Majorca magic! Riding the Iconic Vespa GTS300 through Paradise - Must-See Scooter Review (4K)
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- I love a scooter me but I've never ridden a genuine Vespa - that all changes now as I get to ride the iconic machine (in this case a brand new 2023 Vespa GTS300) in the sunshine with Mrs Flyer on the beautiful island of Majorca - I hope this video brightens your day!
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I rode my 2022 Vespa GTS 300 from the UK to Azerbaijan via Cyprus.
It even traversed 110 km off-road smugglers route across a mountain range in Georgia, never ever again.
The Vespa 300 makes an ideal lightweight tourer and my wife even road pillion from Istanbul to Cyprus.
I have always had adventure or sports bikes, but don't under estimate the Vespa.
My father would have loved this video. He owned a number of Vespas in his time and he adored the Northern coast of Mallorca.
Of all the transportation methods i have, i need to admit that the Vespa is the most bang for the buck. More then fast enough, pretty reliable, low maintenance, fuel efficiant, slips you easily through trafic jams…. And it’s quite fun to ride. There’s a reason it’s my daily driver.
We got one for my wife. She loves it because it’s Matt black with red accents.
It’s very pretty, but the bang for buck is horrendous compared to other scooters tbh. Buy in, servicing, parts and fuel economy are all worse
Great style, but yeah, money goes a lot further with the Japanese or Korean scooters, not that my wife cares lol
@@Bobby-wn5yr i never bought my Vespa brandnew. Plenty of second hand ones in Europe. Service i do myself. Pretty easy. Can’t say that parts are more expensive compared to. Unless they are branded Vespa, then yes i agree.
Vespa are great but expensive.
In Australia the syms are 1/4 of the cost so it’s hard to justify the extra for the Vespa
@@KamBenni3 I don't own a Vespa neither a scooter. But in my street there are a couple a Vespas + of course other scooters. It's shocking to see the condition of the scooters compared with the Vespas. The plastics, the rust in the mirrors and screws, the seat...
Even my wife that doesn't likes bikes even commented "how good these Vespas look after years and years under the sun, rain and all weather conditions". I would say, that's where some of the price can be justified in built quality and materials. The rest of course, it's the badge and the Vespa name.
Myself and the hubby both rented Vespas on Holidays for the week ..the last few year’s Amalfi coast one year and Tuscany the following touring around and sightseeing ..we are both bringing our own Vespa 300 Gts’s this year to Padua and then back later in the year to Barre in the south … we just love it 🥰
Hiring a scoot on holiday got me back into riding after 10 years out. They are ace!
Having watched several of Scooter in the Sticks videos, I'm really beginning to see the attraction of Vespas.
I’ve never done any motorcycling anywhere else other than the UK but it does appeal to me all the stuff I see suggests the roads are better and the weather is always better it makes you just wanna go and do it
If my wife ever gets around to doing her motorcycle license the little 300 Vespa is what I’ll probably get her
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Thank you both very much for taking the time out to make this. A great piece of work that deserves a lot of views.
Aww thank you!
I really do enjoy your vids… and this one was a nice pick me up on a horrible wet Cotswolds Saturday… good work Team MF… when’s the next Scran?
Good go. Beautiful laid back place. Hey try out one of the old BMW K1200RS's. I have a 2001 model myself, big heavy powerful and mostly SMOOTH@@TheMissendenFlyer
Filming the next Scran in a couple of weeks weather permitting....
Here on Canada's west coast, we have just been subjected to an atmospheric river for the past 3 days, and just as I opened this video, the sun came out for a few minutes. The beautiful scenes on your video are always welcome in our home, especially when you are on one of your beautiful ride vacations. Great stuff!
Lovely scenery around that part of Mallorca (our spelling of it). I was there back in the late 70's, and I most certainly visited the museum and looked at the cast version of one of Frederic Chopin's hands - seeing those long, slender fingers made me realize better how the heck he was able to play some of those near impossible pieces he created. I rode there in a bus, it took forever and a half, so I can easily see how it was a lot more comfortable and enjoyable on a scooter.
I could smell the coffee. Mmm. What a gorgeous colour for the Vespa. Perfect ride for hilly, island touring. What a great place.
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Really enjoyed your video, I’m older (71) and still ride a sport bike but I think a Vespa would be fun for around the city and doing errands and the odd ride into the country.
One of your best , ride to port special ! Thumbs up for sure .
Thanks for that great video .I need a holiday in Majorca now on a Vespa .
