Modern Vespa

Vespa Club of Melbourne returning from Sunshine Coast QLD Vespa Days

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Istanbul : )

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"Nice, nice, very nice!"

Kurt Vonnegut
CAT'S CRADLE

a couple of days ago

Snapped this guy on Rhodes. Everyday transport.

(don't look at the underside)

Sitrep

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yellow springs

O.S.

cruising home

Yea...open road therapy!

My friend literally doubling his embarrassment of having to get a lift home from the Automobile Association with wearing a pink "kiss me quick" hat.

Thought I'd add this item I made a while back:

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Greasy mud on that road

Do you use the traction control?

in those conditions mostly on, but sometimes need to turn it off especially when doing things like getting back on the road when there's no momentum but then toggle it back on again the moment am moving enough.

But on a dry sealed road it's of course always off. eg prev photo

Why would you turn the traction control off. I don't understand.

It would be fun one day to try some suitable tires

Well, for one, sometimes you need a little wheelspin to get going in slippery stuff, like snow (in a car).

And, sometimes, it's just FUN!

Stella by the lake.

There is an old song titled "Stella by Starlight". This version is by Ella Fitzgerald.

Ride a gravel or dirt road sometime with it on and see how it goes.

Why, what can I expect to happen/feel?

I thought you were joking on the previous post, but it appears you're serious. If traction control is on and you driving on a surface like gravel, then your drive tire is constantly not in sync with steering tire. The traction control tries to compensate leaving you with terrible control as you try to accelerate and the bike tries to stop you.

You don't have to try it in gravel, try it on other slick surfaces. For normal riding, it is a good thing, but when you are trying to power out of some situation and the bike is stopping you, then it isn't a good thing. That's why there is a switch to turn it off.

I'm not that great at explaining, and if this isn't enough for you, then someone with better mechanical explanation skills may help.

OK, thanks, I'm beginning to get it now.,Have to try it as you suggested.

example from the same day when riding up a steep-ish dry rocky bumpy bit of road.

You can see all those green spikes as the ASR intervenes on the lower graphs absolutely killing my speed.

So I stop and disable it and then ride on (also pause for a few seconds as I had also reached a Y intersection).

If you look closely in the attached still frame from the gopro video you will see the little yellow light in the lower left of the dashboard - this is the asr light flashing.

Interesting!
So yesterday I was riding with a group, we crossed a gravel parking lot leading to a slight up ramp onto the paved road.
We had to stop for traffic, and when it was time to go (I had switched the ASA off), I spun my rear wheel and sent gravel flying at the people behind me. Had to get real gentle with the throttle to get up and over the edge of the pavement without spinning again. Left the ASA on after that.

I don't know what ASA is but the Anti Slip device on a vehicle is ASR which is an acronym for Anti-Slip Regulation.

Right you are.Must have been thinking about Aspirin.
Using a lot of that these days.

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Here's my 2021 Liberty, gazing out over the Atlantic towards its homeland of Italy....er, right...it's facing West...yeah, must be gazing towards Vietnam!

When in the country I'm not always on gravel

Nice road and scenery - that's the type of road I mostly drive on.

Looks like the road where I live.

The North Shore of Long Island, New York is a beautiful place.

(reminds me of the J. Wayne Vietnam war movie where they watch as the sun sets in the east.)
Nice Liberty!
O.S.

PS: I wonder how far east one must travel before you can buy a Liberty which is made in Italy? Or maybe none of them are??

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