Piaggio MP3s?

[ghpiaggio]

Hi.
Newbie to the site.
I've got a Piaggio MP3 400ie. Done about 2000km. Love it!
ANY MORE OUT THERE??
%) GH

[oldrider]

How do those MP3's handle in gravel (roadworks at least) etc. Cheers John.

PS: Welcome to the site.

[ghpiaggio]

I did about 50km on gravel last weekend . Handles the loose stuff great. Where there's high mounded wheel tracks tho' it's a different propisition - as one wheel is in the loose and the other on 'clean' dirt. It unsettles it a bit, but even then doesn't "wash out" like bikes do.
Really confidence inspiring and predictable when it is occassionally skittish.
Love it! %) GH

[EJK]

Sounds fun!

P.S Welcome to the site!
P.P.S. Sorry I too don't own a MP3

[oldrider]

I did about 50km on gravel last weekend . Handles the loose stuff great. Where there's high mounded wheel tracks tho' it's a different propisition - as one wheel is in the loose and the other on 'clean' dirt. It unsettles it a bit, but even then doesn't "wash out" like bikes do.
Really confidence inspiring and predictable when it is occassionally skittish.
Love it! %) GH

Always interesting to read about other peoples' bikes, please keep posting of your experiences. Cheers John.

[skidMark]

Mp3? is thier other model a WMA, do they make an MP4???

[ghpiaggio]

Hmmmmm.
An Islander (as in Sth) with Techno babble, huh?
The MP3 is definitely not a figment of cyberspace and electronic acronyms!

Apparently the eyeties reckon it stands for:
Moto (as in cycle/scoota)
Persona (as in rider & possibly pillion)
Trio - as in the number of wheels.


Whatever it means, it's sweet music to my ears -(pun intended?).


Cheerz
GH

[EJK]

Nice photos! Piaggio never looked so sexy!

[oldrider]

Hmmmmm.
An Islander (as in Sth) with Techno babble, huh?

Careful, Marks one of us now! We stick together down here. John.

[ghpiaggio]

Actually, my darling wife is from that way.
Born Roxburgh, shifted to Otematata, Omarama, & left school in Twizel and moved the "real Mainland" in the 80's.
I still think of her as an Islander.



%) ...GH

[UberRhys]

Actually, my darling wife is from that way.
Born Roxburgh

Roxburgh, home of the famous Jimmy's Pies... Mmmmmmm...

[Flatcap]

Roxburgh, home of the famous Jimmy's Pies... Mmmmmmm...

Well, they were there until you ate them all fulla

[UberRhys]

Roxburgh, home of the famous Jimmy's Pies... Mmmmmmm...

Well, they were there until you ate them all fulla

Ouch, thats a little below the belt... or above the belt as the case may be...

[chasio]

Nice photos! Piaggio never looked so sexy!

Welcome! No MP3, but a stable mate here - a Vespa GT200. I must have a crack on one of those reverse trikes one day!

And I take exception to the implication that the MP3 is the only good looking Piaggio, EJKDDORAI!

Chasio

[pritch]

A lady who works in the same building had a BMW 650, sold that and bought a Honda Transalp. Easy enough to follow...

I spoke to her in the lift one day and she was contemplating buying a Goldwing. A bit different....

Next time I spoke to her I asked how the Goldwing purchase was proceeding and she informed me she was going to test ride a 400cc MP3. A lot different.

I'll be interested to hear what she's up to next time I see her.