Modern Vespa

Met a guy at the Vespa parade a few weeks back. I went on his 35 mile ride to lunch today. It was fun and I met some nice local Vespa folks. None of this will surprise any of you. You might be surprised that I was surprised.

The leader rode a vintage Vespa. It had 125 t.s on the back fender. It was pretty loud. It smoked and had genuine fumes. Once it died at a light. The guy got off and kick started it back to running. So no electric start! Shocking. I asked and he was shifting too! It sounded very cool. He said shifting done from the handle bar. One other vintage shoot which also sounded real.

And then, a family of 4. All on modern Vespas. The mom and dad and one teen were not wearing helmets. I’m a cyclist. I don’t ride on my driveway without a helmet.

And lunch was great. Met people from different parts of the country. Everyone was nice and welcoming. Everyone rode safe. Great group. None of the stuff above was anything new…except to Mr Nube. The Vespa journey continues. Fun!

You meet the nicest people on a Hond... uh... Vespa!

It is so, it is "truly and genuinely" so!
If you come to Italy and use any scooter (but better if a Vespa) you will feel at home and much more.

It's a pretty diverse crowd.

Yeah, it's not a real group ride unless you smell two-stroke oil in the air.

Sounds like great fun! I miss the group rides I used to go in in Boston and SF

Since there is the virus here they do not do more rallies, before I did them all within a radius of 50 km (beyond no, my back ... ouch!)

This made longer rides more tolerable for me.

https://www.backaline.com

Picture of our group. Vintage Vespas are on the back left.

Scooter folks are just a nice bunch. Period.