Piaggio Zip Review

I own a Piaggio Zip 50cc (2004). Its a 2 Stroke and i have had the bike a year now. It is one of the best mopeds for value for money. I bought the bike for £550 with 3000km on it and it was still restricted. I bought a chrome Gianelli powerpipe and a set of 5.5g rollers and removed the restriction on the variator. The bike now does around 55mph on a flat and will push 60mph down a hill. Up a hill it will sit at 40mph but living in a town it is happy to weave round, through and ahead of traffic and almost pushes you to do more. This bike is air cooled and therefore isn't as quick as liquid cooled bikes like Aerox or Sr50's but is the best air-cooled bike around. It costs £8 to fill and that will last about 120+ miles averaging about 70-80MPG. The bike will accelerate 0-50 in about 13secs. The same as a standard 125cc scooter or a 1.0 Ford Ka. The bike is small but comfortable and roomy which makes it prime for trying to get the knee down round a roundabout but only on good rubbers. The bike when de-restricted will work through tyres reasonably quickly. A good set of tyres will cost about £75-100 and will cover about 7000-10000km.

Speed: 9/10

Value: 9/10

Handling: 7/10

Learner friendly: 9/10

Street Cred: 7/10

Hidden surprises: 7/10

Reliabilty: 10/10