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Hello guys.

Boy am I glad for Modern Vespa...I get to go to the "not so modern" section for questions about my P200s now I get to visit the MP3 section for questions about my husbands new MP3 500.

This post is really just showing them both off! The MP3 was his wedding present and his first Modern Scooter.


I live in the North East where we have not had a day with out rain in what seems like a month. The last two days have been beautiful and rain free! I rode my BV500 and took my husband took out his new MP500 for his first ride. We circled a few of the reservoirs near our home. This is the first scooter ride we have taken together. I didn't get too many pics of the scenery because I was too busy drooling over his new toy.
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At the Round Out Reservoir
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At the Neversink Reservoir
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Looks great! I'm jealous of him! I have to put mine off a week or two.
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Welcome!
WOW! That is one awesome stable you have there!
I'd kill to have a few of those...especially that Allstate! Razz emoticon

Welcome to our cave on the forums! We don't bite...much! Since you're coming from the "normal" Vespa crowd(who are already considered weird by most standards), I thought it might be nice to have a guide to the mp3 section:

1. We're MOD crazy! Really, tell your hubby to do some back searching..there'se been some really great mods/updates for the 500
2. We like to post gratuitous pics of our mp3s...for no reason...and not even at spectacular places all the time...we're just ga ga over our 3 wheels
3. We tend to be a little on the "weird" side...whereas you are used to hearing things like "so I wanted to restore the classic beauty of..." on here you'll hear "so I started by drilling a hole through the dashboard"
4. Last, but certainly not least, our esteemed leader/overlord is JimC. Prod him with a long pointy stick, ask your question, and quickly make your way out the back door before he's angered!(seriously, he's a great guy to ask anything about your hubby's new baby).

Welcome to the Mp3 section!
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I'd like to add my welcome too, and pretty much second everything luthorhuss said about this here forum! Congrats to your husband on an excellent scooter selection!
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YeY.......................another member to have FUN with! Clown emoticon Welcome 2 you both!
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welcome to the "DARK SIDE" of the MV forum Laughing emoticon
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Re: Husband got a MP3500
catskillnyrider wrote:
Boy am I glad for Modern Vespa...I get to go to the "not so modern" section for questions about my P200s now I get to visit the MP3 section for questions about my husbands new MP3 500.
We are honoured with your presence, your experience is hugely welcomed.

Just be very careful with pointy sticks though, I have sensitive skin.
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Welcome - we will let ya'll into the secret 500 club - then we will let you into the top secret BLACK 500 club - definitely the coolest color. Laughing emoticon
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Welcome to the group Jess. And you forgot to mention you bought it for him. What a wife.
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Welcome - we will let ya'll into the secret 500 club - then we will let you into the top secret BLACK 500 club - definitely the coolest color.

GeorgiaGirl: I hate to pick on you, but being from the South, you should know, it's y'all, not ya'll. Sorry!!!
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Welcome, welcome!  And yay, pictures!    Glad to see you had a couple of non-rainy days for a shakedown ride.

You generally don't need pointy sticks to get jimc's attention; simply revealing a knowledge gap he can fill usually do it.

And off-topic, but...
razorback wrote:
... it's y'all, not ya'll.
I love--I sincerely, non-ironically, really love--that I've seen someone correct another's punctuation of a non-standard regional dialect.  Thanks Razorback for warming my descriptivist heart.
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GeorgiaGirl, according to the Urban Dictionary; Non-idiot: Y'all are crazy! I wouldn't put too much stock into what a professor from California (no offense) has to say about Southern dialect.
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Catskillnyrider, it would be great to have a group MP3 ride this summer. I'm up in Saratoga and would be happy to come down to Greene Co.
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razorback wrote:
I wouldn't put too much stock into what a professor from California (no offense) has to say about Southern dialect.
In fairness, she didn't say which (if any) side of the debate the professor was on.  And hey, maybe ya'll is a legitimate regional variant that I've just never personally encountered before.

I have to agree, though, that Urban Dictionary is a poor source.  It suffers from exactly the kind of pervasive half-assedness that Wikipedia is often accused of.

Checking the Oxford English Dictionary through the library's website and the dictionaries I have at hand (none of which are particularly prescriptive), all include entries for y'all, but none make any reference at all to ya'll that I can find, not even a usage note.

Jess, sorry for hi-jacking your intro thread! 
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Catskillnyrider, it would be great to have a group MP3 ride this summer. I'm up in Saratoga and would be happy to come down to Greene Co.
I lived near Saratoga in 84-85. Awesomeness. Would love to ride around on my MP3 up there. Hell I'd love to ride horses up there.
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Re: Welcome!
luthorhuss wrote:
WOW! That is one awesome stable you have there!
I'd kill to have a few of those...especially that Allstate! Razz emoticon

Welcome to our cave on the forums! We don't bite...much! Since you're coming from the "normal" Vespa crowd(who are already considered weird by most standards), I thought it might be nice to have a guide to the mp3 section:

1. We're MOD crazy! Really, tell your hubby to do some back searching..there'se been some really great mods/updates for the 500
2. We like to post gratuitous pics of our mp3s...for no reason...and not even at spectacular places all the time...we're just ga ga over our 3 wheels
3. We tend to be a little on the "weird" side...whereas you are used to hearing things like "so I wanted to restore the classic beauty of..." on here you'll hear "so I started by drilling a hole through the dashboard"
4. Last, but certainly not least, our esteemed leader/overlord is JimC. Prod him with a long pointy stick, ask your question, and quickly make your way out the back door before he's angered!(seriously, he's a great guy to ask anything about your hubby's new baby).

Welcome to the Mp3 section!
Thank you for the warm welcome.The husband and I both laughed a great deal at this post.
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