PX125 2001 performance or lack of........

[markf]

I have posted this on one other forum and I'd really apppreciate any thoughts/opinions.

I am happy with my new scooter, it was veritable bargain, there's just one problem, it's too slow. Coming from a large CC bike to the PX I was expecting slow but not this slooooooow. It's not so much the speed on the flat, after all I didn't buy a Vespa to go fast, it's the hills.

I live near Otley and coming up Otley Chevin, very steep, I struggled to keep it in bloody third, not good. If I'd had a passenger I reckon we would have had to get off and push.

It is standard, is there any point in me spending £200 on an exhaust? Will there be an appreciable difference? Or have I to bite the bullet, trade it and buy a 200? Like I should have done in the first place.

FWIW my thoughts are that a standard PX125, out of town on todays roads is borderline dangerous with it's lack of oomph.

Still, buying a Vespa aftyer 30 years of wanting one was still one of the best things I've ever done. I rode it more this weekend then I rode my motorbike in the last 6 months.

[Lan]

well you could also get a cylinder kit like a polini 180 or malossi 166 to make it quicker but a exhaust is always the place to start but remeber to rejet your carb to suit

[dunworking]

;D Ha Ha, they are a bit slow! My old 150 Sprint struggles up the hills where I live, often struggling in third. But....... after 30 odd years of following caravans around the country it make a change to be holding traffic up rather than being held up.

Strange thing is that after a while I stopped worrying about it and began to enjoy the challenge instead. And yes they are dangerous on some roads (a quick nip onto the M25 after the Great London Ride out was a real eye opener) but I just find a way to get there via A or b roads and enjoy the ride!!

[dto79px]

I went for a olympia 180 kit on my p125x gives it much more pull up hills , it's easy to fit and needs no porting of the crankcases so just bolt on and go, just needs a bigger main jet ( mine has a 115)

i'v fitted a simmonini and pm tuning exhaust they were all noise and no bottom end power so no use

have found a sito-plus exhaust best for normal use , has more bot/mid power and sounds a bit more meaty