redpanda wrote:
I'm looking at a Primavera 150 and the seat is too high for me (I'm 4'11 1/2") Anyone have experience with lowering their vespa with a lowering link and/or shaving the seat down? I thought they used to have low profile seats and apparently not anymore.
My partner is in the lower five, but has a relatively short inseam, so her experience might be of use to you.
I had a Sprint 150 with, first, just a lowering link. Once the electrical issues it caused were sorted, it served well enough, but had a noticeably rougher ride for obvious reasons. While higher heeled shoes and thicker soles made a difference, it was still too high for her to feel fully comfortable.
I lucked into buying a Corbin lowered seat and that helped a lot more with making contact with the ground and being comfortable at stops. They can be pricey, but worth it if it suits you. Also, it was a more comfortable seat than stock overall and I preferred it for longer rides (although I would prefer sitting on the pillion seat on stock for short rides).
Overall, both were needed to make it work. If I had to choose just one, I'd start with the seat mod as it's more comfortable anyways and the shape and forward bias to the curve of the seat had other benefits for making contact with the ground.