Go for it if you can!
Scootin' around Majorca, sometimes the grass is greener on the other side.
Not sure what you mean? Can you elaborate??
@@TheMissendenFlyer The grass is greener on YOUR side. I'm listening to the rain hit the roof. Thanks for the video.
And on a green bike!😂
Loved watching this on a very soggy morning in November. We love that region of Majorca and I’ve just sold my Vespa GTV300 so could happily imagine how your journey felt. I bought mine in lockdown three years ago and it was my toe back into the water of motorcycling and now have a garage full of litre bikes so the scooter had to go. I always loved riding the scooter around but it’s too nickable in the UK plus needed the space.. We will definitely rent one when we go back now that I’ve watched this 👍
Nice one - enjoy!
Love how your “toe in the water” became a garage full of big bikes in 3 years.. well done!
So thrilled to see your Facebook post today about the upcoming tour series, TMF. I won't spoil the surprise for those who haven't seen it, but having lived and ridden motorcycles there for the last 16 years, I'm sure you can understand how excited I am about the upcoming series.
Lovely Majorca day trip video too. Your filming, music and editing are really taking the channel to new heights. Many thanks.
Wow - thank you very much!
Great to finally see you on a Vespa. I owned a couple of these a few years back and absolutely loved them. I've been hoping to see you try one ever since I've watched your channel. Believe it or not, I've covered more miles in a day on one of these than any other bike I've owned (400+ on more than one occasion). Great bikes...fast enough to keep up with traffic on open roads, with the ability to cut through city traffic like a knife through butter (whilst imagining you're Gregory Peck in Roman holiday), economical, cheap to insure, easy to keep clean and maintain... and timelessly stylish. If I could afford a second bike, this would be what I would own, no question.
Yes - perfect urban (or island) transport....
They are ludicrous to insure.
My BMW GS is £120 fully comp, I got a quote for a Vespa GTS 300, only one company would insure me and it was £700+ with a clean licence/record
@@GadgetMart Yep, I found exactly the same problem trying to insure a Honda Monkey along with my regular bike - a Honda Fireblade
@GadgetMart I live in rural Suffolk and I paid £93 fully comp on mine three or four years ago.
My fastest bike: 2008 Triumph Speed Triple. My slowest: 1964 Vespa Allstate. I love riding them equally, for different reasons😎. Would love to take my Vespa over there…
Love this kind of content where Mrs Flyer is included. Great island! 💕
I can watch these Spanish adventures of yours and your good wife all day long ... Especially on a cold wet day in winter keep them coming
Thanks - will do...
Little info: Next time you don't have to carry your helmets with you...the Vespa has two little pins below the seat on which you can hang two helmets. When you close the seat the helmets are locked.
Cool!
Fantastic! Loved watching this from a grey, soggy Western Sydney, Australia. Brightened up my Sunday morning.
Glad you enjoyed it - that was my intention!
So glad you done this small test on the Vespa, I started riding on one these many moons ago, over the years I have had many bikes including a couple of Harleys, Suzuki's and Yamahas. A couple of months ago I said to my other half I would still like to do the ride that I dream I had at age 15! Take a Vespa all the way to Italy. 70 now and finally retired and there does not seem to be a problem two up judging by your video, so I have to do this! :)
That will be quite a trip! Enjoy…
I like how you call a scooter a bike, I have a motorcycle and a scooter and if it has two wheels and an engine then it's a bike in my book. Scooter is great commuting in the rain and I ride my inline four when it''s dry.
What a fab watch this was on a wet November evening! I would love to have a Vespa - would complement my GS perfectly for zipping round town 👍
Mailorca is a beautiful place, I had the chance to visit it many years ago. Lots of tourists from the UK and Germany. I had a wonderful time there.
I was back there last weekend, beautiful inb the sunshine.....
Great day out with you and Carol, we were in Majorca earlier in Sept and loved it!
Scooters are a guilty secret!!
