The Piaggio NRG is a
scooter made by
Piaggio
Piaggio Group () is an Italian motor vehicle manufacturer, which produces a range of two-wheeled motor vehicles and compact commercial vehicles under five brands: Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi and Derbi. Its corporate headquarters are ...
from 1994 to 2020. The name NRG is an acronym for eNeRGy .
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 Thermodynamic power cycle, power cycle with two strokes of the piston, one up and one down, in one revolution of the crankshaft in contrast to a f ...
. 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
Motor scooters
Mopeds
Two-stroke motorcycles
Single-cylinder motorcycles