Modern Vespa

Just a word of warning...Did the malossi kit bump the displacement over the 280cc max displacement limit?

I'll throw my name in the hat to drive support.

Just sayin

Nope.

One rider only.

Typo... tool!

NO . 1 rider per scooter 1 scooter per rider ONLY.

teams for support resources sure, spares, tools, hauling broken scoots ect is great

You are allowed to carry a passenger, but they aren't allowed to do anything in terms of operating the scooter or keeping track of your time, or taking the photos. If you're riding like cannonballers are meant to, you basically end up with a large duffelbag behind you that keeps screaming at you to slow down.

Thanks for the replies. Approaching 60 and like many the Cannonball is intriguing but the idea of getting my as# handed to me for 10 days straight is not but maybe riding every 3rd day would be doable. The real appeal is with the finding a barn find scoot bringing up to transcon spec, keeping it going for the duration of the race and helping others do the same. The competitive race times doesn't even register with me. Maybe in the future there will be a "teams" style grouping so people can share the load.

So grab a couple of buddies and do the ride.

I'm just 3 years behind you and riding for 15 hours isn't really an issue.

Just tell your body that's what it's going to do and you do it.

I am very much in. I have an alert set on my phone for 8:55AM on 6/25.

Until I have confirmation of my registration, I'll treat it like trying to get the most difficult concert tickets of the summer.

I may take you up on that Bill...I have several other riders interested in this area of the US. I can likely borrow a trailer and I would need to scrounge a vehicle, but getting a driver is always a tough ask.

My better half is also interested in being part of the fun in some capacity. She is planning on taking our Tacoma along the route.

I realize there is an official support vehicle process.. this is more of a 'hey, we live one town over from the starting line and have a truck.'

That's about as far as we've gotten this early, but as things get buttoned up we can see about offering options to haul gear. Even if it's just hotel to hotel.

APPROACHING 60????? hell fire, youngster. LM15 is 75 and he has done 3 events. I am over 60 and have done 3 as well , only 1 over 60 .

I organized a team of riders from Ohio for last year's event, which helped to defray operating costs and create new friendships. I borrowed a trailer from some club mates and a rooftop luggage carrier from a friend, and my son drove our Buick Enclave from Ohio to Maine to California and back to Ohio.

There will be an "official" support truck that you can buy into that will haul stuff from the start line to the finish line with stops at the official hotels every night. But that doesn't solve the logistics of getting your stuff (tools/parts/tires/clothes) to the start line and home from the finish line.

A "privateer" effort can save some hassle, but requires other commitments for vehicles and drivers.

Start planning early....

My son will be almost five so I have over a year to teach him how to hand off the correct socket and hex sizes to those in need. I most likely will not have him able to discern an IPA from a pilsner to hand out parking lot beers until he's closer to seven.

I'm a responsible parent.

And that is the sad reason I will probably never attend one. With 6000 Dollars I can get probably from Alaska to Argentina. And I would have to fly over and get my scoot and all. Well I did my two Coast2Coast Solo on my Stella 150. That must be good enough till I come over for Argentina.

For you that is easy peasy... !

No, one bike and one rider is one entry. You cannot change scooters or riders. If you do and several rolled up to the finish line on a different scooter (and in at least one case on a motorcycle) after the scoot t eyes started with was unable to finish. They got the satisfaction of finishing the route but we're DNF from the day they were no longer scooter they started on.

There are teams but there are for support, aka breakdown and carrying spares/gear. Our team: Not Fast Just Curious was a full service support team picking up riders and broken scooter and able to carry both rider and says poteen go the end if necessary. 2023 will be more or less a rsprise of 2012 and no mandatory dirt. The following cannonball will return to "more varied terrain" of the last couple years.

Last cannonball there was an agreement with Motoshippers that provided pick up service for broken scooter to return them to their owners. That those who didn't have full support had an option available. Word I'd the same service along with special pricing for shipping to and/or from start/finish for cannonball participants.

Vintage have not only finished but finished well. 2010 and earlier had vintage class but 2012 switched to the current handicap system.

2012 was woman a highly modified 1946 Salisbury. Second place was a 1960 Allstate (Vespa), seventh a 1975 Vespa Rally and eight was 1977 P-200.

In 2014, 1986 Honda Helix placed fifth and 1971 Vespa Rally placed seventh.