Twist & rip scooters are ideal for zooming around islands like Majorca & do just as they oughta . A I25 would do the job ,but a 300 job will pull two up better & especially for the hills . A bit different from when I used to visit the place & have to settle for a pedal & pop moped ,no helmet next to no brakes & dressed in T shirt ,jeans & beach shoes . The place has changed a lot ,since I used to go there in the 1970 ‘s ,gone up market ,many of the hotels have been renovated & changed names . Resorts & airport has expanded & loads of new roads , they got all that bunce the EU shafted out of us . I prefer the Spanish islands to the Mainland ,they have a nice mellow cool vibe about them . Last time I was there ,I saw a big Kawasaki Z three up ,an olive skinned bikini clad beauty piloting it ,a very lucky bloke in the middle & another bikini clad beauty hanging half off the pillion seat . There was a Spanish cop on traffic duty , he just waved them past , I bet that wouldn’t happen now . Nice vid 👍
What a lovely video. We were at Port Val de Mosa some years ago with the family, really nice there and not so many tourists back then. I remember also visiting Port Soller and parked the rental car in a multi story car park where I reversed into a stanchion, caused a lot of amusement with the kids.
I have a Vespa 250 and love it. I use it around town and my Speed Twin out in the countryside. I hardly use my car at all anymore.
What a fun little video! What a beautiful place! I love that Vespa Scooter! Looks like you and Carol had a nice time together.
We sure did - was a good day!
Lovely video. We hired a Vespa 300 in Como, Italy. It was great for exploring around the lake. Felt like we were living La dolce vita!
Very cool!
Thanks for cheering up a miserable November day
That was my intent when I made this =- so glad it worked in your case!
Excellent camera work 18:26 Flyer!
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There are times and places where scooters are just the best choice, great video thanks
Couldn't agree more!
That video was very well done !! Great editing and music choice !!
Thank you very much!
Lovely vid, thank you both. Up until a year ago we lived on the edge of Greater London. I used a litre bike to travel into London when I could/had to. Unfortunately my wife wouldn't get on the back of it. Ever. So in 2018 I bought a Vespa Sei Giorni which is basically the same as the GTS just a slightly different front end. She happily sat on the back of that so we often used it to travel into town for gigs etc and also nice weekend trips into the countryside. The big bike did very little for 3 years until we moved to the Wiltshire/Somerset borders and since, the Vespa has had very little to do. I don't think I could bring myself to sell it though, such a great little machine.
Thanks for sharing with us!
We pulled into Palma de Mallorca back in my Navy days. It was my first and only visit to any part of Spain. I was just a young pup at the time, so it was my first experience of watching a place totally shutdown (siesta) in the middle of the day. Some of the people with me wanted to see Palm Nova, but regretfully we weren't in port long enough. Looks like I'd forgo that for the Northern area after seeing this. Well done!
Thanks both , just what we needed on a dark wet saturday morning
Nice work Andy.. great to see you and Carol relaxed and enjoying yourselves ☀️
I really enjoy watching your foreign exploits, good for the morale of the Missenden troops. I think my better half would love one of those Vespas too. I will show her the vid, see what she thinks of it. Thank you Andy.
Really enjoyed accompanying you on your trip round this part of Mallorca!! Even more grist to my mill that ten million cc behemoths are not necessary to have fun. The new 1300 GS is giving me a real headache at the moment - was on one the other day & fell in love, but later thinking why? (especially having having priced it up as 25k€ in the spec I want). Anyway - Mallorca is fantastic - I would like to to see one of you 'youtube' bods' over here on the mainland - the area of 'Levante' - Valencia etc - spectacular - the area from Gerona to Almeria (provinces). Anyone who wants to know about this area can give me a shout & I'll give some ideas😀
Yes I love riding in Spain too - I need to get back asap!
It's cold and rainy in the Pacific Northwest of the USA where I live, and I now have a goal to rent a Vespa GTS300 and ride it around Majorca to replicate your trip. Great video! 🙂
Nice one!
Well done; an episode that would make Richy Vida proud!
Great little vlog Mr Flyer. Have visited both Sóller and Port of Sóller on previous visits and must agree they are lovely places. Next trip I will definitely be looking into hiring a Vespa. What a fantastic way to see the island, and yes, the 300 lookes the ideal size to do that with.
How lovely was that😊fantastic ❤
A delightful interlude to the wind and floods back home 👍 Scooters are great for getting around the med. Islands 🙂
Excellent vid Andy. Very informative and entertaining, as always. Thankyou👍
Thank you for watching Graeme - appreciate the comment!
Thanks for taking us along on this tour really enjoyed it.
Our pleasure!
All that sunshine marvellous something we all need
Wish I had it now!
Right, great job, well done, you just put another place on my ever growing list of places to visit. 😵💫
Absolutely beautiful! 🤗
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic viewing and yes Mr Flyer you were absolutely correct it certainly cheered up this miserable grey and wet November day here in Manchester. Mostly your video brought back fabulous memories of a geography field trip I went on to Majorca and Soller specifically when I did my geography degree back in '88. Thanks so much.
