Modern Vespa

Hello!

Im about to buy my first MC and it´s going to be a MP3 250cc. The one I have in mind is preowned with only one previous owner and a low mileage (about 1800 kilometres).

I´ve heard that the 250cc isn´t a speedmonster but that´s ok for me, considering that Im a beginner. Can anybody please tell me what the maximum speed wih two persons on in would be?

Im gonna have a look at the bike this weekend, could anybody please give me some advice regarding what to look for? I mean if there´s any general problem areas on the bike that i should keep in mind.

Are there any cool accessories to buy? If so, could you recomend any nice homepages.

Sorry if my english isn´t correct, Im from northern europe.

Regards
//Ssgt

With me at 220 lbs. and the wife around 150 lbs. I had mine at 72 MPH by the GPS reading. It was pretty much level ground on the interstate.
It would slow considerably on hills of any size.

Ask if it has had it's first service, and look for any scrapes on the body work that might come from an accident.

I found the medium sized windscreen to help with high speed riding.

see that it starts easy and doesn't stall. Check to see how front end leans and locks. Scrapes of course. gas door and rear trunk opens fine as well as the seat. service record. I'm at #345 and mine will haul my butt at about 70mph flat ground, hills 45 -50mph. Mid sized windshield and added top box are fine upgrades.

But that was with me mistakenly drafting someone. I have gone 142 kph on a regular basis. (Indicated on the speedometer with a breeze at my back, heading downhill.))

Two pieces of advice. Get a J Costa Variator and a Fabbri mid size replacement screen. This will make a world of difference in your performance.

You are going to enjoy your new bike. I know I have......

So far all good posts on this. I get around 75 mph on the flat with my wife on board. In addition to the suggestions above I might add that depending on where you drive you may want to get a louder horn. City driving with the stock meep meep horn can be frustrating and dangerous.

Thanks for all the good advices, now i know what too look for.

I think you would be wise to have a trained eye along with you. Make sure you hear it start up cold. And if possible take it for a ride . If it doesn't feel like poetry in motion , stay away. I've had many other bikes and they don't even come close to the 250 Mp3 . Smooth operator.

Thanks for the advice, I will make sure to have my uncle with me (he´s an old "road rat"). Althougt, I belive that the technology has changed a bit since "back in he´s days".

I was really aming for the Vespa GT250 but because of some "mock ups" with the traffic school i won´t be able to finnish my mc-license this year.

Im so glad that your happy with your MP3, everywere I look the MP3 has got nice rewievs. The only thing "bad" I read about it is that it´s expencive, a bit heavy and not very fast.

Well, the price is a bit high, but I can ride it on a drivers license for cars, so I won´t have to spend a lot of money on a MC-licence. I really can´t say if I think its heavy or not since I havent had the opportunety to ride one yet. The speed isn´t a issue (yet ), since Im a beginner i´ll take it nice & easy. The autumn is coming, so with a litle luck I have 6-8 weeks of riding before the weather stops me.

I got some nice advise from Tucsonrider on how to tune it up with the malossi variator and the larger windshield, I think that I´ll do that, but first I´ll learn how to ride it as it is.

So on sunday i´ll go and have a look, and if it´s "poetry in motion" me and the girlfriend will have approx a 4 hour drive back on it.

Thanks a lot for some good advice.

So, today I bought a new helmet (Roof boxer V) and a spine protector. Tomorrow I´ll go and try a MP3 that´s for sale near my town and on Sunday I´ll go on a four hour trip to see another one. Im leaning towards buying the later one, it´s a little more expensive but is supposed to be in a better condition.

Wish me luck gents.

//Ssgt

Well, I just bought me a MP3 250cc. The drive home took 7 hours so my back i pretty sore but I´m happy, happy, happy.

Seven hours! That's a pretty good first ride on your new-to-you Mp3! Congratulations, and welcome to the club, ssgt, I think you're gonna like your choice - and this forum as well.

Congrats on your new purchase. I hope your as happy with yours as I have been with mine.

Wow! Seven hours is a loooooong first stretch! Good for you!

That is the way to get use to your new ride. I bought my MP3 500 in Plymouth, Ma and rode it home to Ashburn, Va for a break in ride. 564 miles later I was ready for my first server on day 3 of ownership

Wayne B

Thanks a lot guys.

Only 1800 km on the meter when I bougth her.


Four days later: 2800 km on the meter.


I found an old church in the middle of no where, of course the Mupp-truck had to pose in front of it.


This is how my part of the world looks like.

SWEET!!

Welcome to the club.

[quote="ssgt]This is how my part of the world looks like.[/quote]

Hmm, Europe somewhere. Looks a bit like a road in Sweden. Am I close?

Congratulations as well....

//Dennis.

Hmm, Europe somewhere. Looks a bit like a road in Sweden. Am I close?

Congratulations as well....

//Dennis.[/quote]

Thanks guys! Dennis you right on target, south part of Sweden to be specific.

//Ssgt

Beauty... congrats on an excellent choice, and Välkommen!

Thanks guys, this must be the friendliest forum I have ever visited, Im so looking forward to learn from your experiences and to get to know you guys.

BravoTwoFour, are you Swedish by any chance?

Negative, but spent a lot of time in Helsinki and Tampere, and some in Stockholm. Many years ago, mind you!

Ride safe...

congrats on you mp3.

I also have a 250 with about 17000 km (10563 miles for all metrically challenged:-) on it. Best purchase for a long while.

How far south? I myself am located about 45 km south of Gothenburg.

Have fun,

Ink3

5'3" female 134 lbs...top speed on flat ground... NOT full out throttled...79mgh....I believe I could have gotten a little more out of her.

Well it´s nice to see that you remember some swedish words, it´s allways a nice "ice breaker".

ink3
Im in Malmö, and you?

I do hope you got the red key with the scooter.
Fay

It´s funny that you ask. Just before I went looking at this MP3 I read a tread about the keys on this forum. The guy had totaly forgotten about the red key and thought that it´s a servise key without any importance.

I told him how important the red key is, so he and his wife hent looking all over the place and found it. So yes I got it, but I did´nt get the code card. Is that a bad thing and can I do some thing about it?

Another question for you: I was looking at you avatar, it looks like you have chrome strips on your MP3, is that so? If so could you show some pictures?

The code card is merely the key cutting information, so essentially useless. Without the 'red' key you'd need a new CDI and lock-set/keys anyway, with the 'red' key you have the cutting info right there...

So don't worry about the code card.

Thought you'd never ask! Behold the Rhinestone Warrior.

Puuuuh, thanks, I was worried there for a wile This is by far the sweetest and most personal tuning of a scoot I have ever seen. You actually made the brutal looking Mp3 look cute. Nobody could doubt that you really love your scoot. It´s people like you that makes scootering such a pleasure.

We should start a tread concerning different decorations and "eye candy" such as this. Im sure that if you start up with this picture in the beginning of the tread people will get inspired as h*ll.

Ssgt said:-

This is by far the sweetest and most personal tuning of a scoot I have ever seen. You actually made the brutal looking Mp3 look cute. Nobody could doubt that you really love your scoot. It´s people like you that makes scootering such a pleasure.

We should start a tread concerning different decorations and "eye candy" such as this. Im sure that if you start up with this picture in the beginning of the tread people will get inspired as h*ll.[/quote]

AwwwShucks!

But I'm just a beginner, you should see the things some of those Yanks have done, downlighters, trick paint, flashy saddles; we have much to learn!

There already is a thread, I'm sure someone will point you in the right direction.


Fay

Is there? Where, where, where?