I am looking to buy a motorbike.  I love the Vespas and have always wanted one.  What is the availability of parts if they are needed.    

 

 

 

I assume you are talking modern Vespa ie. 4-stroke. If there is a dealer near you they have parts or can easily get. Not as cheap as Honda parts but then again neither is the scooter.

 

Older 2 -stroke Vespa. yes lots of parts but from shops specializing in old Vespas of which there are quite a few in Bangkok. A lot depends on your location. have a look around and see how many there are on the street and that will give you an idea. Caution: There are some bodge job Vespa's floating around. 

Very good backup from Vespa, never a problem wherever you are in the country

You may also be interested in the Lambretta  "reincarnation"   or the  "Scomadi" errmm copy ???

10 minutes ago, JoePai said:

Very good backup from Vespa,

Do you mean for the new 4 stroke Vespa's  I would imagine parts for the old 2 strokes are getting hard to find..but maybe there are companies making pattern parts ?

Scomadi predates the "new" Lambretta by some years.

 

Then there is Royal Alloy. Which maybe better as it is all metal I believe.

Which is definitely a clone of Scomadi.

 

 

Two-stroke I'd go Lambretta, 4-stroke I'd go Vespa.

 

23 minutes ago, johng said:

Do you mean for the new 4 stroke Vespa's  I would imagine parts for the old 2 strokes are getting hard to find..but maybe there are companies making pattern parts ?

Yes the 4 stroke bikes.

Rust could be an issue with Vespas

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_kLZT_iRV0

Girls like em, my wife likes em but she is not stupid so mrs likes a fino vespa lookalike instead espesually when it comes to prices in Thailand.

17 hours ago, johng said:

I would imagine parts for the old 2 strokes are getting hard to find..but maybe there are companies making pattern parts ?

Not in Bangkok. Old 2T Vespas everywhere. Lots more in Indonesia where they used to manufacture them. 

Thailand Vespa are assembled in Viet Nam

I rode on the back of a Vespa one time when I was a kid.  Neighbor guy had one.  That was about 1962 or a bit before.  I was maybe 8 or 9 years old max.  Kinda scary. 

The 2-stroke Vespas are still available brand new>> LINK

I ride a vintage 1964 Vespa GS MKII back in Melbourne, the very same i had when i was 16 years old and a head full of hair... tried to buy one here but the going price for a good one is anywhere between 250,000 to 300,000 thousand baht...

^ Me thinks you have too many zero's. Unless a GS is exceptionally rare even in Italy. 

4 hours ago, Issanman said:

The 2-stroke Vespas are still available brand new>> LINK

Vespa don't make 2-strokes anymore.   Last one was 2005   Model ET2   50cc

  Bad for the enviroment

I love Vespas, my mate had one when I was at sixth form in 1992. He was so much cooler than me, I had a Honda Vision ????

 

The shame of it. ????

 

17 minutes ago, yodsak said:

Vespa don't make 2-strokes anymore.   Last one was 2005   Model ET2   50cc

  Bad for the enviroment

I saw a brand new PX125 2 stroke Vespa at the Vespa dealership in Udorn Thani about 2 years ago.

Vespa still shows it as available on their Thailand website.  209000฿.

 

6 hours ago, Issanman said:

I saw a brand new PX125 2 stroke Vespa at the Vespa dealership in Udorn Thani about 2 years ago.

Vespa still shows it as available on their Thailand website.  209000฿.

 

I stand corrected.   Must be old stock...   Last chance to buy a classic.  Pricey at 209k for old tech 125cc.  6.5 BHP  

Similar price gets you a 300GTS    22 BHP

  

 

 

New stock PX 2019 https://vespa.co.th/product/px/px-125/

 

Touring Edition 2019 https://vespa.co.th/product/px/px-touring-edition/

 

 

21 hours ago, Issanman said:

The 2-stroke Vespas are still available brand new>> LINK

They come with a hefty price tag.

On 10/3/2019 at 8:43 AM, pbas400 said:

New stock PX 2019 https://vespa.co.th/product/px/px-125/

New bike old stock..     Or NOS   new old stock. Discontinued but available until existing stocks run out..  Dead, deceased, it is no more, shuffled of it's mortal coil...  No longer manufactured.

RIP

 

     

 

 

I will call into the Vespa shop Pattaya and see if they are still available.       

 

 

 

 

When i had my bike serviced they gave me a Vespa to use for the day. A few years old, 20k on the odometer, i rode it for about 60km.

The Vespa felt like total <deleted>. Had 125cc, felt more like 100cc. The forks bottomed out even on small obstacles. Everything in the cockpit, like buttons, switches etc. felt as if they used the cheapest parts they could buy.

After this experience i can just recommend to stay away from Vespa, overpriced piece of junk.

Can't understand why anyone would pay top money for these scooters when there are so many great scooters on sale here for half the price. You are just paying for the name and "reputation" of 50 years ago.

2 hours ago, jackdd said:

After this experience i can just recommend to stay away from Vespa, overpriced piece of junk.

But they are SO stylish ...

What Hipster wouldn't want one - overpriced junk is very 'IN'

555

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

Can't understand why anyone would pay top money for these scooters when there are so many great scooters on sale here for half the price. You are just paying for the name and "reputation" of 50 years ago.

if you like plastic you buy japanese scooter

On 10/9/2019 at 9:32 AM, Henryford said:

You are just paying for the name and "reputation" of 50 years ago.

Not forgetting of course styling. 

 

But yes hipster stuff in Thailand. Indonesia different.

Yes some don't care, they just want one.

 

I see quite a few of them in Pattaya, mostly Thais doing a fashion statement and maybe status: look I can afford a Vespa sort of thing??

 

My wife wanted one badly at some stage but I talked her out of it. She now have a Yamaha Grand Filano Hybrid with ABS on the front wheel. Nice little scout but way too small for me, I looks like an elephant on it, 555. 

 

On 10/9/2019 at 8:19 AM, jackdd said:

Everything in the cockpit, like buttons, switches etc. felt as if they used the cheapest parts they could buy.

 

Which is why I bought an LXV150.

 

Switch gear is mounted in aluminium enclosures not in or behind a plastic panel.

 

thank you for all the advice.  I went with the vespa from vespa Phuket.  great service from Nok and the team from start to finish.  great after sales service as well.