Modern Vespa

New to this site. Bought 2016 piaggio mp3 without master key and would like to get one more key just in case i lose this one. Does anyone know anyone who can do this??

Welcome to MV. IIRC, AF1 racing in Austin does keys. They're on the forum here as well.

You'll have to send them the key, so want to be careful with shipping and all...

From another post:

Aloha and welcome to the forum from Hawaii. Where in NY are you? I grew up outside of Albany, near the MA border.I got some blue keys off of Ebay and took them to Ace hardware and they cut them. A good locksmith should be able to do it to. You could try that. With the mail to here being sketchy at best i didn't want to send my key to the mainland. Even if i insured it for $600-$700 it's a PIA to get the bike rekeyed. Hope this helps.

I wish I could help you with the key issue but I can extend a very warm welcome to MV!

Track down a Vespa/Piaggio dealer and ask them for help. It is good to have a relationship with a dealer or two.

Both AF1 and ScooterWest have the ability to clone your blue key. Most Vespa dealers do not. You might ask your local dealer though, as he may know of a local locksmith who has the capability.

I am running through a series of mishaps that are driving me crazy.

It started with a couple of unfortunate incidents.

Lately it was dropping my Canon G9X camera in the Peace River, causing it to never work again.

We moved last year and things are missing

I can't find my Spot, needed for the upcoming SCR.

This past week I have been looking for the red master keys for the three Vespa GTs. I have blue keys but no master to be found.

So glad to hear that AF1 and ScooterWest can clone the blue key.

In looking for the keys, I found an extra I had made by jimh, a former contributor here, for Rocket. So I need spares for the other two.

I will give it a week to see if the others show up.

Bill

+100 on AF1s key service. I had a very valuable package shipped to me that got damaged by the brown uniformed monkeys known as UPS... thank the shipping deity AF1 put a label on the smaller boxes inside the package!

I bought a chipped key off eBay and had a local locksmith cut the copy. Then I watched a YouTube video on how to program it.

But don't you need the Master key to do the programming?

You do unless the locksmith has the right equipment to close the current blue key.

Right, DIY programming requires the master but some shops can clone blue keys.

I am a cheapskate/tightwad and my used scoot came with only one blue key. I am experienced with vehicles that need keys as I used to rebuild wrecks.
I bought two ( for extras!) plain blue keys for a couple of bucks total from a webseller-not the ~$25-30 version as seen on ebay. Mine look the same but no Vespa logo on them. Locksmith supply houses have these IF? they will sell to you is the question-if not your locksmith can buy them for you in NYC, no doubt, land of everything it is.
Them or you can buy a chip (two types for sale that work) to insert into the key then you'll need that locksmith to program the keys chip. Prices vary- I paid my guy (in Georgetown, KY) like $10 and he did it inside his mobile locksmith setup in his driveway at home after his regular day at business and carlots, etc..
They use the same gizmo required for modern cars & trucks with chipped keys.
For clarity-this gets you a chipped key that will run the scoot and can be cloned again but NOT! a true "master key" as you state above. Having 3 chipped keys I get along just fine.
Mail it if off if all that isn't an attractive solution.
After Monday I find myself needing a cloned left knee-much harder to come up with after an LCL "event"-YUK and just when spring has sprung...

I am not comfortable to shipp my only key does anyone know if a locksmith that does this in NYC area

If you do need to ship it, be sure you insure it for the cost of replacing the entire immobilizer assembly. You can look that up on the AF1 website.

had one made by AF1 recently. quick turnaround and works well with the immobilizer on the GT200. direct clone.
cheap and fast!