I am 54 years old, slightly gray-haired, bearded, and very fond of Vespas.
I've owned many mopeds since my teenage years, and the last two as an adult were a Velosolex and a Piaggio Ciao.
Those two mopeds weren't really made for a 2-meter tall, 100-kg red-haired giant, so they kept breaking down all the time.
Since I live in an apartment and have two kids, I've never been able to tinker with the mopeds for long periods. Up to the apartment in the morning, tinker, tinker, tinker, and down to the street in the evening. It got very tiring over time.
I simply had to buy a new moped, and it ended up being a Vespa Primavera 50 4t3v from 2018.
It's safe to ride and always works.
It might be a bit sluggish and slow, so I've spiced it up with a
- CDI Malossi Injtronic Piaggio
- Malossi multivar
- New Kevlar belt (replaced after the old one wore out)
The CDI swap was really satisfying as it revved up and could suddenly go pretty fast.
Unfortunately, the shifting with the original 6.5g rollers was too inconsistent.
So I got a multivar, and all of a sudden, the shifting was much better with 6.1g weights, and it still went quite fast (for a moped).
Well, but i want slightly more power so, the reason I came here to Modern Vespa is that I want to learn from your expertise, ask questions, and discuss further tuning of my Vespa.
You know so much, and you seem like a fun and friendly bunch.
This is going to be fun!
