Modern Vespa

Yes, they did this:

I was just about to watch this!

Brilliant! Thanks for posting!

I'm still watching, this, and it just keeps getting more and more horrifying.

They absolutely must subscribe to this forum (if they haven't already done so ...)

Good lord. LOLZ!

Great. Something to chew up my lunchtime with.

Liking that detachable side case already!

I'm digging the "four feet down" braking style!

I called it "quad-shoe Flintstone" style when I saw it.

The quad-shoe, I love it!

Yes-indeed-y, but just like RyanF9's (mis)adventures, I hang on to the bitter end, cheering for the last hurdle to be cleared, however raggedly...and somehow, it got cleared, at least here.

Epic! Kind of had Cannonball-ish vibes. Clearly not the same league, but still, the drama....

That was incredible. Thanks for sharing.

I am laughing and cringing.

A unique road trip, to say the least !
They can get drinks in a bar anytime with that story under their belts.

It makes one question the need for 50mm front forks on dirt bikes and a whole number of other such "essential" features on current DS bikes.

I personally sold one of those two a new Vespa and he swore the urinating on the seat was an improv 😂😂😂

OK, now I have to watch it.

It's 30 minutes well spent.

Along those lines - I've been following this real world adventure.
In many ways I feel this is much, much closer to the spirit of Ted Simon and such early biker world travellers than so many others nowadays.

What I especially like is that it seems like Andre has genuily fun! Instead of approaching the travel as some kind of competition or way to torture oneself

https://www.ridethatmonkey.com/en/andre-sousa/

Ted Simon visited South Africa a few years back on a speaking tour.
He was partly sponsored by our local BMW dealer.
Ted Simon was asked: "If you were to do it again now, what motorcycle would you choose?"
His answer was illuminating - A single cylinder light motorcycle no more than 400cc...!
Having done ATW twice - once on a Triumph and again on a BMW R80 G/S - he knows from experience.

Around this time there is a Lady named Noraly from The Netherlands (Holland to some) riding about in our neck of the woods. You can follow her on https://www.itchyboots.com/
She has ridden solo over 85 000 kms on four continents using inexpensive Dual Sport bikes. Currently she is taking on Southern Africa on a Honda 250.

Do give her Youtube videos a look.
Her Series 5 will let you see what wonderfully beautiful scenery South Africa has to offer riders.

And, of course, let's not forget our own Stephanie Yue, a/k/a Quezzie, and her amazing travels on her GTS250, Serenity.