Modern Vespa

Sufficiently scuffed-in Pirelli Angels so took them for coffee ride in the rain at sunrise today.

Very long train, on my way out of town.


Chasing ahead of the rain....


Coffee on the Group W Bench out of the rain...


Time to head home....nothing serious out there...



Angels worked fine - and Vietnamese made Liberty doesn't mind the rain one little bit!

But - too muggy to wear the liner in my mesh jacket....so.... back in the water with the Lobsters!


O.S.

The Angel Scooters are really good, I ride them on my Lambretta, no difference to the Michelin City Grip I ride on my Vespa, both very good tires under dry or wet conditions.


Volker

Nice pics!

Curious - how do tall & narrow tires like the Liberty’s compare in the rain to small & wider tires like those typically found on Vespas?

The other scooter which I ride 50% of the time is a Kymco LIKE200i with vespa-like 12" City Grips.
I've found no differences in the two tire brands or sizes when I ride for coffee in the rain - but then I'm not on a closed circuit doing wet timed laps and high speed brake tests!
I know that Piaggio has produced more than 900,000 Liberty's --- and customer approval seems to be just fine with these tire sizes.
I will say that the ride on the big wheels is noticeably better than on a 12" wheel. A lot of owners in Europe seem to agree.
O.S.

A great set of photos.

I think my favorite is the one of your Liberty in the foreground - with a large out-of-focus truck going by in the background. Although, the one of the scooter agains the wide open expanse of greenery and the green fields and trees in the background is almost like a classical painting.