KIWI RIDER 05 2020 VOL2 | Page 96

Sitting at the top of Vespa’s range, the GTS 300 Super Tech not only has style – it’s got some decent go from the motor too. Words: Peter Elliott | Photos: Geoff Osborne W hat differences are apparent to me as I ride the new Super Tech Vespa, compared to the 300 GTS I owned about three years back? Quite a lot as it happens. For starters, the engine upgrades, boasting about 10-12% more power, do exactly that, upgrade the pulling power – and at 23.8 bhp the difference in acceleration and zip is actually quite noticeable. Vespa’s new flagship model has had more than an engine upgrade though, and the new dash and TFT screen is testament to the 74-year-old marque’s arrival in the 21st century proper – but more on that in a sec. 96 KIWI RIDER