Piaggio Beverley 350 Anything to look for?

[MrGrumpy]

Congrats - hope it goes well. I presume your nearest Piaggio dealer is the guys in York, though there is one somewhere in the wilds of East Newcastle. The York people are pretty good.

[hatter]

Motech is the one in Newcastle and is an excellent dealer. Run by real scooter enthusiasts.
Hatter

[Bingo]

Just going to add to this thread. Still not heard when I am getting my BV but hopefully next week. It all should arrive serviced and PDI checked so good to go (I hope). Im only used to riding a battered old Honda Vision and all I do is change the oil, check the air filter and plug every 2500 miles and thats about it.

What should I be checking on a BV350 on a weekly, monthly basis? Any regular maintenance? I gather the service intervals are quite long though.

[MrGrumpy]

You don't normally need to do much specifically, most things will be checked at the service. I would check the coollant levels regularly though - the overflow tank is hidden in a little compartment at the top of the RHS of the fairing! As I had, and others have mentioned, water leaks are not unknown, so if your coollant levels decline, get back to your dealer ASAP!

One little tip - when you go for an MOT, the tester will want to find the VIN number. On the Bev, its so well hidden, no-one will ever find it if they don't know where to look! You open the fairing storage compartment in front of your knees - in the middle of the back of that, there's a little rectangular plastic lid that can be removed, revealing the VIN number stamped on the main frame!

[Dave Weller]

Hope you enjoy the Beverly, I did about 10,000 miles on my one, nothing went wrong with my one, I had a bigger screen, as usual it would should show some die hard bikers how good Maxi-Scoots are on club ride outs.

[Bingo]

Thanks. Will keep an eye out on the coolants. I never noticed a manual when I looked the bike over but ill have a search online. I know it sounds daft but I am really excited and I am counting the days until its delivered which should be one day this week all being well. They were fitting Oxford heated Grips to it yesterday which apparently was a bit of a faff on a scooter, so they say. It has literally with all the lockdowns and the problems I had finding a bike that was suitable with my Arthritis taken me an entire year to arrive at this point with the right bike. As soon as I rode off on it I knew it was for me. All I am doing now is planning trips and maybe the odd overnight tour. Im like a kid waiting for Christmas. Its just going to give me so much freedom.

[blackmoon181]

yeah i fondly (NOT) remember installing heated grips on the BEV. As the battery is just behind where your legs are, a lot of tupperware has to come off to run the power lead. i've had the plastics off soo many times of the BEV i can still do it quickly but if started from scratch it can take ages! especially as it is easyish to break the clips if a little ham fisted!

From memory i don't think there is anything BEV specific you wouldn't do on a normal scooter. She uses pretty light engine oil which isn't cheap... hopefully the garage has given it some TLC before you get it. Check all the jubilee clips on the hose collections. i ended up replacing them with good ones....

[Bingo]

yeah i fondly (NOT) remember installing heated grips on the BEV. As the battery is just behind where your legs are, a lot of tupperware has to come off to run the power lead. i've had the plastics off soo many times of the BEV i can still do it quickly but if started from scratch it can take ages! especially as it is easyish to break the clips if a little ham fisted!

From memory i don't think there is anything BEV specific you wouldn't do on a normal scooter. She uses pretty light engine oil which isn't cheap... hopefully the garage has given it some TLC before you get it. Check all the jubilee clips on the hose collections. i ended up replacing them with good ones....

The dealer I bought it off fitted a set of Oxford heated grips as part of the deal including £100 off and free delivery. He said fitting the grips was quite a job as it turned out.

Anyway. The bike has arrived. Pity about the weather. I gave it a quick trip out once it had dried up a bit and Im over the moon so far. Its exactly what I wanted for tearing around the Dales where I live and easy enough to get on and off with my dodgy knees. Bit of a faff reversing it down the drive to get it in the garage on a gravel drive but ive bought an Oxford cover so when that arrives ill just leave it at the top of the drive most of the time.

Just noticed the low fuel light has come on so the first trip will be to our nearest petrol station which is about 8 miles away. I assume it will get me that far!

Just need some nice weather now! cheers for all the help.

[blackmoon181]

Can't leave us hanging without a few pictures!!

If memory serves me correctly i got between 120-130 miles before the fuel light on (about 70% motorway speeds) and a further 20-30 miles with the light on.

Enjoy!

[scootabout]

On mine, the reserve light would come on around 100 miles, the gauge would should empty not long after 120. I'd fill the 13 Lt tank around 150 miles and it would take between 10 and 11.8 Lt.

One thing that annoyed me was that Piaggio didn't bother fitting proper speedo markings for the UK. The markings were tiny and I ended up buying a sticker from the USA that fitted over it. Still not brilliant, but easy to read.