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Piaggio Carnaby

Piaggio fills a gap in its model range with the new Carnaby. A large wheeled flat floored scooter ready to take on the Aprilia Sportcity.

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Please note that the new Piaggio Carnaby has only just been released in Europe so don’t expect the new Piaggio in Australia any time soon. If we are to get the new Piaggio in Australia you will see it here first on Scootersales.com.au. Have a look at the new Comet Yellow colour that we saw first on a Vespa last year that has now found its way into the Piaggio range. The scooter itself along with an extensive accessories list looks like a pretty good package........


The Piaggio Carnaby is the latest high-wheel scooter from Piaggio, completing the brand’s product range in this important market segment. The Carnaby lies half way between the compact Liberty and the tourer Beverly, the two best sellers in the high-wheel scooter market with over 600,000 sold. Its simple, reassuring, yet totally original styling clothes an all-new scooter powered by 125 and 200cc engines. With its innovative design, the Carnaby redefines the concept of performance and offers nippy acceleration while remaining easy to use, practical, safe and comfortable.


Pleasing style

Combining good performance and compact size, the Piaggio Carnaby makes a great first impression with its pleasing looks and the instantly comfortable, welcoming feeling it gives you when you get on. It has a gentle, expressive and modern shape. You’ll immediately notice how comfortable the flat footrest platform is for city use. The protective front shield holds an innovative and stylish headlamp unit that matches the Carnaby’s modern lines to perfection. A wide two-tone seat promises many a comfortable ride. At only 790 mm from the ground, the seat, together with wide handlebars, plays a key role in the Piaggio Carnaby’s perfect ergonomics.
The Carnaby is a scooter that inspires confidence but also boasts a strong personality and a no-nonsense, functional image. In short, the Carnaby is the perfect solution to city traffic.

Technical features

The Carnaby is built around two technically advanced Piaggio Leader engines, a 200cc and a 125 cc unit. These latest-generation engines are fully compatible with the latest and strictest Euro 3 emission standards. Both engines are identical in configuration: 4 stroke, 4 valve, and liquid cooled, and both offer pace-setting power and performance. The 125 cc develops 15 HP, while the 200 cc delivers 21 HP. Generous power is always on tap, right through the speed range, to guarantee a consistently smooth and enjoyable ride and extremely low consumption levels.

The chassis is built around a high strength steel tube frame. At the front the fork features 35 mm stanchions, while at the rear two double acting helical spring shock absorbers offer 4 spring preload settings. This robust chassis, combined with large diameter 16” wheels and generous tyres (110/70 at the front and 130/70 at the rear) guarantees impressive levels of rider comfort and superlative road-holding. Active safety is enhanced by a powerful braking system based on two 260 mm discs with twin piston floating calipers.



A really easy scooter

The Piaggio Carnaby has been entirely designed to provide an easy, relaxing ride. The engines sprint the scooter ahead while the tyres, brakes and chassis ensure road holding and safety. The shock absorbers are calibrated for maximum rider comfort over all road surfaces. Easy to read analog instruments and intuitive controls complete the package.
And that’s not all! The Carnaby also incorporates a series of innovative and intelligent solutions for making life easier. To begin with, ‘Easy Start’ totally redefines starting system design, and makes sure that the engine starts quickly every time, whatever the weather and riding conditions.
Then there is the ‘Easy Park’ centre stand, specially designed to provide the best possible leverage and make the Carnaby amazingly light and easy to lift and park.

Space is intelligently distributed too. Rider and passenger benefit from a broad, comfortably shaped seat (that can be released from the ignition key block). A broad, flat platform and two convenient fold-away passenger footrests promise unrivalled ergonomics.
The underseat bay is big enough to hold a jet helmet and also contains two side pockets for smaller objects.
The leg shield storage compartment can also be fitted with an innovative ‘Easy Bag’. This fully detachable bag is made from a waterproof and tear-proof synthetic fabric that matches the seat upholstery. Storage has never been so functional!

In addition to Easy Bag, the Carnaby accessories range also includes a series of beautifully functional items that make using your scooter a real pleasure:

‘Easy Cover’ is an innovative and stylish fold-away leg cover made from waterproof material and characterised by two clear ‘windows’ borrowed from the latest sailing technology. Easy Cover fits over the radiator air outlets and channels warm air on to your legs, creating your very own microclimate and making the Carnaby a pleasure to ride even during the cold winter months.

‘Easy Case’ is a brand new 38 litre top box, specifically designed for the Carnaby and finished to match the paintwork. Easy Case is big enough to hold one full face helmet or two jet helmets. Easy Case blends in perfectly with the overall design of your scooter, and can be fitted and removed from the luggage rack quickly and easily (no additional mounting plates needed). Easy Case’s ‘One-Lock’ locking system is operated by the scooter’s ignition key to avoid having to carry around different keys for vehicle and top box.

The medium height windscreen in impact resistant and chip-proof 4 mm methacrylate comes with an elegant fitting system and handguards and provides ideal protection against wind and rain.

Anti-theft disc-lock with alarm. This latest generation mechanical anti-theft device is made from the toughest materials and incorporates its own alarm.

Side stand for quicker, easier parking, especially where use of the centre stand may not be practical.

Electronic anti-theft with remote control.

Child seat with foot-rest belt, for children between the ages of 3 and 8 (weighing 14-30 kg).

Carnaby customised scooter cover.


Colour range

The modern and expressive Piaggio Carnaby is available in both engine sizes in a choice of three stylish metallic finishes, Excalibur Grey, Graphite Black, Sky Blue, and in vivacious pastel finish Comet Yellow.

published 7/03/2007