Modern Vespa

So you get stuck in some rain do you take the rain cover off your seat when you ride home or do you just sit on it for the ride? I'm totally new to all this and have a feeling my 1st rain ride is coming up on the way home today.

The rain covers aren't made to be sat on. They'd be slippery.

The GTS seat looks like leather but is actually not. No problem riding in the rain with it.

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I wait until I'm almost ready to get on and pull it off,
draining any water on it away from the seat

Then I ride with it down by my heel,
rather than putting the wet cover into the pet carrier

Thank you that's what I needed to know

My GTV has a leather seat. If I'm not too far from home, I sit on it. I haven't slipped off yet. (Knocking on wood...)

I forgot to add:
If it's windy or I'll be going fast,
I knot the seat cover gently, so that it doesn't turn into a sail

It's not dangerous if it does,
but it's kinda embarrassing

I've also got a GTV with the leather seat. I've ridden for over an hour with the cover on it in crappy weather, and it was just fine, no slipping at all. I keep it on most of the time during the winter, actually. Only issue is that it's already getting a bit thin. I'm going to guess it's got a stupid price tag to replace, being that it's an original Vespa part. I'll probably find out in a few months.

Thanks L good to know cause I was already wondering about the Sail effect. I appreciate all the help everyone gives us new comers.

I guess I have not been so lucky, each time I have needed to ride home in the rain, the seat was not covered. I carry a microfiber rag the pocket of my jacket for wiping my helmet visor. I wipe off the seat and have a seat.

It's not like it's going to matter much. I don't have waterproof pants and I have a 30 minute ride home. I am going to get 100% soaked from the waist down so I am not too worried about keeping the part of the seat under my butt dry.

I never use the seat cover when it may rain--the vinyl seat is waterproof.

I use the cover on sunny days to keep the sun from fading and drying the vinyl seat, and protect from birdshit.

On days when it might rain, I don't use the seat cover because I don't want to put a wet seat cover back in a hole where it will stay wet forever.

P.

I have a custom leather seat from Pirate and if it's raining, I frequently ride with the rain cover on that Jay supplied. My cover is not slippery at all. I guess it all depends upon what material your rain cover is made of. Seat covers are pretty cheap to make!

What's rain?

For those of you in sunny SoCal, it's that wet stuff that occasionally falls from the sky. They give you a 3-day heads-up near LA by telling you there will be a flood warning and mudslides. That's how I remember it when I lived there.

It's the stuff that keeps most of the country from burning for weeks at a time.

Oh, sorry!!

P.

Why are you all so damn scared of getting your leather seats wet? treat it well & it will last for a loong time, just like your skin. My leather seat gets wet daily in the winter & spring & it still looks great.

It's what you were lucky not to get while you were at Burning Man, otherwise it would have been 'Blackmud City' for you.

I'm doing this from memory but if I recall when I replaced the seat cover on my sons GTV the cost was $20.00. I changed it out myself. It's not difficult to change either. I'll see if I can find the receipt to verify the price. I'm not sure if it's here or with my son at college.

Paul G.

I'm having visions of your approval rating plummeting after this one.

But it was timed really well.

I got caught in the rain the other day. I stopped. Opened my seat and pulled out the plastic cover from its little cubby-hole. I put it over my head and rode the rest of the way home. Piaggio had their thinkin' caps on when they came up with that one.

How about we work a trade? SoCal sunny days for rain days... say in October?

I keep a very sturdy rag (I got it from the custodial staff at my school) in the seat so when I take the wet cover off I can give it a quick wipe to dry it off.

I just tuck the wet cover back in to it's cubby hole. Doesn't bother me much that it's wet, since I'll probably pull it out again when I get home...

Probably?...
If I tried that, I would probably forget to pull it out for a week or so

Well, since I park outside at home and I always cover the seat when I park outside (rain or shine - helps keep the bird crap and such away from my clothes) the odds are pretty good that I'll remember to pull it out.

Even when I had a garage I still managed to remember it all the time, possibly because I tend to toss stuff in the seat that I'll need so I'm always opening the seat when I park.

When ever I leave my scooter outside I
always cover it. As seen in photo. 8)

Ahah!
That sounds like a system that works
8)

Lucky you're in California
or that flag would be frequently moist