – wheel travel: 86 mm | |
| Rear suspension | Oscillating engine/swingarm with single hydraulic shock absorber Wheel travel: 76 mm |
Oscillating engine/swingarm and single hydraulic shock absorber with 4-setting adjustable spring preload. Wheel travel: 82 mm |
| Front brake | 220mm disc with dual-piston floating calliper | |
| Rear brake | 140 mm drum | |
| Front tyre | Tubeless 120/80-12″ | |
| Rear tyre | Tubeless 130/80-12″ | |
| Length | 1,940 mm | |
| Width | 720 mm (across levers) | |
| Saddle height | 765 mm | |
| Wheelbase | 1,350 mm | |
| Fuel tank capacity | 7 litres (including 1.5 litre reserve) | |
| Emissions | Euro 2 | Euro 3 |
