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I cannot find any info on this at all. Just wondering when 2 people ride, what is the most they can weigh?
Thx
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MP3 250 weighs in at 450 lbs, and its GVWR is 945 lbs*.
So you have almost 500 lbs to play with.

*This is not from Piaggio spec, but rather from a dealer ad that I found on Google. But it jives with what I know about my MP3 500, so there is that.
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Re: Maximum weight for 2007 mp3 250?
cdbh12 wrote:
I cannot find any info on this at all. Just wondering when 2 people ride, what is the most they can weigh?
Thx
Do you have a VIN plate on the leg shield? This info is on that plate as GVW. You load limit is GWV - scooter weight.
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Re: Maximum weight for 2007 mp3 250?
WEB-Tech wrote:
cdbh12 wrote:
I cannot find any info on this at all. Just wondering when 2 people ride, what is the most they can weigh?
Thx
Do you have a VIN plate on the leg shield? This info is on that plate as GVW. You load limit is GWV - scooter weight.
Huh, didn't notice that.
Well, I can confirm what I wrote above is correct; GWV is 945 lbs, and the scooter weighs 450 lbs.
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When I bought my 250 MP3 I tried it 2up.....it was basically gutless. Doable around town but that is all.

Now a 400 can handle 2 people in fact I've ridden my 400 all over the West @ 900 lbs. and it handled 6% grades, etc. with no problems.
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I love my MP3/250, its my "Commuter" to work.
The 500 Sport see's mostly highway.


Raining off and on today here in Atlanta.
So that means "Maintenance day".
Flushing the Fluids on the MP3/250...
Amazed how dark the Brake Fluid gets in just 2 years.
Coolant looked really good... Not sure why Piaggio suggests every 2 years.
I think it could have gone 3 easily.

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klaborde wrote:
I love my MP3/250, its my "Commuter" to work.
The 500 Sport see's mostly highway.


Raining off and on today here in Atlanta.
So that means "Maintenance day".
Flushing the Fluids on the MP3/250...
Amazed how dark the Brake Fluid gets in just 2 years.
Coolant looked really good... Not sure why Piaggio suggests every 2 years.
I think it could have gone 3 easily.

Keith
Marietta, GA
Coolant looks really good...........both my`07 250 & `09 400 MP3s still have their original coolant in them. Uh oh, I just went against factory specs again............incoming. All you newbies, don't do as I do, do as you are told to do.
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norCal Randy wrote:
When I bought my 250 MP3 I tried it 2up.......
One of the few times I have agreed with Randy . The Mp3 250 is already packing quite a bit of weight for the size of its engine. Adding 2 up to the combo is asking quite a bit.
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the only time I would ride 2 up on a 250 would be during an amerivespa event as you would do fine keeping up with all the 50ccers.
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