Modern Vespa

So, I rode in to work today and and its looking like it will be raining on the way home. Has anyone been cought out in the rain and how did your MP3 500 handel in the rain?

From a week or so ago...

https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic48458

MP3 handles great in the rain. Just take it easy. Hope you have rain gear for the rider.

watch the painted lines and try not to ride in the first half hour or so after the rain starts but other than that you should have no problems if you take Fuzzy's advice and take it easy.

I have ridden in HEAVY rains several times. Once, it was so hard the streets were flooding with gully-washers. As long as you act rationally, you will be OK. It pushes through 3 or 4 inches like a boat - just don't be going too fast or your deceleration rate could send you over the top! Of course, water was running off me heavy. But with rain gear, only my wrists and my pant hems got wet a little (my bike boots are waterproof). It sure was exciting trying to keep from getting sprayed by the cagers though.

Thank ya'll for the help with this and my other posts on this site, and if anyone lives in the south carolina and would like to ride from Charleston to Myrtle Beach and back let me know.

I recently returned from a 3500 mi trip on my 500. Handles wet pavement quite well. I did get a little concerned when I was got caught in heavy rain on a stretch of highway construction that had freshly oiled gravel. Used due caution and slowed way down....No Problem.

Slow down, use common sense, and don't make any unnecessary sudden swerves and you should be ok. If at any time you feel uncomfortable, pull over, preferably somewhere dry, and wait it out.

My first ride in the rain was home from work and it was the first rain of the season. I understood that it could be slippery, so I used the break real carefully. I took off from a signal like I always do...full throttle and my back wheel spun out to the right a bit and then I let off throttle and rode off more carefully. If I was alone in a parking lot or something the tire spinning may have been fun, but there were cars on both sides of me at the signal. After that experience I always take off a bit easy from a stop in the rain. Other than that the ride was very stable.

John

Yeah good point, the back wheel will behave the same as any two wheeler. It's the dual fronts that will more often than not change the outcome