I have been riding bikes for years and I thought long and hard about which scooter to buy to commute on and finally decided on the Gilera 180 runner.For anyone with a full bike licence it is the ideal commuting or second bike . It's easy to ride and easily does 90 mph and is happiest doing 60mph where it cruises along. It's great for the open road and dual carraige way. For a scooter it road holding capabilities cannot be faulted. It's a powerful bike for its size and one person is easily carried. The seating is comfy for rider and pillion although when carrying two largish people it can be a little uncomfortable.It has a compartment under the seat to ...  Read the complete review

Mine is the Gilera Runner VXR 180 four stroke. I part-exchanged a Piaggio B125 against it (a big wheeled scooter). Fuel economy is not as good as a 125, i manage about 60mpg (BUT, i mainly do flat out A roads, mostly at an indicated 85mph, but i expect it is realistically in the high 70's. The accelaration is very good, much better than a 125. The build quality seems good, there is much less plastic than other scooters on it, so things like oil changes and variator belt changes are much easier. I have changed the standard exhaust for a Thunder carbon superbike exhaust (louder,lighter and wont rust). So far, it appears well built (for a ...  Read the complete review

Joy of joys i purchased a 1 year old second hand SP180 . Great fun bike but to bikers that are used to japanese engineering BEWARE!!!. Little thing like the brakes not working properly and small bit like the exhaust falling off can be quite alarming at times. The rust i can live with and the speedo that give indicative readings that aways make me sweat when going through the speed camera's. If you buy a Gilera expect a great looking bike but not one built to last. ...  Read the complete review

this is one mad scooter it will leave most superbikes at the lights, is capable of about 90mph my dad had one i took it out for a test ride and was going round a roundabout at 30mph and i was coming out the other side and opened up the throttle and the front wheel went flying in to the air and im still leaning the bike over, the front is very light if u want to pull away from some wear fast you need to lean on the front or u will be on ur arse i loved this bike but i think it could do with bigger wheels it is an ideal commuter bike and the reliability is good. The one complaint i had was that the petrol tank was to small but not every things perfect.  Read the complete review

A few things to take into consideration The performance of the scooter is undeniably fast and this makes it the pick of the Gilera?s for performance. When buying a scooter / 180 take the following into account. The ability to move through traffic is greatly enhanced by the smaller wheel diameter, although if you have been a motorcycle rider you may find that the small wheels make the ride and cornering a little skittish and pot holes turn into craters. The constant velocity transmission can rattle a little and normally this is simply some dry linkages in the clutch mechanism but make sure that it is not a transmission failure by taking it to a dealer who ...  Read the complete review