Vespa 300 GTS - More than Just a City Runaround? 

I know I’ve said it before, commuted on 50-125cc bikes for nearly 40 yrs little cubs etc. then bought a”engine seized “ xmax250 as a project was so cheap. Owned by a big boss of first direct bank as a toy. Took a van and mate to push up ramp. Wouldn’t move! Went to Halfords bought £30 socket set. Removed both brake calipers and pushed up ramp. Not seized at all. Went to Spain and back a couple of times on it. Changed the variator weights which reduced the acceleration but made a more comfy cruise for long distance. Once you’ve owned one they really are addictive as such easy transport. Horrific prices new. Very easy diy too.the plastics keep the frame clean and belt change 12k miles. If buy lidl power socket gun easy belt change. The only thing is I would go for the bigger wheel ones due to our horrible roads. That roundabout in your last vlog horrendous holes bad with small wheels. Glad you featured it. I prefer the x max type than this but haven’t ridden one since handlebar change 2 stroke in 1976😂. The other thing u mention is weather protection on my honda 90s your feet were soaked as was the rest of you. On my x max almost dry unless driving rain. Feet not freezing. Easy to clean and no chain maintenance. All the engine and electrics are under the seat and well protected from the elements. The only negative in my view is tyre change rear wheel. Exhaust off, brake caliper, part of frame (on some) and wheel. At a dealer a few Bob. Also they all have centre stand. Fab winter bikes. Cruise at 70 plus if you want.love the way you ride so many different bikes.

Nice one TAYM, I met an Italian couple on the isle of Skye a few years ago, the husband was on a GS 1200 and the wife on a Vespa 300, they had rode all the way from Italy so the little Vespa is certainly capable of long distance touring.....😊

Brill vlog Mr TAYM. I always looked down on scooters in my early biking days in the late 70's etc. Then on our honeymoon in 84, we hired a Vespa 200 and trundled all over Majorca. Never again did l knock scooters!! Absolutely brilliant fun!! Regards, Mo 🛵😊👍

Just over a month ago, I bought a '24 300 GTS "Classico" in Beige Avvolgente, identical to this one...except I added a smoked flyscreen and a rear rack. She's absolutely marvelous!

Very good Mr TAYM. You're so not a bike snob, and I think that's marvellous 😀

I have one, and use it for everything. 100km on a highway is a piece of cake, and curvy mountain roads are a feast! And it feels fast within the speed limits! Plus the fact that you can hang a big backpack between your legs and keep other stuff under the seat.

It seems that Vespa is finding its way into your affections! I’m not surprised: it’s a lovely little thing.

I was out on my 300 GTS today, 4 degrees out, open-face, regular clothing. My Harley and RE also in the garage, picked the Vespa.

I think I mentioned last time you test rode this scooter the BMW C400GT or X depending on your preference for looks. I’ve been biking since the 70’s never sat on or ridden a scooter and never had an inclination to try one. In 2022 decided for no particular reason to get one so did something never tried before ordered from a dealer few hundred miles away and had it delivered few days later. I have the C400GT it is a 350cc not sure why it’s called the 400. I use it all year for everything and anything shops trips whatever. It has great specs including heated grips and seat, twin disc Bybre radial mounted brakes with steel hoses. ABS & traction control, 15 inch front and 14 inch rear at 120 and 150 width so has pretty good handling. It’s pretty nippy as well tops out about 95mph so motorway speed and easy even two up. Pillion comfort is really good as well and with all that it still averages about 80mpg. On the downside they are expensive new but a used one with very little miles can be had for 6k or less, I got mine two years old but with only 390 miles so still like new and not even run in.

Nice one Taym what a lovely looking bike you could go all cool and retro could see you in your hipsters going to the coffee shop !!

I had 2. Never thought I would but they are brilliant. Quick and nimble. Traded for xmax300 which is way better at speed but loses a bit of the town nimbleness. Had that 4 years, best general use bike I.ve ever owned. Will probably get another at some point but sold to make room for the bsa a7 on yesterday's epic taym production. 👍👍

Looks fun, have never tried a scoot, might have to add another thing to the bucket list :) As my dad used to say, 3rd class riding beats 1st class walking!

