TheScooterScoop

(video of the GP800 at EICMA shared by gguiotto. Thanks!)

The Gilera 840cc scooter (GP800) startled the crew over at Gizmag. It starts out like this:

An 840cc, 90-degree fuel injected V-twin, performance chassis, 200kmh top speed and braided brake lines… on a CVT, step-thru scooter? After sending heads spinning with its Nexus 500, a scooter that handles like a sportsbike in the twisties, Gilera have completely dumbfounded us with their GP 800 hyperscooter. Striking some sort of bizarre balance between a super-grunty commuter and a genuine sports-tourer, this bespectacled bad-boy is the new and undisputed king of the scooter segment.

Gilera have fired a definitive salvo in the maxi-scooter capacity war we wrote of last year with the release of their anticipated GP 800. Although it’s missing the electronic transmission we expected, the whopping 840cc v-twin engine remains, making it the biggest, baddest and fastest scooter on the market; a 16 year-old bully kicking over the third-graders’ sand castles.

Gilera are creating a whole new class with the GP 800 – let’s call it the hyperscooter class. It’s designed to maintain the practicality and ease of use of a step-thru city scooter, while giving the rider the genuine chance to take it touring or thrashing in the twisties. Looks-wise it’s as though a Burgmann has mated with a Hayabusa. It’s still definately a scooter though, which will help its popularity among non-bikers – even if this is offset by a very hefty 245kg dry weight.

They are awfully excited by this 75hp hyperscooter and they should be. It’s the MOST POWERFUL SCOOTER IN THE UNIVERSE! Click on the title link to read the rest of their hot-and-bothered write up.