Oh cool - so glad you saw the video.....
A friend of mine who is a subscriber to your channel sent me your video! Just watched and it's fab! I've lived here for 18+ years and haven't been brave enough to ride a scooter! But this looks easy enough and the best way to get around the mountain villages as the parking is terrible!
Yes - you don't need to tell me about the parking!!
👍 Great video, hopefully your busy editing to bring us the delights of the Japanese tour.
I am still - and have been all day.......
Great video.
Sometimes, a day out on a scooter can be perfect.
Thanks for the trip to Majorca, a lovely place. I had a Honda Forza which was a 300 and it had plenty of power and was much bigger than the Vespa. We have a Vespa dealer here in Cha-am, Thailand. Hope you can come back to visit again in Thailand. Thanks again.......Sal : )
Great video on what really is a "dreary November day" (to put it mildly) - it really has brightened my day. Love that so many of the comments are from us blokes planning to show the video to our wives - you're not just doing tourist information videos, but relationship counselling, too!
Excellent news!
Went 3 years running for a weeks cycling. 3days in hills around 75mile. 2 days 100mile. And a rest day on hired motorbike. February. Nice 20 ish deg weather and quiet😊 when you lift seat there are 2 little spigots on rim of seat pan which you can put helmet strap on and it traps helmet when you close the seat. Very usefull
Me and my girlfriend rode round Lake Garda on a vespa. 125!! Proper little Italian adventure. Great fun albeit a little scary in parts. Two up, me in the driving seat
Sounds great!
Majorca looks beautiful. Might need to go there!
You should!
Well done guys perfect mode of transport on those tight corners. And excellent to see both wearing proper kit better to be safe.
Thanks 👍
I've had three scooters in the past all Suzuki Burgman, two 400's and one 650. They are very nice, big and powerful...Galveston bike week is going on here now, thousands of Motorcycles in the area and on the island...
Did the same thing 4 weeks ago, flew from Alicante €32 rtn. The Vespa is a great little scooter and perfect for Majorca. 😎👍
Great video Mr and Mrs Flyer, really enjoyed it, thank you
Our pleasure!
That's a nice little travelogue, guys! Good on you for doing it. The only Vespa I've owned was a '58 model (?), back in 1962, a Douglas-built 125 with the gears on the left twistgrip and a dual-seat; it took a little getting used-to but was fine around town. It was replaced in '63 by a new Jawa 250.
Very cool!
That took me back.....those mountain roads are fun.....not so much in Winter when they can get pretty misty.....
Looks fab, love the scoot!
Lucky man , I love Majorca , great roads and people 👍👍
Fantastic video, kudos to Mrs Flyer and yourself! Cunningly timed as well as it is perfectly suited to contrast an absolutely dreadful November day.
Yes that part of my planning worked a treat!
Well done guys. Knew I was going to enjoy that. Good sound, great scenery and some great backing music. Just what we needed after a whole day of rain in Blighty. Top work 👍
Myself, my wife and daughter stayed in Alcudia about 25 years ago. I hired a Yamaha ty125 for a day and, did the north coast of the island, absolutely fabulous scenery and roads, highly recommend 👍🏍.
Brilliant - been a while since I went to Alcudia (opposite end of the island).....
Lovely place Majorca, nice way to do it as well. Last time i rode a Vespa though it was a 50cc back in the early 80’s . A 3 speed twist grip affair wearing a green fish tail Parker with a target on the back. Happy days 😊
I had no idea Majorca was such a beautiful island thanks for a super film. Must show my wife this one so we can put it on our visit list. Love the colour of the Scooter, reminds me of a similar one Triumph did on the tank of (I think) the T100 (two tone with cream)
Yes that's the colour! ....and yes, do show the Mrs, gret place to explore on two wheels....
As I sit watching the pouring rain, I was imagining the scent of the trees and the warmth. I used to have a Vespa GTS 300 super hpe a couple of years ago, great little bike, plenty of poke off the line too and handles really well for a scooter. The only thing they don’t really like is potholes with the small wheels. You might wonder why it needs traction control, well imagine riding it on a wet cobbled road 😳 same goes for the abs. Even my SH125 Honda has traction control now with half the power for the same reason (apparently they’re big sellers in Italy)
Great vid to brighten up a wet dark November day, well done Andy.
