Modern Vespa

https://youtu.be/XWyCH7DjQzU

Looks Interesting,

Keith,
Marietta, GA

Neat product but too expensive in my humble opinion. $10-13K plus the cost of the bike is way out of my league when the cost of the MP3 is significantly less, but to each his own. It was kind of neat to hear them say complimentary things about the new MP3-500, however.

Yes, they did have some compliments.
Heated Grips seemed to be a big deal, but I guess they didn't realize it's an accessory from Piaggio that replaces a few of the non-operable buttons. The automatic tilt-lock was 12K I think it was... so it was even more.

Keith

When you can have an MP3 for the cost of the modification alone, this doesn't make sense but if cost is no object to a Harley Davidson fanatic, more power to them. Ironically, the price on their website for either version says "plus installation", for which I could never find an actual price, which probably means that installation isn't cheap.

Ironically, they probably sell more conversion kits in America than Piaggio will sell MP3's.

So, for an additional 10 grand, plus install, you can get your Harley to pretend it is Italian????

Having a MP3 is far superior to this wannabe Harley configuration. Notice they didn't show the MP3 locked upright. For that feature it's another $2K on the Harley addon trying to match what the MP3 does from the git go.

Keith are you trying to get me to buy a Harley if so your doing a flipping good job of it. I have never owned or wanted to own one i did get to ride one in the late 1970s a new brown one ( brown was popular then) and what a big load of rubbish it was too and thought if this is the it then no thanks and anyone buying one must want there brain seeing to.I always thought they were big lumbering beasts that were only good for the great highways of the USA or Australia . The video was most informative for me. I have had a ride on a spyder automatic but thought they had missed it by not making it tilting. As a motorcylist and not a scooterist the fuoco being the only i have ever owned i love it as it has got me back on a solo with my disability however it has it's pros and cons. The Harley tilting also has it's pros and cons but dispite it's cost and it would cost dearly on this side of the atlantic i would have one.Or maybe go for the Goldwing as i assume it's got reverse

Absolutely Not....

I'm on Youtube almost nightly, its on my TV in the living room and always search for any MP3 Posts where someone did a Mod, or sharing a Service Tip. If anything new is coming out for our Bikes, we will see it posted in Europe first before we know about it in the US. Our Dealers just don't push this bike like the lower priced Vespa's for Students and Commuters where they make their money.

It would take more then Oil in my Air Filter for me give up on the MP3.
I just found the video interesting.

Now if I owned multiple bikes (I have a friend here in Atlanta, he's up to 10 Bikes a mix of Scooters and Harley.), and one happened to be a Harley, I would probably consider this as a Mod. But not buying a New Bike, and do this Modification. It's more like 12K doing the Mod with the Auto-Lock. The guy in the video said he almost dropped the Harley and it took some getting used to, and all we have to do is flip a switch. But you have to admit, that Harley was "Good Looking"... Love the Grill on the Front!

I ride with a lot of Harley friends, and you would not be amazed the issues they have with exhaust, and engines. Plus to change the oil on those bikes its expensive with the need for special Oil, that must be purchased by Harley Davidson. Crazy...

Now if Can-Am would ever get their front wheels working like a MP3, that would be a future consideration. Right now, its like driving a car I think...
Everyone I have met say doing twisties is hard on the shoulders.

I have my Marshmallow Elio on Order now for a few years, so that would be my direction vs a Can-Am. I am retiring in about 2 years, so I am going to sell off a few of my 4 Wheeler's, and go down to a New Chevy Colorado, and the Elio, then all my Bikes. My Car's are going to go...

Keith,
Marietta, GA

My assumption is that the one guy in the video "almost dropping" the tilting Harley really meant that he came close to inadvertantly dropping it completely over to the limits of the leaning mechanism. Tentatively, with the suspension set up the way it is, I don't think that it is possible to actually drop one of these all the way over like an MP3.

As I originally stated, this modification is a really cool, just not cost effective way to get a leaning three wheeled bike (at least for an average person). However, Harley Davidson should have done this on their own rather than having gone with the horribly unstable at speed Triglides.

And the reality is that the MP3 and this tilting Harley really aren't competing products. The MP3 is affectively a two wheeled scooter with an added third wheel for safety/stability that is fun, practical, and (relatively) cost efficient to ride. I see the tilting Harley really more aimed at someone that has issues with riding their Harley or other big bike, perhaps an older person or one with a developing disability, that still wants to ride a leaning device. I can't see the average Harley rider wanting to ride one of these as a daily driver after the initial novelty wore off.

The only HD alternative to a leaning Harley trike is a conventional Harley trike which probably costs more and doesn't lean in curves. Comparing the cost of each design I would think this altered leaning HD trike setup would be a winner for some HD riders.

Has anyone seen a three-way ride comparo like this for the MP3, Peugeot Metropolis and Yamaha Tricity?

I've seen the MP3, Metropolis and Quadro but unfortunately the soundtrack was in Italian.

Wee mention of the Tricity in this one - http://www.peugeotscooters.co.uk/uploads/road-tests/PEUGEOT-TAG-JULY14.pdf

Our scoot is about 600 pounds, and a basic Harley is about 900 pounds. It is very easy to loose it at a light.