I actually quite like the Vespas. Stylish and surprisingly functional. Have you considered presenting to camera a bit more? It would be nice to see your face 😉You could get a small portable tripod. We’ve got one that folds up to 8 inches! 👍🏼👍🏼

A marvellous, marvellous, marvellous, marvellous scooter with a marvellous, marvellous, marvellous, marvellous price. On a more serious note I love scooters,Sir. I own a Yamaha XMax 300cc scooter. But the Vespa looks nicer and classical. Cheers.

Great review Mr Taym I had one a GT300 used it for work fantastic mpg the only down side is if it goes over the bodywork takes a right knocking and is then like a car to repair, upside it will do motorways all day long they are governed to 80mph. Ride safe and keep them videos coming 😊

Hiya TAYM I think these are brilliant little scooters my friend has one tho I’ve never tried one and great colours as you say Great little review and ride Loved that mate 😊😊😊 Phil

I would love to see one of these as an addition to the channel 😀 also noticed you have topped 2 million views, well done TAYM!

Enjoy your ride out and comments about the GTS.I,ve had one a few years now great bit of kit.Yes l do scooter rallies up and down the land and over to Europe Never missed a beat.Still got the 2 strokes can't beat that.👍👍

They are a crackin little machine TAYM, me and the Mrs will be off touring Spain and Portugal again this year on the GTS300, a lovely way to bimble about in the sunshine, with a rack on the front and back it’s surprising how much you can pack on the little donkey, and you always get a warm welcome when you arrive at your hotel on a bright yellow Vespa!

Remember when you rode this before. Loads of fun just twisting and going, I had a Gilera DNA180 for my missus to use many years ago which was a scooter made to look like a motorbike. I remember the handling mostly, the 2 wheels felt like they had no connection with each other ! .. like taking 2 Jack Russel's for a walk on separate leads!! I'm sure the Vespa is much better, thanks TAYM.

It´s one of those good looking iconic bikes, marvellous, I´d probably just take pictures of it all day long.

I think a scooter would be great if I lived on an island or in a big city. Tool’in around having fun. Thanks for taking us along on the ride.

My trip to Sorrento reminded me just how much Italians LOVE their scooters with a passion that we can't understand here in the UK where they are regarded as boring, but practical. Not so in Italy where they are seen as a reflection of La Dolce Vita.

I bought a used GTS300 about 18 months ago and I find it brilliant fun to ride, it dovetails nicely with my big bike and my RE Himalyan. Mine has the smaller Vespa screen that does take a lot of windblast of your chest. This machine is so easy to ride and frugal on fuel. Having owned old 2 stroke manual gear Vespas in the past, I can say this is in a totally different league.

Well you’ve convinced me! Mind you I already have a Vespa 300 and I love it. 😉 Can’t wait for the snow to disappear.

Handy mode of transport TAYM, I didn't realise how much they are though! Blimey! 😳

Yup, Dobbs should definitely get one. It'll go with his beige chinos and espadrilles a treat. Talking about FD i expect you'll be reviewing his tool rolls soon, a bargain price at £93 for an offcut of wax cotton. I think he's called em Labia Minora, which coincidentally is the name of my favourite Bond Girl.

Comfortable and enjoyable also you don’t get your feet and legs wet I’d have one a very smart machine that does it all, nice one for sharing buddy 👍🏻😊👍

Don’t see many in Alaska, but looks perfect for boppin around town!

Wow! How much fun would that be!! I would love to have something like that or a Honda Trail 125. So much fun 😂😂😂

Morning Taym 😊 Freddie's wife would love it. Go to the Seaside and have a fight 😤 with the Rockers 😂😂😂

A civilized mode of transport. Which is why they're so popular in mainland Europe. 😜

I had one when they first came out in the uk, about 2008 from memory. Fantastic machine,‘economical, reliable and used to shock the 600s off the lights who used to think it was a 50cc. It’s alright not brilliant on motorways but I tended to use A roads. Took mine to France. My only criticism is that you only had to look at the exhaust and it rusted and parts and cheap. I would definitely have another as a second bike.

