Saw an article on this in Bike magazine - UK. First ride remarks from were humorous. This rig is on sale soon. "It's nearly uncrashable" said the man from Piaggio. So I ride it like an idiot. But the MP3 is extremely stable. I try stupid hard braking...the MP3 just stops, hard. Hmmm. I find a corner with a line of gravel around the edge. Bank right over, aim through the gravel, it slides, wobbles, grips again and carries on cornering. I do manage to pull a muscle flailing a leg, though. Press a button as you slow down and the leaning mechanism locks so you can cruise to a halt, feet up. Pull away and it unlocks as you turn the twistgrip. So I sit at the lights, both feet up, blipping the throttle. It unlocks, I'm not ready and I stamp to keep it upright. Nearly crashed it then! Specs: 124cc/244cc single cylinder 4 valve 4 stroke 15bhp@9250 rmp/22.5bhp@8250rpm 9 lbft@8500rmp/15.5 lbft@6750rpm top speed 64mph/78mph seat height 70mm weight 199kg/204kg price L3600/L4000 UK For the squids - it even does stoppies! see video. For more info go to http://www.mp3.piaggio.com/index_eng.html and check out the video clips.
Um... wow. I guess you gotta do what you gotta do to get people out of cages. Look at that sick horse power! Zoom zoom! Seriously though if everyone in LA had one you might actually be able to see the stars at night.
