Modern Vespa

Hello all.
I’m 55 from Athens Greece. Have the 300ie.

Hello everyone!

I'm 50 and I live in Ottawa Canada. I bought my red and black mp3 last April for my birthday. I only have seen two other mp3 in my city so far

I'm 19 and live in Northern Ontario, Canada.

19? You may be the youngest MP3 rider on this forum. Cut us old guys some slack ok?

I'm 71 in San Diego, Ca.

I'm 53... mp3 500 in Bergen County, NJ... maybe we can ride together one of these days if you're close by-be nice to be able to do it at peak of fall.

41 in Los Angeles with a newly acquired black 500.

Im 42 live just south of London in the UK and ride a matt black Fuoco

Now I'm 55, and have a For Sale sign on my V-rod cause my new MP-3 400 will be taking it's place in my garage next to my Honda ST1300. But the fall is a lousy time in Minnesota to sell a bike.

Haha, ok, I'll try my best lol. I think I saw another rider who was 18. So I might be the 2nd youngest.

36

Santiago de Chile

82 last March in San Diego Ca.

I don't buy green bananas anymore. Only ripe ones ready to eat.

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I'm 67 & live in Lynchburg Virginia. Sold a DR650 and an '85 Moto Guzzi LeMans to buy my leftover '09 dark red MP3-500. Bad back & hips are making "throwing a leg over" my remaining Guzzi's ever more painful. Bought the MP3 in hopes of staying in the wind as long as I can.

Howdy from Deep E.Texas... I'm a lady...57 but I swear I look 37.... Well..if ya were to squint or b drunk.

Motorcycle owner 30 yrs ago .... before children....I bought my 2009 MP3 500ie from eBay for 4k last weekend for my birthday.. LoL

Full scooter insurance for me & hubby minus "heath ins" was $104.00 for yr. Hubby thinks I'm having an affair with Batman. Scooter name = the bug!

5'4 short legs are a little problematic but... practicing on a local school parking lot and tippy toes. Practice makes perfect... stops. Treating scooter like a motorcycle ...tilt lock only when leaving bike when turning off motor... for the most part. Nice to meet y'all.

63,and from The Emerald Isle, Ireland.

Living in Shankill about 10 miles south of Dublin.

Was riding all sorts of things as a teenager, settled down, family etc, but I think biking always stays in the blood, so about 18 years ago now re-built a crashed 1975 Honda CB750 and then moved onto various Harleys.

Sold my prize and joy, 1986 Heritage Softail for various reasons and as I wanted something a bit different........hence Fuoco......

As far as I know and according to my local dealer, I am one of 4 Fuoco's in the country and I had to go to the UK to get mine.........


Tony........

[quote="lady_n_red"]Howdy from Deep E.Texas... I'm a lady...57 but I swear I look 37.... Well..if ya were to squint or b drunk.

What part of deep East Texas? I am from Longview, Tx.

Live near Nacogdoches...yer not a cereal killer "grins" r u

Errr ... dropped "the bug" while driving solo this evening. Was doing good on stop n goes around the house. Drove to a school lot and did great on tues while solo... Was hometown when dropped....ya know small towns....where everybody knows yer name...guess who going to b the butt of some jokes..... thekicks dirt. Dang....I stood in fire ants... trying to get "the bug" back up. Pfffffft. Very cautious driver..figure motor is too heavy for short legs...most probably. [/img]

OK, I "think" generally the way "Spock on Star Trek" thinks .... logically.

Probably due to my 21 years served in the Air Force.

Now I'm in here lurking at peoples' message feeds and the first thing that comes to my mind looking at their ages ... why not just put a month (maybe a day) and year when you were born?

That way, if you put your age in here in the year 2009, I'm too old to try to figure out your age now.

But I do know that there are a bunch of us older people that ride the MP3s ... which is a good thing.

I think I'm in here some place. But I'm not sure. So I'll start this off by giving you my birth year, so it will be easier in years to come where you might be able to figure what my current age is!!

January 19 45

FM

Go to search at the top of the page and type in-- how to upright a dropped MP3? Read the entire link and study the videos.

Hi all, am 55 years old, dodgy age crisis time! That's why I've got the mp3 but love it and a lot cheaper than a Porsche! ! Located in burton on Trent in uk.

32, Fullerton, CA. 400.

