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After some brief time (on the heated seat) riding Vita, my new Vespa GTS310, I’m pleased to say that Teasdale Motorcycles (link below) have sold me a bike which has exceeded my expectations already. Vita is effortless to ride, quicker than I expected, looks amazing and the combination of the heated seat and bar grips is super luxurious during this UK Spring weather. I actually don’t have any criticism other than the traction control is not helpful on our bumpy, uneven, local North Yorkshire roads, but as its easy to turn off, I’ll live with that as being the only negative.
The overall Vespa finish is up there with the best of the premium motorcycles that I’ve come across or owned and everything is intuitive to use, except the switching on of the heated seat and grips. Unless someone shows you how to switch them on, you’ll never ever find it, and it’s just another example of how one button today does several things depending on what’s going on at the time. Let me explain. To switch ‘the heating’ on, I first start the engine, and then use the same starter button to switch on the heating, and then to adjust the temperature. Usually, the engine starter button just does the starting and nothing else on a motorcycle, but just like your iPhone/phone, one button can now do several things on a Vespa.
Whilst the heated seat doesn’t look quite as nice as the original, more sporty seat, I’ll live with that during the cooler seasons, because when I’m sitting on it, it really doesn’t matter what it looks like as long as it’s toasty warm and comfy. For summer, I’ll put the original seat back on as it does look great. There’s a big storage compartment under the seat, but it’ll only take a small, open face helmet unfortunately, so I’ll be using the space for ‘just storage’. I was going to make a liner for it so that the contents don’t jump around the hard plastic interior, but then I found a quilted liner on eBay which was so well priced at £13, it wasn’t even worth threading up the sewing machine! It looks good, was easy to fit and does the job perfectly.
In my last post ‘Introducing Vita’ (link below), RetroDecals created the Vita logo in the same style as the Vespa logo and made the stickers/decals for me. Things have moved on since as the logo has now been 3D printed to match the Vespa logo. Whilst staying with our eldest son recently, we got playing with some 3D logo printing. Experimenting Playing🤭) with different filaments, colours and thicknesses ended up with us making key rings as well as different logos. We also printed the logos directly onto double-sided 3M adhesive tape so it would be easy to apply onto the body of the bike. What we ended up with and I’ve since fitted, is a 3mm thick logo made out of PLA filament and in an off-white colour. I also wondered if it was possible to match the chrome effect of the Vespa logo, so I got a tin of chrome spray that is suitable for plastics, and whilst it looks OK, I prefer the colour of the one I’ve fitted.
For now, it’s going to be all about riding Vita and clocking up the 600 miles/1000KMS before she goes back to Teasdale Motorcycles for a technical cuddle and first service. Top fun!
Link to Teasdale Motorcycles: https://teasdalemotorcycles.com
Link to the first Vita post: https://diaryofamotorcyclingnobody.com/introducing-vita-the-vespa/
All photos by the Author
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