Great looking little scooter, if I lived in a town or commuted I'd love one! Your right about Freddie, he should stick to something simple to look after 🤣

haha - glad you did this ride- and mentioned me - I'm RC (Rich) from Florida with the orange Vespa who's been sending you the pix. I've had it up to a true 80MPH on the major freeways here often with no problems at all. I love it. RU-vidr Warro (from Australia) rides a 300GTS and an Enfield 350 and has said the Vespa's faster. always enjoy your rides & mutters - thanks.

Love the classic looks of this scooter TAYM,is it good taste or am I just getting old?😂

l think everyone should have a scooter in their collection, great fun 👍

my gran went on holiday from holland to italy with the 125 Vespa back in the sixties, husband and wife, a tent and some luggage tied to the rack, hardly any motorways back then

If you want to nip around town or a commute to work then this has got to be on the list but I guess some can’t get around the fact that it is a scooter . Thanks TAYM

Neat wee bike. My m8 has got a 350 scooter. I think it's Swm ? Maybe. Massive seat feet forward what a laugh. Does 120k and is super quick around town. Weird having the front and rear brake on the handle bar, but once you're used to the twist and go, it's not bad for around the town

been ridding now for over 40 years ,been riding scoots for 20 years now, 110/125/300,would like both motor bike and scoot,now been looking at the 350 hunter,

Gordon Bennett TAYM a scooter on the channel what ever next electric push bike 😳😬 thinking about it I could see you riding that down washboard rd especially now your getting on a bit 😂😂 carry on that man Caio for now or should that be tat tar for now 😉👍🏻

Nice one Mr TAYM ! ... I would love to hear your thoughts on the Honda X ADV. ❤

Love 50 cc vespa for city life

cooooool !

Love that and the colour is just right....Quadrophenia. ...down the coast we go...needs more mirrors haha. Thanks for posting pics of my dog Sally on Fridays mutter brought back great memories. Thanks TAYM 😊😊

I love the castle's pond, where you go mostly with Italian bikes.. Just marvelous, what are ducks thinking of the Vespa? You know my opinion, I love them .. I am looking for another one, maybe bigger .. Burgman 🤔🤔 Or something in that style.

I love my Vespa GTS. It's perfect in the city, and way beyond.

Perfect for nipping to the Coffee Shop or going to work, absolutely ideal for Freddie Dobbs 🤣 but I just have one question TAYM 🤔did it make you want to go to Brighton and fight some rockers on the beach ?🤣🤣🤣

Take a test ride in Barnsley South Yorkshire, the roads are so in disrepair that on a motorcycle you would have the ultimate experience. The roads you are on are properly maintained.

Volt, were you in the movie "a clockwork orange" and by the way I like this color.

I can have just as much fun on a 300 Vespa, as a $45,000 Harley.

Wish they made a 500 cc version with 15” wheels and conventional telescopic front fork - I’d be first in the queue if they did .

I am 55 years old, rode sport bikes in the 90s and now am all about scootwrs.

Ive ridden my 300 GTS to Azerbaijan from the UK with a detour to Cyprus. My wife joined me in Istanbul and we rode two up with luggage no problem.

You could put some large orange spots on it,and call it the flying 🦒. That would be classic people seeing you stopping to talk to the giraffe on your way to work,on a 🦒 scooter 😂😂. I've had a few scooters in the past (not Vespa's),and it still shocks me how unfriendly people are towards you if you take it to the local bike meet 🤔

I followed one the other day, it got quite a shifter on, pulled away nicely.... zzzzbbrrrr

Can I buy a "The All Year Motorcyclist" decal? Please tell me how to order a few.

I would like one. But I would have to conquer gears first to get the A2. Where I live is lumpy. There is always a climb on any journey. And a 125cc copes, but only copes.