51 Kansas City Mo. MP3 500

53 year old male from Hemingford abbots, Cambridgeshire, U.K.2007 MP3 400 ie.

37 - Midnight Blue - Houston, TX

Tacoma Washington
61 Years young
Ride a 500 and having a great time with it.
Failed retirement and went back to work...got bored

63 and holding! Here in the Gainesville,Fl. area.
Having Fun on my 250! [img][/img]

52 in Chandler Arizona.
Started it all in 77 on a 50cc Honda Express, over the years I've always had a scooter.
Owned a Yamaha XT500 in the early 80's, got my first Vespa in 2010 (250gts) my second for my 51st birthday (61VBA) and my MP3 500 a couple weeks ago

I am 54, from Northern NJ, USA.

I have a question to the mods of this forum... is there a way to be able to tally the total of say, the US owners, UK owners, European owners?

Really curious as to how much US owners are catching up (or not) with the Euro mp3 brothers and sisters regarding the numbers.

Thanks in advance.

IF there IS a tomorrow. I will begin my 81st yr. My '99 Valkyrie is on th' workbench and my mp3 500 is heading to the fall gathering Thursday morning at 0600(on th' trailer with my brothers Majesty as we're figuring it will be warmer getting to OAD's Will attempt to keep up for the rest of the ride....

Jim

38 in March and living in Germany.

Previous scooter experience was mostly little 50cc scooters. Enjoying my 400 and having withdrawals due to the winter snow that we received.

Would like to meet up with other riders from southern Germany for rides.

Just turned 62. Live in a small town in South Wales called Blaenavon. Wife and I loving the new experience of riding our recently purchased new 500 ABS. Both car drivers but with CBT taken. Practice, practice, practice (weather permitting) during the winter to get ready to tour the lovely mountain areas of Wales when the weather picks up. [img][/img]


Pick up day at realers.

I'm 46 and living and commuting throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. I've had my 2009 MP3 400 for almost two years and primarily use it for trips beyond my Smart Electric's range or random errands in town.

Eric





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Fuoco 500ie Matt Black.
Sutherland Shire, Sydney, Australia.
44yrs old. Only been riding for 18 months and this is the only bike/scooter I have ridden. Clocked up 17,000km (10,550 miles) on it in that time. Use it as my daily commuter.
(apart for the 4 hours of car park training before getting a learner license)

Hi All,

I'm 46. Got a Yourban 300, had it for just over 3 months now. My first bike so been having a few lessons and practicing like mad. My confidence is increasing and I'm starting to really enjoy it.
I live in West Sussex, UK

68 Williamsburg, VA.

70 unretired living in Delray Beach Fl transplant from Boston 2 years down here and never seen another MP3 since moving

Hey All, I'm 47 and in San Antonio, Texas with a 2007 250cc mp3 owned for 6mo.

I have been looking and have found them to be pretty rare, except of course the dealer priced ones.

I'm 43 and just bought my 'new' 2009 mp3 500 last August. I have to qualify 'new'... Okay, I see a nice Aprilia scooter on the submarine base in Kings Bay. Looks nice and good price, so I mention it to wifey. She goes on Craigslist 'just looking' and finds this one, just like we looked at back in 2009. I always like the somewhat odd look of the mp3 (less the 500s, but oh well). I go look at it and it has the trunk and tall windscreen, is in really nice shape, and the thing has only 3250 miles on it. I get a loan and the guy gives me an MSO- the Manufacturer Statement of Origin. It had never been titled! javascript:emoticon('')
So, long story longer... I read about and looked at the mp3s in 2009, and found a local dealer. Couldn't swing the $10000 price range, so I shelved the idea. Forward to 2014 and this one comes up for sale and I am handed the MSO.
It turns out the local dealer went out of business, transferred the MSO to another used car dealer here, and when he went out of business, he transferred the MSO to another used car dealer in the area, whom I bought it from. I found out that it was the same one I sat on in 2009... javascript:emoticon('')
I am pretty sure I have the only mp3 in southeast Georgia. Well, except Savannah- Chatham Police, who bought several from a dealer in Jacksonville, Florida in 2009, and is why I looked at them originally! See? Long story long... javascript:emoticon('')

I'm 57, live in Saint Petersburg, Florida. I had my MP3 400ie for 3 years now. My wife and I travel all over the state with our homemade trailer and 2 dogs in tow. I love my MP3!