Thank you - glad to help!
Great place Soller. Hiked up that hill, great walk. The smell of smoke in the villages in the evenings is nostalgic.
Yes - particularly if you go this time of year when the tourists have gone and the smoke hangs in the town.....
Ah, Majorca, love that place. I recall having a lovely Tapa lunch on the square in Soller while we were there last April. 25 degrees and blue skies. I think we were there about the same time as you this year, weather was a bit weird but still gorgeous. ☀️
Lovely when we were there.....
Beautiful. Thank you both so much for brining us along. The cold damp grey settling in here in Ct wet leaves still hiding on the roads to watch for. Cuts into riding time
Our pleasure!
Great video as per usual and great you make time to do videos like this plus making me miss my gts300 lol
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching and stopping by Ashley.....
Really enjoyed that, brought back memories. I rented a BMW r850 in 2000 and toured around the Island. It was late October, nice roads and decent weather. Five guys on 3 day rental, one guy had the 850 GS! Remember them? Well done to both of you, making a wet November in Scotland feel much better. 👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it!
One of your best yet. I love the travel videos and local info. It was like a Missenden Flyer meets Freddie Dobbs video. Keep up the good work 👍🥂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice. Thanks for the introduction (for me at least) to Majorca. Cheers Andy & Carol
Our pleasure!
Great video. I love Mallorca. I've been there a couple of times and done a lot of cycling. The last time in 2019 I rode from Andratx to Port de Pollenca along the north coast roads. So I've ridden some of the roads in this vlog and it was bloody tough. I wish I'd been on your Vespa!!!
Go back to biking in the 90s recently I have acquired a ADV 350. I absolutely love it. I love to be doing what you’re doing great video😊
Thanks…..
It's amazing how Majorca has regained a deserved good reputation considering it was one of the first destinations for cheap mass market 'foreign' holidays for Brits. Me as a kid and the family included in 74 or 75!
Lucky you! - I thought I was ding well staying in a caravan at Sea Pallin (in the same county in which I lived) in 1974 or '75!!!
Hi Andy and Mrs flyer. Brilliant vlog. i didn't realise how lovely the island is. i have been to Mallorca but the touristy bit only. impressed with the Vespa too
Port de Soller is where it's at!
A very nice video to brighten up a wet miserable November morning. Always a pleasure to see Mrs Flyer and get a guided tour of where you are visiting, somewhere I've never been although a friend has a place on the mainland not far from there. Looking for a scooter for getting to work, been looking at the Honda SH350i but might have to have another rethink. Thanks for another great vid.
Many thanks!
Great scenery. Enjoyed the trip with you guys.
Thanks for coming!
Awesome! First time I rented a scooter was in Mallorca! Then I decided I should get one! Love it! 😅 Those roads in Sierra Tramuntana are awesome!
They sure are - so good they named a GS after them!
Hey Mr and Mrs TMF! I'm sat at home in the middle of Storm Domingo watching this and feeling very jealous!! It's been absolutely atrocious weather here near Lyon this week. Not biking weather unfortunately. I'll take the AT to work in all weathers but when I have a few days off and it's chucking it down, the desire gets less! Bonnes vacances guys!
Merci!
Beautiful scenery, well done ✅👍🏽
Many thanks
Great vid. One of your best 👍
Wow, thanks!
Great video. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Really nice video, TMF! Beautiful place for sure.
Thank you very much!
Great vid Mr. and Mrs. Flyer! You should rent a Vespa back home and do a proper technical review, I'd love to know how a modern Vespa is put together----I'm only familiar with those 2-stroke machines of 50+ years ago. Interesting those side stories about "The Night Manager" (which I thought was great) and Frédéric Chopin (of whom I knew very little).
Fabulous, can’t wait for the summer already 😎
Same here!
Really enjoyed that. My missus and I love Majorca, and our favourite place in Majorca is Port de Soller...done some wonderful walks from there (including the 'faro' and also into the hills to Fortnalutx). Also not been to Port de Valdemossa, but it's on the list for the next time we go. Great stuff, many thanks
I love Fornalutz - me and Mrs Flyer walked there the day after we shot this video - fab cafe in the little square Have you done the walk to Cala Tuent?
You have such a lovely wife who seems to support your motorcycle madness! Be thankful for her this Thanksgiving 😉.
I’m always thankful for her - not just on American holidays….
Stunning island vesper looked cool and perfect for the island keep up the great vids Andy 👍
Thanks, will do!