Normally the guys from BYS choose to customise scooters that aren't so popular here in the UK and are more widely seen in European countries such as Holland and Germany. They have previously customised a Suzuki Street Magic, Yamaha Slider and Yamaha Aerox. But this one is a well-known UK scooter model -the Piaggio NRG mc3.
If you haven't heard of Boost Ya Scoot, then where have you been for the last COUple Of years. Just Mick through previous T&G issues and you'll see other creations that they have built. This NRG belongs to Sam Eaton, son of the owner of BYS, who along with his brother Adam and dad Kevin created this little beauty.
After a couple of drawings and sketches, they came up with some ideas for shaping the bodywork [the front and the two rear panels were the ones that got the most attention). The colour scheme was also decided and then it all went from there. Their plan was that once everything was completed, the scooter could be rebuilt to be all road-legal and safe. Lights, brakes and handling had to be considered and choices for the correct parts to do the job had to be made.
For many years the Piaggio NRG has been one of the best selling 50cc scooters. Piaggio's success with the NRG is due to its reliable engine and natural good looks. Obviously the only resemblance a brand new NRG has to this One is the shine of the paint job and that new smell. There have been plenty of upgrades made to a variety of parts including a full race engine rebuild using Stage 6 and Malossi parts, upgraded essentials like suspension and brakes - and the luxuries that finish it off, like the Lamborghini orange paint job, custom-made hoses, clamps, brackets, digital gismos plus classic BYS custom panelling comprising of cut-out emblems and shapes with mesh behind to create that European look.
The bike's history has always been around the local Wellingborough area, going from one person to another before Sam took it under his wing and slowly, bit by bit, rebuilt it. The order list was fairly small at the beginning, but that SOOn changed! A long list was then written with all the parts it needed plus a lot of extra goodies. There was no way that Sam could afford it On his wages from a little Saturday job, so he had to buy the pans (with help from dad] bit by bit.
One thing that didn't cost much money but was time consuming was the customising of the bodywork. The Eaton family soon got to work with shaping the panelling in the planned style using fibreglass first to get the basic shape and then filler to smooth the shape and get the finished article. A cutting disc was used for the cutting-out of the stars on the front. It took many hours to do bits like that but it was worth it when you see the finished result.
One of the hardest parts of the project was wiring in all the electrics, due to them being designed for Japanese wiring looms. As the Piaggio is Italian manufactured they were left to figure it out themselves to get it to work. This task was finally accomplished after many hours and sleepless nights!! The engine has been tuned using mostly Stage6 and Malossi tuning parts. As BYS are an official dealer of StageG parts they know how the parts perform as well as the quality of the casting and production of parts. The following was fitted: StageG racing POcc cylinder, HPC crankshaft, SKF C4 Teflon cage bearings and the usual 21mm carb, racing inlet plus an aftermarket racing transmission. After many hours of setting up and playing with the engine, the engine now runs perfectly and with a top speed of nearly ?0mph it keeps up with most stuff on the roads!
Sam says: "The bike was pushed and finished for Christmas and also for this issue of T&G magazine. We carried out all of the work on the bike, excluding paint, but including the customisation of the whole project and the engine rebuild. This was all done 'in-house' using our knowledge and experience." Father Kevin said: "This is just another project that has been completed and there are always bikes that we feel sorry for that we might give a makeover to."
You can contact Boost Ya Scoot by phone on 01933 441441, or check out their website at boostyascoot.co.uk
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