Modern Vespa

39, Palm Harbor Florida - MP3 250 ie

Octogen Age 89
2008 MP3-400...just acquired.
Location Hanover Ontario Canada

55 here, this little fella is my wife’s scoot I just purchased, but I can’t stop riding it! My other bikes are crf250l Honda and 2003 bmw f650cs, so I’m no stranger to the wrench!

Just picked up a 2012 300 i.e. LT touring.

UK aged 49

Hello. My name is Uladszimir. Briefly - Bob. I am 53 years old. Country: Belarus. Minsk city. I have been reading MV for a long time. Many people who are here are already my friends)). I love Piaggio. I had Piaggio Liberty 125 2009, Piaggio BV 250 2009. I bought mp3 500 2019 in California (USA) at the end of last year. Already he swam across the ocean. He is a little damaged. Now I am repairing my scooter. I have a lot of questions....
P.S. Sorry. I do not speak English . I use Google Translate. I hope you understand me....


Who will recognize your ex?

Me and BV

49, Chicago, 2016 Piaggio MP3

This thread was started back in 2008, exactly 12 years ago. I just realize that some of the older folks who replied to this thread may be no longer with us. A moment of silence may be....

Nova Scotia Canada

2016 MP3500ie

Eh, why not? 34, Northern California.

My bike is a 2008 Piaggio MP3 500ie. Her name is Serenity (she's a Firefly class transport)...


Firefly, Serenity

I live in Melrose Park, IL - West suburb of Chicago. I have a 2016 Piaggio MP3 500 I bought in spring of 2019 and I need help learning how to ride it. As we know, general motorcycle riding courses do nothing. I will pay per hour. I've been looking for someone to aid me for a while. Just found this forum! There is one guy on a MP3 250 in Oak Park, IL I keep seeing and can never wave him down.

If you are near and wouldn't mind the compensated time ---please respond.
I can be reached via email also at aniki.shani@gmail.com

Thank you!

Hi Anikishani, welcome to Modernvespa!

So given you have had your MP3 now for over a year, how much have you ridden it?

Motorcycle Safety courses are certainly fine for learning how to work with an MP3, other than the tilt lock.

What sort of questions are you looking to get answered?

69 Chatham, England. Back "riding" after 20 years on Gilera Fuoco and loving it.

47, bay area, CA, USA. 2019 MP3 500. so much fun.

other bike is a 2000 BMW R1100S. others have come and gone since. i have had motorcycles (many!) since i turned 15. no doubt, the MP3 is among the most fun i have had, what a brilliant idea!

if you look at my profile, i joined forever ago when i was in the market for a Vespa 300, and this forum was very helpful (in the end i didn't get the Vespa, i went a totally different way and got a KTM Duke 1290).

31, 2008 Mp3 250, NYC

I just got it a few weeks ago and I'm loving it. Came from 50cc scooters. It's a blast.

40 and Palm Harbor Florida

45 years old, French, now located in Holly Springs North Carolina... finally back in the south

68 years old, have owned motorcycles over 50 years. Just bought a 2016 MP3 500. Saint Simons Island, Georgia. Very unique scooter!

44 years old. 2020 MP3 300 HPE Sport in black.

Croydon, UK.

2007 250. 44. Omaha Nebraska

35 old. I drive MP3 300LT I come from Slovenia.

I'm 41 and in Tennessee.
Been riding motorcycles for over 17 years, both sport bikes and cruisers. This is my first scooter, and I remember when the MP3 first came out. I thought it was cool, even though I was riding a large displacement sport bike at the time.
Now over ten years later, I had the chance to get one used for a reasonable price. It's my daily commute ride currently. Great on gas, and plenty of storage.

Indeed it's so practical that it's been the answer to motorcycle questions I had for more years than I care to admit. Uhm, I'll admit to 30. What an awesome design. I should have bought one as soon as they came out.

67, in Tenino, Washington, the small town that makes Wooden money.

Leaving this morning to drive 925 miles south to pick up a 2008 mp3 400 that has only 576 miles on it, in excellent condition, and owned by an olde-school rider. His wife decided she would rather ride behind him, than ride her own bike.

Yes...the first thing I will do once this gets into my shop, is replace the 3 tires, since they are all 13 years old.

Been riding 50 years, and more than 2 million miles, and on all 7 continents, but this will be a new adventure riding an mp3.

50, Eugene, Oregon. Still trying to get it road worthy.

San Diego in the summer, Sonoran Desert in the winter. 60 yrs young.

S. AZ, 60 yrs.

Pretty fun Fouco