vespa t5 torquee pipe ??

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Gaygirlbikerider wrote:I run a 172 and Scorpion, absolutely flies as you know.


but I only use flat routes and never ride into a head wind.


what van you using tho?

was yours a timtronic or a bull 1e model?

terry had a scorpion on his 210 and it was s**t, wouldnt pull 4th and then shattered into crispy shards the minute i mentioned stainless cracking on the welds. he went for a sip peafarmer as thats all popo had in france in the end and it was great.

sip do their sip road-standard p2 looking clubman pipe for the t5 which transformed kylies fillertronic p2 so i may try one. it pisses all over the sito plus so may be the grunty option for my scooter in a van after all.
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"Best of both worlds really. Good torque and allows good rev on. Another bonus is that you can also use the main stand and carry a spare."

i may be wrong with the gold line, i read it could not be used with a stand so dismissed it........mmmmm :?
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i had a t5 with malossi 172 and i tried a few pipes pm,scorpion,standard etc and the only one that would pull was a taffy pipe (not sure if it was the goldline?) but the one with the fat muffler that is also used on the lambretta. i think wsp were remaking them but if i were you i would look out for a second hand genuine one ;). it fitted with spare wheel and centre stand (although it was close)
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The Taffspeed pipe I've got on my T5 fits with both the centre stand and spare wheel, (although the endcan does run about a centimetre from the sidewall of the back wheel with standard width rims.) The S.I.P Taffspeed replica made by JL only works with a sidestand, or so it says on their website. As I understand it, the genuine Taffspeed pipes for Vespas were all called 'Goldlines', maybe wrong on that though.
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the thing is if you want your pipe to perform to its optimum you need to know what port timings the manufacturer has designed that pipe for and then match your barrell to that (its a little more involved than that but that conversation could go on for hours! :D ).
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yes but my ability does not stretch that far. so i find it best to trust people that have tried them, its like jumpers....i know im an xl but have no idea or interest in what my chest size is :oops:
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[quote="cezeta"][quote="Gaygirlbikerider"] as thats all popo had in france . is that POPO who owns Scooterworld in Rennes in french france? had a wierd bump into him in 1999 in Rennes . i was walking down the main street, (i"d went to france on me own to get away from stuff) and he walks up and says "you english scooter boy?" whey aye marra ! i says.. i have a shop down here , come for a look. so i gans down, great little shop packed with stuff, and he"s finishing a service on a black p200e with saddle seats. he tells me to grab a helmet off the display ( the helmet law had recently came in in france) and we go thrashing down the road 2"s up, with the tags off the helmet lashing me nose (big nose) to a farm about 5 miles away. real typical french farm , ducks and chickens all over, big barns with waggly wiggly roofs. he opens the barn door... there must have been 300 scooters in there! and a massive wall of racks /bars/carriers etc. (i thought they were scrap, but are going for big money now) great impromtu day, he was going to spain the next day to buy scooters, and offered me to go, but i was on the return leg of the journey. wish i"d went now. still got the t-shirt he gave me. cool guy, cool shop.
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yes thats him. he used to run the hellraiser rallies
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When I had a T5 Malossi. I tried a Scorpion, Pm, simonin, standard and a sito plus. Could not get it to pull in 4th with the PM, the scorpion more or less the same and a poor fit. The simonini worked ok but had to modernise to fit. (had to grind and weld it to clear rear tyre) The standard and sito worked great. So in my conclusion unless you like the look of an expansion stick with original and if you dont have one buy a sito.

Just to add to this I ran a 21 tooth clutch with this and standard upjetted carb, it would fly 70+ on a good day but to my advantage I only weigh about 10 1/2 stone.. :lol:
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