After the Brezza (the first 2-stroke) a smaller 2-stroke followed. It's a 2-stroke engine of 47,61cc: a moped. The P in 48 NP stands for pedals. The 2-stroke engine is actually very simple: a piston-controlled in/exhaust-system with two overflow ports and a slightly curved piston; a bore and stroke of 38 x 42 giving 48.61cc, with a compression-ratio of 8.5:1 [1+2]. The front and rear suspension were hydraulic and the moped had a 3-gear hand-shifted.
The colours were light-green or grey and according to sources in Italy only two pedal equipped moped models were manufactured. The production of this model ended in 1965, the 48N ended in 1972. The 48N was not a success in Europe, only 967 were manufactured. The frame number of the NP-model starts with 300001, the 48N starts with 4000001.
This page is derived from an archive of 2stroke-nl
