Piaggio Vespa SXL 150 Review

Piaggio Vespa SXL 150 Review

The bike here reviewed is the 150cc adaptation of Vespa SXL – which is as such, the most powerful scooter in Indian scooter advertises.

Color Options

There are five different hues available in this scooter. These include:

1) Orange.
2) White.
3) Matt Black.
4) Matt Red.
5) Azzure Blue.

Dimensions

The Scooter measures 1770mm in length, 690mm in breadth and 1140mm in height.

Design and Style

The scooter is made of monocoque full steel body development which adds to the bike's allure. The protected body construct, extraordinary rectangular headlamps and rectangular back view mirrors gives this bike an extremely lovely and rich look. For the individuals who have purchased this bike only for the Vespa brand would appreciate the slick and notorious Vespa logo which is inserted on the scooter.

The Vespa SXL 150 gets a brilliant look, because of tri-covered paint used to conceal the outside of the bike – The paint utilized here is generally found in extravagance cars and SUVs. The bike's tyre gets a 5-spoke alloy wheels which you find in cars. The cherry on the cake is the nearness of visor in the front.

Engine Specification

As we specified before, the Vespa 150 SXL is the main ever effective bike propelled in India. Typically we are utilized to see bikes that are of 110cc or 125cc, so the 150cc scooters are something new in our market. One could see the pulling force of the bike notwithstanding when you quicken pretty ordinarily. The bike's get is greatly fast – we could achieve the speed of 60 Kmph inside brief time.

Vespa SXL’s powerful engine has a capacity of 150 cc and comes with 3 valves, aluminium cylinder head, overhead cam and roller rocker Arm. The MAP Sensing feature of Vespa SXL provides the bike an additional kick while passing through steep surfaces.

The 150cc version of Vespa SXL offers a power of 11.6 PS at 7000 RPM delivering a maximum torque of 11.5 Nm @ 5500 RPM.

Braking and Handling

The Vespa SXL's seating position is extremely well considered and put – while riding, one could encounter that no extra seat alteration is required and you would have a feeling of sitting on chair – this should matter for the individuals who are short and can begin riding with no bother.

The ride involvements on both low and rapid conditions were genuinely great. Vespa SXL 150 gets the tubeless tyres. The brakes are extremely responsive. Thanks to 200mm disc brake in the front and 140 mm rear drum brake.

Riding through tough terrains was not a problem at all, the aircraft derived single side arm front suspension with Anti-Dive characteristics and the rear suspension with dual-effect hydraulic shock absorber does the job for you.

Price

The ex-showroom Bangalore cost of Vespa SXL 150 is around 92,500 INR. The on-street value (Bangalore) of Vespa SXL 150 is 1.13 Lakhs.

Verdict

Vespa SXL 150 is the bike made for the individuals who are style cognizant and likes to have a way of life bike. For individuals who are searching for more power in their bike could pick this bike the way things are keeping pace with the cruisers that are 150cc.