Modern Vespa

hi. just joined the scoot community. got my first 50. planning to soup her up after my break-in (variator & chip) and was curious where the ecu module is located and if its a pita to access it? any info for a new DIYer is appreciated. thanks.

I'd check to see if AF1-Racing sells an OEM Piaggio service download for the 50 model. I bought my Liberty150i service download from them years ago.
You can locate your parts of interest in the manuals' many photos.

Actually - there may be few differences 'under the hood' between the two. So the 150 manual may still be helpful?

There are a lot of 50 forums out there which may be helpful.
O.S.

thanks. ive pretty much exhausted my youtube and internet searches. thats what brought me here. appreciate ya! ride safe.

here's the location of the ecu. https://www.af1racing.com/ProdImages/st3/ECLP000USL.pdf

how do you plan to 'chip' it (I assume you mean flash/program with a different mapping or removed limiters)? Is there someone that is offering such a service? Or maybe replace it with a different brand (malossi, polloni, athena?)? Some of these ecus are by a brand called EFI (hard to google) and they have some software on their site https://efitechnology.eu/efi/?page_id=819

thank you for responding. that schematic is so helpful. im changing the ecu to a malossi for the 49cc topend. and the multivar cvt pulley. unfortunately this is not a scoot city so very limited mech resources. it looks like its located under the beak. i hear theyre pretty difficult to access...hope i havent bitten off more than i can chew. thank you again for your reply and thoughts.