Thanks so much for the insights - I have no fault with the shocks yet (mine has red ones, no idea if they are stock) but that is typically an area I look for in my other bikes. Mind you, with the amazingly planted front feel of the MP3, it'd have to be amazing.
I got mine through an insider connection at a bit over 1k miles, and it is an amazing bike. It's so fun and immensely practical I haven't put a single mile on my 100hp+ sportsbike in 2 weeks.
It doesn't have any extras like yours though, pretty vanilla US 2019 addition (I think they just imported one flavor). I would not what to do with all the cold weather extras, other than grip warmers (those rock because I have cold hands). And for me I have plenty of storage space for my needs.
This is an amazing and fun form of transport.
Oh, I also haven't started my car in 2 weeks.

sbaert wrote:
Congrats on the score, I purchased my 500 back in early 2016 under similar circumstances. Bought it from a Vespa collector with only 15miles (yes 15, not 15k) on the dial in the midst of winter. He had it pretty much fully optioned out and paid around 13K. I came in 6 months later and paid just under 8K, all extras included (Malossi cam, heated grips, heated leg blanket, tall screen, TomTom GPS, Piaggio GPS mount, Ram mount (for phone and cup holder), Piaggio gel seat, Piaggio rear case, Piaggio diamond plate foot boards, Piaggio bike cover, etc, etc, etc). I don't use the leg blanket, it is just too weird of a feeling. Perhaps too many years of conventional riding scarred my brain.
The only thing I added were the Piaggio branded Bitubo fully adjustable shocks. Those made a huge improvement.