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PGO Sport 100 LS — The Taiwanese Smallframe You Probably Haven’t Seen Before
In this video we take a look at a rather unusual little scooter — the PGO Sport 100 LS, also known as the P100LS.
At first glance, it looks very familiar. The proportions, chassis and overall design immediately remind you of the classic Vespa smallframe. And there’s a reason for that.
PGO produced a range of smallframe and PK-based scooters in Taiwan, including the P90D, P90LS, P100LS Sport 100 and P125LS. The Sport 100 LS is one of the more unusual members of that family, with its distinctive front horn cover, indicators and removable rear side panels.
What makes this scooter particularly interesting is that it isn't simply a modern automatic scooter wearing retro styling. It's a proper smallframe-style, manual-geared two-stroke machine, making it a fascinating piece of Taiwanese scooter history.
The PGO story is an interesting chapter in the history of Vespa-derived scooters. Taiwanese manufacturers produced a number of machines based around the smallframe Vespa concept, and PGO continued developing its own versions after the original licensing arrangements ended.
In this video we'll take a closer look at the PGO Sport 100 LS, its design, its smallframe heritage and what makes it different from an original Italian Vespa.
It's one of those scooters that can easily be mistaken for something else at first glance — but once you start looking closely, there are plenty of details that tell you this is something quite different.
PGO Sport 100 LS
Model: PGO Sport 100 LS / P100LS
Manufacturer: PGO, Taiwan
Engine: 100cc-class two-stroke
Transmission: Manual gearbox
Chassis: Smallframe-style steel chassis
Front end: Smallframe-derived design
Distinctive features: Unique horn cover, indicators and removable rear side covers
Type: Taiwanese-built smallframe scooter
The PGO Sport 100 LS is a great example of how far the original smallframe Vespa design travelled — and how manufacturers outside Italy took that basic formula and developed it in their own way.
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