Dropped my scooter in this week for a service at Retrospective Scootersprior to commuting to work by Vespa from April; a good idea to get it given a good once over before getting back in the saddle.
Club member, Geoff Woodin, got in touch and sent me his review of Penguin’s 1962 book, ‘Scootering’. Despite the passing of 57 years, some points and tips in the book remain relevant and still apply today…
I photographed this beautiful second series GS160 towards the end of March, earlier in the year. I don't go overboard for Mod scooters but I really liked the subtle acknowledgment of this Vespa to that period.
VVC's intrepid chairman is en route to the coming weekend's World Vespa Days (formerly Eurovespa), staged this year in Zanka (just southeast of Veszprem) in Hungary.
I photographed this very early Douglas Rod Model at the beginning of the year in January, at the new premises of Wessex Scooters, located between Newbury and Reading in Berkshire.
Dario Cerano, President of Vespa Club AMICINVESPA Busto Arsizio, brought this 'Vespa' curiosity to my attention, when he sent me a link to an article featured on Italian motorcycling website motociclismo.it
Bernd Kirschner of Hola Vespa specialises in Spanish Vespas; his workshop is based in southern Germany's Bavaria region and he regularly visits España, importing vintage scooters.
Circumnavigating the island, taking in the cities and towns of Palermo, Taormina, Gela and Marsala and the tre mari, or three seas, that surround Sicily.
“Quattro Stagioni” - not talking about the pizza variety, an option found on the menus of many pizza restaurants these days, I refer instead to an Italian term meaning “Four Seasons”.
"Giallo" is yellow in Italian and this lovely small frame Vespa is most definitely that! Photographed by Andreas Dotzler, owner and rider of a modern Vespa.
When holidaying overseas, particularly in Italy, I often keep an eye out for classic Vespas, listening for that all too familiar “pop-pop” of a Vespa’s engine.
SIP Scootershop present the 2nd edition of their quartermile Race for Vespa & Lambretta scooters as part of the "German Vintage Scooters Championship" DBM.
VVC member Federico Savogin (nursing a cold) and friend Alessandro thought it would be a nice morning for a ride to the mountain village of Macugnaga, located at the base of Monte Rosa - Europe’s second tallest mountain!
Working in Blackfriars, London this afternoon, I was close by to the Scooter Caffe bar, formerly Scooterworks cafe, located on Lower Marsh behind Waterloo station.
Organised by The Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club, to take part in the London to Brighton Pioneer Run, you have to have a motorcycle, tricycle, or bike and sidecar that 'left the factory' before 1st Jan 1915.
SIP have upgraded the Vespa’s original braking systems with the introduction of two new product lines - the SIP Premium and the SIP Performance brake shoes made from softer, frictional materials.
Club members, and intrepid Vespa travellers, Warren & Hayley Jopson, visited Thailand over the festive period; in addition to getting some downtime and warm weather, they were guests at the Northern Scooter Rally.