Modern Vespa

Put the money down and hoping to pick this new scoot on Thursday!

Congrats! Post pics and a ride report when you've gotten 'er home!

I love the red. The "03 Liberty that i had was British Racing Green. Their one of the most dependable scooters Piaggio makes IMHO. Here's to many miles and smiles.

Looks great--we just bought our daughter the grey S model...it's a gorgeous scoot; congrats!

Welcome to the multiple scooter addiction club.

Hi, my name is Robert, and I'm addicted to scooters.
Currently I have three in my garage, but that's only 'cuz I sold one....

Still waiting on the accessories (small wind shield and piaggio topcase), but I rode her home anyways. Today was my almost nice day to ride her to work. 10 miles of city street and morning rush hour traffic. She's got plenty of zippy zoom zoom for the 40 mph streets. I especially like her size for getting in and out of the home garage, and even maneuvering in the work garage!

Congratulations on the addition!

Don't forget the stickers! 8)

I'm not usually the biggest fan of red, but that red is really nice! Congrats!

Very nice. Congrats Consumerboy! Eagerly anticipating more posts regarding you and your new family member.

if I was in the market for a 150cc the liberty is one I would choose. main reason would be the larger wheels which make handling a lot better than the versa small wheel scoots

OAD they do have larger wheels. That's why i got rid of mine. It reminded me of a dirt bike. However that bike was trouble free. It just ran and didn't care about maintance.

So, it is a matte finish - not gloss red?
As I understand it - the matching 32 LT gloss red top case for the new Liberty is either $300 from scooterwest, or we wait for a sane price from other distributors.


New color?
O.S.

Nice scoot, congrats! I'd definitely put shorty mirrors on, the scoot is made for filtering.

Definitely a matte finish and not a glossy candy apple red. The matte finish and the red tone were the deciding features, plus everyone one of your pictures made me want one more

Cool color....kinda of a champagne red. I don't see this color on the Piaggio page. Were there any other matte colors?
And what do they call this color?
Now Piaggio will have to come up with more top case colors!
Good scoot, wee done!
O.S.

http://www.piaggiousa.com/scooter/liberty-s-150.html

This was the website color, but it didn't do it justice. The variation to the glossy red and the matte 'red' in my dealer's warehouse was the selling point for me.
Otherwise I think I would have waited for gray.

And per the dealer, there was not a topcase colored to match, YET. The vendor website recommended the black case. I wouldn't have bothered, but per usual, there was zero chance of my helmet fitting under the seat

We've got the topcase and small windshield on my daughter's Liberty. The color-matched case is nice but beware that it is really small; were it not for the fact that my daughter wears a small, I'm not sure much more than a 1/2 helmet, MAYBE a 3/4 would fit. But darn, it does look nice, especially with the red stitching accent on the pad that matches the seat. The little windscreen is just that--very little. We took her on the highway--she easily got it up to 60; the screen blew a little of the blast out of the middle of her chest, but that's about it. I suppose that's about all you would expect from a shield that small anyway, but the big screen just looked SO big in the pictures and I didn't want her having to look through a screen (glare, haze, grime, etc.) on a bike that went more than fast enough to keep up with all but the fastest Interstate traffic.

All that said, it's a great ride--I'm not necessarily envious of her scoot given that I've got my own full sized bike, but it really is a heck of a lot of fun to ride. How long until all your accessories finally come in?

I have the small Piaggio screen on my Liberty....it's pretty cool looking. Not sure it's accomplishing much for my riding comfort, but!
Quickly realized on my night rides that the glare back from the headlight is significant.
One will notice that many screens have a rubber edging around the headlight to reduce the amount of light getting into the plastic screen....this Piaggio screen did not come with this edging accessory....but it is needed! Most often they use a silver/grey color edging, but I found only black.
I found this suitable edging on ebay, called parts guy at scooterwest and gave him item # - since he said several customers had complained about the glare back. They should include 18" of the stuff with the screen.
10 months and 1700 miles with the Liberty 150i, and loving it - though i would never take it on an interstate!
O.S.