2016, 1974 Vespa Rally finished fourth.

More info including spreadsheets of finishers is at https://scootercannonball.com/history

Can anyone share the start time from San Clemente? I found the location but no start time.

If it works out, i'd drag the family over and see everyone off.

There is no official start time. There is a group photo, I think it's around 6 AM, and then people take off when they want to.

Appreciate it

Not a requirement, but really inevitable are the various tech gear components:
Spot Tracker (this made my wife much more comfortable with the whole idea)
Helmet Camera
helmet com system even if only to really be able to hear your GPS
GPS, mount, and power system
Full Data cellphone
Full Data backup cellphone on a different carrier
charging system to be able to charge all of this stuff overnight at the hotel

Extra gasoline carrying system - even if you don't go crazy and plumb it in
Technical base layer for the weather expected (I had all kinds of cold weather gear, but needed a few things to be ready for ultra hot weather.)

And well, maybe, some extra money for speeding tickets.

Don't count on it. There are people who have won it that come up with "really good" ideas to make the event "better." The organizers don't listen to them either.

So, what would be the price for a GTS 250 that you've gotten cannonball ready? (No extra fuel tank or anything like that, just freshened up and long road worthy.)

I can see the appeal of not putting my daily rider through the stress of another cannonball.

What would be the price to include telephone support during the event?

Registration opened yesterday.

126 riders already signed up.

Including me.

Bill

Is it possible Motovista's handle is mis-spelled in the registration?

As its current caretaker, teams are probably not in the event's near future. I catch enough shit on what the event has become or is and isn't! David, the organizer, and David, the participant, don't necessarily agree. With the increased cost of shipping factored in, a reputable west coast scooter peeps looking for a project bike could flip some Cannonball-ready Modern Vespas. GTS 250/300 would be ideal given the number of communal parts/spares and general parking lot knowledge.

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Registration opened yesterday... so far, in the first 22 hours, we've had 130 riders register - 95 are rookies, and 35 are return participants. More than anticipated. In 2019 we had 40 register on the first day, but at the 1-year mark, we had 135 signed up.

Generically by displacement...

10 - <= 125cc
31 - 150cc
6 - 200cc
12 - 250cc
49 - 278cc
22 - TBD

I am excited about the 150cc range for the bikes and the general competitiveness of those who ride them.

Regarding the starting and finish line festivities. Here is some basic info 2023 Scooter Cannonball Run which will be updated in the future, but there will be a full-day event on Saturday, June 17th in San Clemente. It will be held at a local brewery with plenty of parking lot space and will be open to the universe. The event has added some basic tech inspections at the starting line check-in that will take place on this day/location. The intent here is not to rip bikes apart but to ensure we have accurate/clean rider and scooter data in the system at the event's start.

Please define team riding to me.

there is NO team riding. there are teams that band together under 1 or more support vehicles to share those services.

The proposed team riding would be more or less a relay where different riders on the same team ride segments. I don't see that ever happening on the cannonball That would be a different event and someone else would have to organize it.

Teams as used in the current cannonball are for support not shared riding. For example Not Fast Just Furious in 2021 consisted of 4 riders, 1 driver and 1 dog. The driver drove an F-150 pulling a motorcycle trailer. Gear and luggage the riders didn't need on the road were in bins in the truck and made available at the e end of the day. If a rider has a mechanical problem their scoot was put on the trailer and they had a seat in the truck until either the scooter was again roadworthy or the finish line was reached.

That makes more sense to me now thanks.

You do know they ate the dog when they got lost in the blizzard, right?

CD which scooter are you riding?

I wondered what the bottle of soy sauce was for.

Probably my 2018 Vespa GTS

USA Today updated their article on the 2023 Scooter Cannonball and the article is now free. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/g...ooter-cannonball-2023-rider-vespa/7733997001/

Due to some drop outs there may be a few slots available if you want to join us.

Different link worked for me.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2022/09/01/scooter-cannonball-2023-rider-vespa/7733997001/

I did not participate in the initial flurry of hotel booking back in June '22, and now I'm pretty sure I will be sleeping under my scooter on a few nights.

Or in a van down by the river.

Maybe you should go undercover and tell them a sexy name like you are Raquel Monroe.

Who's them? And who said I do not already have a sexy name?