New MP3 500 LT Touring Sport and Business

With the new MP3 LT 500 Sport and MP3 LT 500 Business, Piaggio is once again expanding its range of MP3 LT, these three-wheeled scooters accessible to motorists who are hugely successful in France (read our Motorcycle and scooter market report ).

With the new MP3 LT 500 Sport and MP3 LT 500 Business, Piaggio is once again expanding its range of MP3 LT, these three-wheeled scooters accessible to motorists who are extremely popular in France (read our).

After the "small" MP3 Yourban 300 LT presented in the spring (read our), the MP3 LT range is increasing this time in displacement with these two new 500 cm3.

Available in Sport and Business versions, these two new MP3 500 LT accessible to motorists (license B) are aimed at those who wish to drive longer than the simple work-sleep trip, in the company of their other half..

Long journeys – to their country house? – through the secondary network but also on the highway will no longer be likened to an ordeal: the 492.7 cc single-cylinder (called MASTER 500, which was already fitted to Gilera’s Fuoco) indeed develops 40 horsepower at 7000 rpm min and 42.23 Newton-meter at 5500 rpm, i.e. 6 hp and 4.63 Nm more than the 400 cc currently fitted to the largest MP3 LTs.

The MP3 Sport LT 500 is distinguished by its dark dress, while the Business version is more flashy with its rims, muffler guards, grille, bar ends and passenger grips, as well as its brown saddle to match the lady’s bag..

The new MP3 500 will be available from July at a price of 8,899 euros from .

MP3 Touring LT 500 ie (Sport and Business) tech.

Engine

• Type: Master single cylinder with dual ignition, 4: stroke, 4: valve, injection: electronic
• Displacement: 493 cc
• Bore / Stroke: 94 mm / 71 mm
• Power: 40.1 CV at 7,250 rpm
• Torque: 46.5 Nm at 5,250 rpm
• Timing: Single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
• Power supply: Electronic injection
• Cooling: Liquid
• Lubrication: Wet sump
• Starter: Electric
• Speeds: CVT automatic variator with torque servo
• Clutch: Automatic dry centrifugal

Cycle part

• Frame: Double cradle in high strength steel tubes
• Front suspension: Articulated parallelogram composed of four articulated aluminum arms (85 mm travel)
• Rear suspension: Double hydraulic shock absorber adjustable in preload (110 mm travel)
• Front brake: Double disc 240 mm
• Rear brake: 240 mm disc
• Front wheel rim: Aluminum alloy 12 "x 3.00
• Rear wheel rim: Aluminum alloy 14 "x 4.50
• Front tire: Tubeless 120 / 70-12 "
• Rear tire: Tubeless 140 / 70-14 "

Dimensions

• Length: 2,180 mm
• Width: 760 mm
• Wheelbase 1550 mm
• Seat height: 785 mm
• Dry weight: 253 kg
• Reservoir: 12 liters (including 1.8 liters of reserve)
• Approval: Euro 2 in accordance with the applicable standard for category L5e

Colors and prices

• Colors: Perseo Bronze, Pearl White, Orion Gray with brown upholstery or Cosmo Black with black upholstery (Business version) and Matt Gray (Sport version)
• Recommended retail price: € 8,899

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