Next week Thursday I bring the scooter to the dealer for accessories. We ordered the topcase based on liters, so hopefully my XL helmet will fit, otherwise I will have to cancel that and try something different. I forgot about the glare issue on the piaggio small windshield. DOH. As long as it makes the commute comfy, I guess I can order the fix for night time riding. If the screen doesn't work for commute comfort, then I'll be expanding my screen collection when I switch to something larger

Exciting times indeed! Went through the same fun myself last year.

Soooooo???? How did everything turn out-did you finally get your ride outfitted with all the tchotchkes and associated whatnots...did the trunk end up meeting your needs for the road?

Interesting about that color red shown on the web page. I thought it was just a poor photograph since the color looked nothing like the images on youtube, or the red model Robot was reviewing on youtube.
When they showed me my Liberty down in the carton, I was pleased that it was NOT the color as seen on the Piaggio web page...which is the color shown above.
To each his own....if it had been the matte plum I'd have opted for the white.
☺ Having a blast with my shiny red one!
O.S.

Yes, everything arrived and got put on my new Liberty. Mostly favorable

The OEM topcase actually worked out perfect for my 3/4 face, XXL, helmet, albeit sideways. And while the top case is black, it has the same red stitching on the back rest pad as the actual seat. VERY happy with how that turned out.


The OEM small wind screen...hmmmm....I like the daylight look. It doesn't do much as a wind screen. And as warned by this forum, the headlight catches the edge of the screen and both refracts through the plastic and reflects off the plastic. The refraction is kind of a cool effect that doesn't seem to impact my sight and MIGHT improve my visibility to others. The reflection is definitely a night time annoyance. The small curve of the wind screen, NOT the circle cutout curve, but the bend normal to that reflects part of the headlight beam right back up at my face. NOT blindingly, but ANNOYINGLY. I am going to try some tape to block that reflection, but I haven't done that yet.

I will try to post pictures in the next day or so when I can get them off my phone

Thanks for the update!

So, nothing more favorable? Like how it rides or how fun it is, etc?

Congrats again.

My first thought upon seeing the picture was exactly the same. I put shorter mirrors on my LX150 so now if my handlebar clears, so will the mirrors. Then again, in Wisconsin there probably isn't that much traffic so filtering is less important.

Some screens come with silver/grey rubber edging from factory to deal with the glare-back.
This one doesn't. Pretty bothersome on my daily night rides. I lose much of my night vision.
Black rubber edging from ebay fixed most of the problem...and looks stock.




I bought the screen from scooterwest, and the parts guy admitted many c/o glare from this screen on the Liberty. I phoned him back and gave him the info on this edging - suggested they include 18" of it with the screen, esp. because they charge much more for this screen than some competitors.

O.S.

Some pictures of top case and windshield, see individual comments...

OS, I did also order that black strip. It does look very stock. Thx

I have the screen at the highest possible position.....still a glare.
O.S.

Great looking bike! Congratulations!

Perfecto--I'll have to grab some of this edging for our daughter's scoot as well--thanks for the detailed info regarding what to look for!

Love the rubber edging idea. Easy to install, inexpensive, and OEM-looking.

I may try this on the BV. I like the look.

Congrats! Nice looking scoot. I really like the matte finish.

update on the OEM top case...sizing. After a couple of weeks of constant use, it is annoyingly tight to fit my xxl 3/4 shoei helment upright. Turning it on the side means removing the bluetooth headset connector each time. Trivial, but I am spoiled by larger topcases.

update on the ride...very comfortable seat. good handling over and through the many gravel lined road construction projects that I encounter on my way to work.


update on the OEM wind screen...that ebay purchased black molding might just be the highest value (use / $) accessory I have ever purchased for any of my scooters

Thanks for the update. Sounds like my XXXXL HJC ain't gonna fit....and I've cabled Piaggio HQ to apply for my royalties for the screen fix.
OS