Vespa 50 A
Up until 2000 brand new Vespa 50s, 100 and 125ET3 models were sold in Japan as the Vintage Series, alongside these PK/PX models and the automatics. The sole distributor was a company called Narikawa. This guide was produced in Japanese by Motorino Del Vento, a Japanese dealer. I originally copied it to this site in order to translate them because we only had Babelfish 20 years ago. The original page is here
Purchase guide - Vespa 50 A
This is the only 50 with an automatic gearbox.
Its body is similar to the 50HP and the 125 A.
If you want to ride a 50cc automatic Vespa smallframe, this is the only choice. But it is rather slow. The engine can be increased to 60cc for more power. The seat height is high and the scooter body is heavy, so it may not fit smaller girls.
It is automatic, but there is a neutral.
The 50A has auto-mixing of oil and petrol, and a separate oil tank, which makes it easy to live with. The choke lever is situated just above the front brake, so you don't need to bend down under the seat to operate the choke.
The electric apparatus is of course 12v. This means that the 35w headlight is easily bright enough.
Specification
- Type designation
- V5P2T
- Full speed
- 50km/h
- Engine
- 49.3cc bore 38.2mm stroke 43mm two stroke
- Starting system
- Electric
- Ignition system
- CDI contactless type flywheel magnetic 12v/80W
- Battery for starting
- 12v/7a
- Lubricating system
- Automatic mixing
- Fuel consumption
- 1.9l/100km
- Tank capacity
- 5.8l
- Gearbox
- CVT Variator mechanical control system
- Tyre size
- 3.00x10"
- Length / Width / Height
- 1,695mm / 700mm / 1,180mm
- Wheel base
- 1,175mm
- Weight
- 92kg
- Price
- ¥365,000