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.
Warren & Hayley Jopson sent me these excellent photos from their September trip to Bella Italia! Journeying down from the UK in their VW Transporter, loaded with a couple of beautiful Vespa wideframes.
I previously added a post on a mystery 1950s Milan Vespa rally. Auro Meotto has now been able to enlighten me, after he found details of the event in an old copy he owns of Motociclismo magazine.
Whilst at the VVC Bamburgh event I noticed that several members had a rather neat way of fixing their VVC banners to the front leg shield. So I have copied their idea and am now just passing it on to yourselves.
New VVC member, Nigel Shuttleworth, sent me an email along with an original article he wrote, some three years ago, for Morton's ‘Real Classic’ (motorcycle magazine) - explaining the ins and outs of Bio-Ethanol in fuel.
It's been a good All Hallowes Eve so far, having the day off work always makes for a happy day! It’s also been the perfect day for a warm, sunny ride, rounding October off very nicely.
VVC members Neil Humphries and Roger Green, the duo behind Wessex Scooters, missed the recent VVC annual general meeting as they were pushing the Ecooter range of fully electric scooters, at the NEC in Birmingham.
Richard Vickery has recently taken over managing the VVC’s club shop from Lesley Purdy, who carried out this role for the past few years. I thought it would be a good idea to get a few words from Richard and introduce him to members.
… is Issue No.81 of the VVC JOURNAL of course! Winging its way to the printers, ready for distribution/posting out to VVC members at the end of next week.
A couple of shots of this very nice Ape/Triporteur photographed at the Grand Prix du Ried - Boesenbiesen - 67 - France. Topical as you will see in the next News Page post…
Saturday 19th October was the day of the Veteran Vespa Club’s AGM and brought the curtain, so to speak, down on this year’s season; being the last of the club’s official gatherings.
The title of Wendy van ‘t Klooster’s photo certainly captures the essence of this wonderful country. I love the uniform colours and how the chameleon-like Vespa 50 Special is camouflaged by its surroundings.
A couple more photos from Bernd Kirschner of this lovely Motovespa 125 Super which he has just about finished working on, before returning it to the road.
Bamburgh, the last VVC rally of 2019, was by all accounts very popular with those who attended. We have two reports of this event; the first comes from the hand of non other than C. Spavento.
The story of Pete Butcher's gorgeous 1969 Vespa Rally 180 was told in the latest VVC JOURNAL, autumn issue (No.80). Pete has decided he has too many scooters and the Rally is now up for grabs.
The SIP Classic tyre is the only tubeless tyre available that is certified for use at up to 150 km/h with a classic tread pattern. Our very own SIP tyres are also equipped with modern features and are extremely good value for money.
Christof is an architect and graphic designer by trade, which explains the high level of detail applied to his beautifully hand crafted metal plaques for scooters.
It's not quite the end of the season, nearly though. We've just had the last VVC rally of the year at Bamburgh earlier this month and the club's October 19th Annual General Meeting will bring the curtain down on 2019.