Modern Vespa

Weekend before last Baja Rob came down to check out the swap meet at Scooter Restorations in La Habra.Rob took his first ride on a Vespa. It was great meeting Baja and riding to the swap meet.

Hibbert you didn't even give me two seconds to post after you sent me that pic!🤣

Just want to say I had a blast and really needed to experience how a Vespa feels during braking, shifting and handling through some twisties before mine is done. Thank you so much for letting me do that Hibbert!

Can't wait to get both our GS's on the road together!

Green Harbor. Named for William Green. Green set up a post there in the 1620s where he traded with the natives for their fish.

Gorgeous stuff OTC!

Quick post of scoots seen at Mile High Mayhem in Denver. Hands down one of the best organized rally's out there. Put it on your calendar for 2025. It's worth it! I tip my cap to all the clubs involved. Sportique and Casa L too.

Fantastic! What route did You take?

Dead Indian
Big Elk (37)
Rye Springs (821)
Butte Falls - Prospect Rd
OR-62 E

Came back on:
Volcanic Legacy/Sevenmile Rd
OR-140
Dead Indian

Awesome! Sounds like a blast.

One of these days I want to scooter out to Crater Lake on HWY 138. Awesome curvy hwy following the river. 90miles each way

Was in the general area (Kingston/Plymouth) last month. In hindsight, would have been cool to cruise around some of those roads/towns on 2 wheels.

Went to my mother-in-laws house today on Ruby and swung by Woahink lake and the blueberry farm. Beautiful day for a ride.

Finally, you posted something with food again!

I've sent in my paper request already for a rain free visit to your neck of the woods with my GS. 😉

If you roll up, hit me up! I'll do my best to meet You with Scott @ the coast

Great day for a much needed ride. I'm sure Ruby and Fiona appreciated the attention

Most definitely! Even if I'm just flying up that way you'll here from me.

Yeah man!! That would be awesome. Gotta do life IRL when we can.

Not much of a pic but got out on the px for my commute today. It's been a couple months since I was on it.

It's such a blast! Nothing like the sound of Sito plus duck fart in the morning to make you smile.

love the 2 tone sticker!

Such a great looking bike now, I can see why you kept it!

Thanks Terry!!!!

I attended a local mini-car show today and them old car guys do love old Vespas. It went well until it was time to go... then POP - clutch cable let go. So I got to practice clutch less shifting and even starting up from the one red light I couldn't avoid. Low idle in neutral that you shift into as you approach and the light does NOT turn green , then when it does push off as fast as you can and dump it into first, then match revs best you can to upshift.



It's a local part of Seattle's Seafair week. Later there will be THREE parades: kiddies parade, a doggy parade and then the main parade w/ floats, marching bands, clowns & Sherriff's posse ruffians shooting loud pistols and giving kids candy.

One of the frequent challenges with getting pictures in front of murals in Nashville is that it's hard to get to them when there aren't cars parked in front of them.

This morning, though, I got lucky and hit a bunch that were unobstructed while riding around after grabbing a breakfast burrito.

The Lammy is running great, which is good since it's going to be doing a couple hundred miles of touring next weekend.

Hmmm...for some reason, the photo didn't upload with the post...

Um, did you forget to show us the pics? Would be nice to see that burrito incorporated in the pic too.

Ha! You beat me. I know of three murals in Santa Paula. Got to get my ass moving on finishing my scoot.

The burrito was already in my tummy at that point.

I looked about like this guy, only with a burrito instead of a bowl of sushi. (His name is "Nomzilla," btw)

And Jess, if you see this, Cloudfront is throwing some errors this morning mine was tEIXRXoMSILOEJJ1d_cxeeMFF6uVWMIK7-QzVPXTPkd7kaKsvKuWAg== if you feel like trawling through CloudWatch.

One of these weekends, I'm going to hit up all the tourist/bachelorette murals and take scooter pics in front of them.

Some of them will work really well with a scoot, I think. Now I just need to dig out my white cowboy boots and supr-short cutoff jeans so I won't stand out while I'm there.

Your scoot looks bitchin next to Nomzilla! That girl has much prettier hair than ours. If you decide to rock the Daisy Dukes please bring some tape so your junk isn't hanging out in the photos!😝

Her first advantage over us is that she *has* hair!

And if my junk decides it needs to run free, well...junk's gonna junk, y'know.

Another annual Tutti Italiano in Boston today. Mostly a car event, but a handful of two-wheelers as well. Really hot and too much urban traffic, but had a good time.

Nice set of pics to drool over. Thanks for posting.
Would love to get my paws on an old, small displacement moto guzzi.

Great looking bikes all around. That blue-grey Series 2 crushes it, but the random stuff I never even knew existed are always my favorites at events like that.

Got out for a 40 mile shakedown ride today. Met up with a friend on his hawg, a custom vintage style Softtail. We took back roads around Roseburg and the Umpqua valley, with a few pitstops.

Starts up second kick, and it was a smooth ride overall. No explosions or major issue. After a few miles it was stalling when I'd come to a stop, then shift into 1st gear. The clutch was dragging and not fully releasing, a few turns of the adjuster set it right. Jetting is rich and boggy coming off 1/4 throttle - 3/8 throttle, then leans out and picks up again at 1/2 throttle. Temp got up to 280, on this hot 90° day, and would quickly drop when backing off throttle. It was a good run out!

Good to see others getting out and about this weekend.

High Tide at the Norwalk, Ct. harbor.
The drop here in the Long Island Sound is about 7'.

Had to make a run to get Beyond plant balls for pasta and not meat balls for dinner. Stopped off at my favorite graffiti in the city.

Eureka Heights Brewwey.
August in Houston requires shade, and cold suds don't hurt either…

Now I feel even worse that I didn't pull over for pictures with some pretty random murals and roadside adornments on my ride up to Kentucky and back.

We rebuilt the fork on my Lammy, plus various other shenanigans. This silo was one of the turns of the offroad minibike racetrack around my buddy's property. It's a tight turn then a straightaway which runs across the driveway, which has a pretty big hump so we were all catching air.

I think my spine is now compressed a bit, but a good time was had by all.

I thought ShamWow was Vince Schlomi, the SlapChop Guy.

I also recall seeing that his given name is Offer Vincent Schlomi. Strangely apropos for a sales guy.

Give JJ partial credit; it's a vertical Minarelli. The chassis may say Yamaha, but the block is marked Moto Minarelli - Made In Italy all over the joint. Considering that the newest model of that scoot was an '01, it's starting to get old. Will qualify for vintage plates next year in several states.

Also, y'all crazy...in a good way.