Modern Vespa

https://www.moto-sound.com/en/Vespa-125/exhaust-moto-giannelli-silencers-piaggio-vespa-125-pk-30061-30062-full-sport-exhaust-system-aluminium-silencer.html

Anybody had any experience with this giannelli pipe? Noise, fitting, rattling apart etc. Its for a standard pk engine which uses a spare wheel under side panel . It's the only engine side muffler out pipe I can find as for some reason can't find the polini clone anywhere.

Polini use to make one like that, ran it on our 50 special (102) and on a Primavera.

It didn't make huge power but more than stock, looked great, and cleared all the bodywork.

I like the 80s look and it's only for pottering around local. Like the upswept end can too . I seem to think these giannellis existed before the polini version , looks identical so who cloned who I don't know. Thx

Gianneli......now there's a blast from the past. I seem to recall many us running them on 50 Specials back in the '80s, trying desperately to reach 36mph

36mph on a standard special was good back then, most of them got to 28mph on a good day. Other blasts from the past back then were the Fresco expansion (with zero ground clearance but sounded fantastic), the Pitone pea shooter and I think FA Italia made some pretty red and chrome numbers but totally didnt do a lot.

This what I like, the look is great IMO from your scoots. I really hate the ugliness of the snail pipes and the banana ETS pipe looks cool but blocks the rear wheel for puncture repairs. My BGM box pipe is OK, it gives total wheel removal clearance, the torque is very good mid range but it fizzles out when you change from 3rd to 4th. My old clapped out sito wouldnt do this and 3rd to 4th didnt have any gap and such a drop in revs its not quick to recover.

I had a Fresco 'tarmac scraper' on my Lambretta back then. Oh and I don't think anyone really hit 36 on a 50 Special. We just used to brag about it while waiting until we were old enough to buy a PX125. The smart cookies were running Primaveras registered as a 50cc

Similar Polini is terrible to fit. I don't think that Gianelli is much better.
But real PITA is to adjust cables while this pipe is fitted.
If I was on yours I'd better go to Sito or BGM if I need to stay with spare wheel.
Especially on standard engine.

Theyve always been a pain to adjust on the engine side pipe position. Back in 1982 and I wish i had a trade catalogue from Piaggio for the vespa newline to show this, you could actually get a genuine piaggio expansion chamber just like the giannelli without end cap to fit on a small frame. To be fair, they were good, on my v100 it would go off the 50mph circular veglia clock with expansion on, but im absolute bastard to adjust brake cable, clutch etc. I have an old photo of my dad somewhere looking rather angry trying to adjust my clutch cable with one of these types of pipes on. And yes, ive got that BGM exhaust already you linked too and this is what im referring too in that it loses revs between 3rd and 4th and although great mid range, hopeless top end as it will not reach revs. The sito plus is greatly superior on stock engine IMO, i cant use my sito plus as its buggered, the baffles have rattled loose and its corroded bad and holed. Im more interested in the aesthetics of the pipe and ability to rev on further than a BGM. The bgm would likely be fine on a 130 kit etc for touring.

Exactly the same with the Gianelli, and oil changes are a pain as well