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Gilera Nexus is a maxi-scooter manufactured by Italian company
Since June 2011, the Nexus has been marketed in Europe and Asia also 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. ...
under the Gilera
Gilera is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded in Arcore in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera (1887–1971). In 1969, the company was purchased by Piaggio.
History
In 1935, Gilera acquired rights to the Rondine four-cylinder engine. It was, at t ...
brand. Sold from 2003. It is available in four engines (the 125, 250, 300 and 500 cm³).
All engines are single cylinder four-stroke
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either direct ...
water cooled.
History
Designed by Frascoli Design the Nexus 500 i.e. was first presented and marketed in 2003. In 2006Gilera
Gilera is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded in Arcore in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera (1887–1971). In 1969, the company was purchased by Piaggio.
History
In 1935, Gilera acquired rights to the Rondine four-cylinder engine. It was, at t ...
added two other engines, the 250 and the 125 cm³.
In 2008 the 250 cm³ model went out of production, replaced by the 300 cm³.
Version 300 and version 500 remain on sale since 2012 until 2014.
Aprilia SR Max
Since June 2011, the Nexus has been marketed in Europe and Asia also by Aprilia
Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded immediately after World War II in Noale, Italy, by Alberto Beggio. The company started as a manufacturer of bicycles and moved on to manufacture scooters and small-capacity motorcycles. ...
under the name Aprilia SR Max proposed with Piaggio Quasar 125 and 300 engines only.
It achieved some success only in the 300 variant. Production in Italy for the European market ended definitively in 2016.
Since 2017 it has been re-proposed in China produced locally by the Zongshen Piaggio Foshan Motorcycle joint venture in the Euro 4 approved 300 variant and sold only on the local market. This model will also be imported into Europe from 2019 by the Austrian group KSR renamed Malaguti Madison 300 (KSR holds the rights to the Malaguti
Malaguti is an Italian bicycle, scooter and motorcycle company based in San Lazzaro di Savena, founded by Antonino Malaguti in 1930. Producing bicycles until 1958, they then entered the motorcycle market. Noted for their use of small engin ...
brand).
From 2022 the SR Max on the Chinese market is also offered with the 250 HPE engine.
Engines and specifications
References
External links Official Gilera website
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