New Wheels - Three this time - e
Piaggio MP3 500ie LT Sport. This model, the only one available in the UK, only comes in black. I don't ride black bikes so I changed some of the panels for pearlescent white ones! This model comes with a tiny back rest & no luggage box - where would The Ladies put their purses - so I had a box fitted!! Finally, I like to see & be seen so I always have driving lamps fitted, wired independently of the standard lights so if either fails on a fast bend at night I'm not plunged into darkness, then into something nasty off the road!!!! It's very different to anything I've had before. It felt light & twitchy at first & still is ridden solo, but two up damps it down a little. It grabs attention everywhere. Car drivers pause their overtakes alongside, pedestrians point and its quick too for only 500ccs and CVT drive. Worst point so far ? Tiny fuel tank, barely enough for 110 miles before its on Reserve, when I regularly do runs of 250 miles to see my father.
New Wheels - Three this time - e
Piaggio MP3 500ie LT Sport. This model, the only one available in the UK, only comes in black. I don't ride black bikes so I changed some of the panels for pearlescent white ones! This model comes with a tiny back rest & no luggage box - where would The Ladies put their purses - so I had a box fitted!! Finally, I like to see & be seen so I always have driving lamps fitted, wired independently of the standard lights so if either fails on a fast bend at night I'm not plunged into darkness, then into something nasty off the road!!!! It's very different to anything I've had before. It felt light & twitchy at first & still is ridden solo, but two up damps it down a little. It grabs attention everywhere. Car drivers pause their overtakes alongside, pedestrians point and its quick too for only 500ccs and CVT drive. Worst point so far ? Tiny fuel tank, barely enough for 110 miles before its on Reserve, when I regularly do runs of 250 miles to see my father.