Modern Vespa

With the big snowfall in Oklahoma this week, I decided to see how well the Tuktuk handled snow and cold temps. We had 6 or so inches in our neighborhood and it was 3 degrees Fahrenheit when I pulled out. The Tuktuk fired right up and was ready to go. A lot of the roads were kinda beaten down, so some smooth and some fresh. Only problems I had were when 2 roads crossed, sometimes there was a weird drift from the tracks and when I hit those in 3rd gear I had trouble plowing through. I did get stuck once in a deep drift, and when pushing I broke the zip ties that were holding the windshield on. Newsflash, zip ties are pretty trash at 0 degrees...

So there ya go, the Bajaj Rickshaw is a decent snow vehicle, and they are light enough to push out easily if they get stuck. The rear engine keeps the weight on the back tires, and I think a passenger in the back seat would have really helped the traction. The only downside is they are open to the breeze and COLD!!!!!

https://youtu.be/kF6cz8mz7Ks

Looks like fun. You could turn that thing into a mobile Irish Coffee Mobile and make new friends everywhere you go!

Here in L. A. (Lower alabama we don't get much snow but in 20 degrees mine fires right up

Fabulous video!! Too much fun! Thanks for making it. Cheers. Miguel

I have always had this crazy idea of having a Vespa roadside rescue service using Piaggio Ape 3-wheelers !

Seems like it handled the snow perfectly. You seem to be having lot of fun too.

Ahhh! I freaking love this. That looked like a lot of fun.

Nice!! Have you seen what the crazy Italians do??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieRA1IBAZT8

Tuk Tuk?
Snow?

It Italy, it's been the recipe for happiness for countless generations of wanna-be pilots.

Just think that a certain Valentino Rossi used his Piaggio Ape to perform stunts when he was 14: he pushed the front wheel against the wall of an house and gave gas until the Ape was perfectly vertical.

An old clip of a young Valentino Rossi driving his Ape:

And Loris Rosati's 600cc Honda Ape:

Anyway here's how Ape performs in the snow:


fitting a skateboard on the Ape front wheel? done: My girlfriend's uncle has a 150cc Ape.
He is a farmer, living in the mountains.
You wouldn't believe what he loads on it and where he goes with that. Wood, pigs, whatever.
I sometimes find it difficult to follow him offroad driving his old trusted Panda 4x4...

Darn looks like YT links don't work - do you guys see the vids?

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Wooops my bad - bedtime now, will edit the post tomorrow, thanks!

What's more surreal: a TukTuk or the snow in those Texas suburbs??