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Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 4:15 pm
by Scootypuff snr
capitano wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:04 pm Piaggio make scooters that everyone else thinks the Italians should ride.
You are far more likely to get impaled by a dark grey SH300 than a brightly coloured GTS on the streets of Turin and Rome.
I remember a guy in our group many years ago now riding a moto Guzzi to Italy & back over a Bank Holiday.

The Italians were gob smacked to see an MG (They couldn't afford them?, nothing new there nowadays)

Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:04 pm
by bn1966
I had to have some small Polini 'tweaks' to my Vespa 300 GTV in response to the new HPE engine.
I wanted a Scomadi a few years back, but they weren't producing production line scooters with enough cc's.
Rumours have it there could be a Scomadi 450 version at some point.

Sticking with my Sei Giorni GTV..TBH it goes as fast as I'd want to on small wheels.

Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:22 pm
by bikerdezzie
Scomadi with a ktm 450 2 stroke is coming out for sale around 8.5k but its not from scomadi directly but a company i have seen on facebook and its a complete weapon, pm tuning doing kits also soon, so far they have around 26bhp out of it but think they can get 30 plus.

Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:39 pm
by MrGrumpy
26-30bhp from a 450 2 stroke?? Not exciting in itself, as a Tmax gets 45 or so from a 500 4 stroke.

Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:29 pm
by bikerdezzie
No thats from the gts motor, the scomadi is nearer 53bhp
https://www.facebook.com/retrotechracing/

Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:29 am
by MrGrumpy
Now that sounds more exciting....

Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:03 am
by Jimo
Wow! That spec sheet takes a while to read, - but I like the 300 GTE very much, and the yellow colour too, only thing is I’m too old now to fully appreciate such things, would that it were possible to turn the clock back say 30 or so years - prob is that I’ve got 5 bikes + 2 e-bikes already, there’s not enough space OR TIME left to enjoy everything.


Jim

Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:56 am
by bn1966
bikerdezzie wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:29 pm No thats from the gts motor, the scomadi is nearer 53bhp
https://www.facebook.com/retrotechracing/
Thanks for the link!!! Scary exciting stuff :D You'd need deep pockets for one but they sound like a real buzz!!!
Could show a clean pair of heels to a lot of motors out there..we are the Mods :lol:

Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:40 am
by richie the 1st
capitano wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:04 pm
StephenC wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:27 am I understand that the Sh300 outsells Vespas in Italy, but it appears that Piaggio haven't heard about it.
My impression is that Honda make scooters that Italians ride.

Piaggio make scooters that everyone else thinks the Italians should ride.

You are far more likely to get impaled by a dark grey SH300 than a brightly coloured GTS on the streets of Turin and Rome.

8-)
Or a Honda sh125i :lol:

Re: 2019 Vespa 300

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:38 pm
by capitano
richie the 1st wrote: Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:40 am
capitano wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:04 pm
StephenC wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:27 am I understand that the Sh300 outsells Vespas in Italy, but it appears that Piaggio haven't heard about it.
My impression is that Honda make scooters that Italians ride.

Piaggio make scooters that everyone else thinks the Italians should ride.

You are far more likely to get impaled by a dark grey SH300 than a brightly coloured GTS on the streets of Turin and Rome.

8-)
Or a Honda sh125i :lol:
A silver or black one. ;)