[GenerWork]

Are you thinking of older Vespas? There's a few modern ones near me and they've never struck me as overly noisy.

[flkiwi]

A guy across the street from me has a new one. It's loud as hell, but this guy is the type to remove his muffler to make whatever car he has this week sound "cooler". I'm not ready to blame the scooter yet.

[rwyinuse]

Yeah, even most two stroke mopeds are tolerable in terms of sound level with stock parts. At least where I'm from youth often replace the exhaust pipe with larger one that maybe brings slight power boost, and a massive increase in noise level. Unfortunately police doesn't really care although it's technically illegal, and these hooligans get to ruin other people's sleep.

[ex-aws-dude]

Yeah I have no idea what they are talking about

I have a 150 4-stroke that is fuel injected and it’s way quieter than any motorcycle and has very little exhaust smell

[dghlsakjg]

The older ones or modified ones.

My parents have a newer 50cc and even at full speed it doesn’t make more noise than any car.

I had an old p200e 2-stroke Vespa and it was indeed smoky and loud. And also way more fun and useful.

[esperent]

I'm talking about the Vespas I actually experience on a daily basis. I don't know if they're new or old, but I can assure you that they are loud and smoky.