My brother rides Harleys and I want one of these to go riding with him. 😂

Probably going to order a red one tomorrow. Was on the verge between this one and the 125cc but I’d rather have some more bhp under my butt

Oh no! You've done it again🛵🛵 😁😁. Actually, riding a scooter is fun and it's OK as long as no one sees you 🤣🤣😂😂. I would not want to hit a pothole on one. It sounds exactly like a hair dryer! I'll take the R.E. Classic 350 thank you..... Haughley castle has the best defence; stealth 🤣🤣.

I’ve just got my 125 gts super, hoping it doesn’t rust tho

Freddy Dobbs… 😂 you stole my comment mr Taym, it is so suited to Freddy that scooter…great for coffee shops 😊

Sorely tempted to get one to compliment my RE. People dismiss scoots but they're so practical. I had a gilera 200 2 stroke that went like the proverbial off a stick. I could have a rocker day, then a mod day for a bit of variety.

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I love the red on red GTS 300 so much but I would never buy one. I live in NYC and a red Vespa screams, "Steal me now!"

Do you think it's abetter ride than the Primavera 150?

what about the suspension?

Smooth and cool like the rider

Nice , i,m a big fan of small bikes/scooters etc 👍👍🛵 (anything on wheels ),

Loved my 2020 Vespa 300, went all over the Highlands and Islands on it until some scrote nicked it

TAYM's new channel for 2024! TAYSB ( the all year scooter boy) coming soon ! 😂 But seriously, this is why I want to get the Honda Trail 125. Just because I don't like that scooter look, a little to feminine for me. I maybe programed to think that way. I would rent one on a vacation, but I would not own one for every day use. But there is something about that Trail125 , it might be that big plate on the back for a box, I don't know. But thanks for the ride this morning and it did sound good for a 300!

Behave your self naughty boy berty will be so upset 🤣👌💯👍

Have you guys Seen 👀 the new RE 350 Bobber article looked really really good.

I’m after one of these, it’s just the ridiculous price that’s putting me off.

"Variomatic or whatever they call it - loose gravel" 😂.

My last bike was a 1976 750 bonneville which was very unreliable after coming from 250 Yamaha which I passed my test on I got feed up have my bonneville fixed the last straw was when the woodruff key slot for the charger magnet went to big after a temporary fix I got rid and put the money towards the deposit on my house which I still live in 40 years later the only two wheels I have rode was when on holiday in Cuba I hired a Chinese scooter for the day which was great I the hot weather but come up to 70 I will be staying driving my car

Ha ! First! 😂😂😂 Really nice scooter.

Scooters never appealed to me, smallest cc bike I owned was an RG80 back in the mid 90s, then a GN125. Seems expensive for a scooter? As for Mr Dobbs, I suggested he should get one of those peddle/electric bikes when his bonnie was giving him trouble, he should be no where near a motorbike 😂 I'm contemplating getting a mid 70s CB750. Have the GS1250 and I'm mulling it over. It would probably bankrupt me though 😂

Norfolk Quadrophenia.

Only very small open face helmets fit under seat, it’s annoying

Just upset TMF, saying James whale is looking well 🤭

Hi TAYM just dropping you a line, have you seen the prices of the Enfields lately, my jaw just dropped there selling interceptor 650s 24 plate brand new for £4,999 +on the road charges, this is 6 years on from when they first came out in 2018, when they were £5,500 + on the road charges, WOW Enfield really has screwed customers over with a price drop like that, I bought mine new in 2022, the orange crush for £6,040 on the road, not only has the customer been screwed on price but we have also lost a lot of dealer networks as motorbike gn are nolonger the importers so I certainly will not recommend Enfield as a good purchase anymore, secondhand prices are absolutely ridiculous what you are being offered in part exchange. You are losing well over half price, not a good investment anymore, and also with reliability issues as well, I just think that you need to get this message out to the public, I am very disappointed in the brand, once bitten twice shy as I say. I certainly won't be back there again All the best Pete

It's only got two mirrors, is this some modern fad 🤔😜

Each to their own Mr TAYM but not for me.

stick to the bikes my old son

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So odd...I was in the plane watching some of the testing in MotoGP and saw so many racers on scooters as they went from paddock back around and I thought: maybe I should get a scooter. And I land in London and what do I see? You have a video on a scooter! Coincidence?? 🤔🛵