Modern Vespa

I was coming home from work going south on PCH1 in Manhattan Beach, CA. Quite a bit of traffic but moving along. Nice 997 Carrera 4S Convertible next to me. Seemed like Dad and Son. All of a sudden, he steps on it and starts cutting into my lane and I brake. The tires skidded, but that bike stayed nicely put. I think he was able to hear it and pulled back to his lane, and in some stupid way trying to apologize. Keep in mind he could not go anywhere bc of the traffic. Freaked me out but I felt safe on that MP3 500

If he only knew that I have a 996 Turbo X50 that would have blasted him in a heat!

But believe it or not, while I love my Turbo, I look forward every morning to hopping on my MP3 and going to work!

Any other bike in that situation would have been hard to have controlled with barely any room to avoid the car in front and curb to the right.

Doesn't it just feel right!

Cheers...jacq

That sounds like you locked up the back in surprise, which is easy to do but not very effective in stopping.

I imagine it's hard to lock the front end...and if you use those brakes right you will stop in a very short space.

Cheers

Trevor G