Modern Vespa

Thanks!

We've had 2 years in a row now where August has felt like October. It's bizarre but I'm loving it. 75-80° and sunny with no humidity in August, when's it's usually Brazil level hot and humid? Only problem is it's rained twice since June.

Got out again today. Bike ran rough until she warmed up. But it's gorgeous out!

That mural is one beautiful piece.

+1

Indeed.

Great pic! Beautiful bike! Where do I source that seat for my VBA? Is that SIP?

Yep this one, https://www.sip-scootershop.com/en/product/sport-seat-sip-longtail-evo-ii-for-vespa-125-vna-vnb-gt-gtr-super-ts-150-vba-vbb-gl-sprint-v-super-t4_75902500

It's super comfy. Although a bit slick if I'm honest. If I could swap the cover for the grippier cover of the NISA one I have on my other bike, it'd be perfect.

I got mine from ScooterMercato.

https://www.scootermercato.com/Scooter-Parts/Complete-Seats/LONGTAIL-LF-BL

Looks like it's out of stock at the moment...

Warning / nonvespa content:

Yesterdays grab.

I like how you're bringing your A Game right now

Looks good, BN. I would love to get another '22 model in gray.

Really liking the scoot. Err... bike?

Speedo has been a little optimistic.
On that ride with a headwind and old gas I topped out with the following:

Speedo Reading 61 or 62mph
GPS max read at 59.9

(Really puzzled by the lack of go-fast parts available for modern cubs.
Maybe I just need to brush up on my Japanese.
EDIT - found this: https://japan.webike.net/products/24845581.html )

Scrubbing in new Pirellis on gravel back roads. Spring. Hikutaia, Waikato, New Zealand

Once you start digging, you will find a lot more. Youtube is full of vids on engine mods and kits, with the Grom crowd always leading the way. More than half of the videos are about catastrophic failures, while most of the rest never seem to run right. The 140cc kits seem to do alright while using the stock fuel injector and a remap of the ECM. Anything above that require piles of money to get the scoot a bit quicker off the line while gaining another 10 MPH on the top end.

I was a postie for a lot of years for the last ten we were issued CT110's - which Honda list in the same breath as the Cub.
Since leaving Australia Post, the new postie bike is a 200. Looks very similar.

5-0! 5-0!
👮

You're really kicking ass in the mural department lately!

We accompanied a friend's wedding today…

I love it! That sidecar is the coolest one I've ever seen!

Is the green one a PX? The mudguard looks smaller and I like that horncast a lot.

Yes. PX with a T5 mudguard and horncast, just like my T5…

Awesome, might have to do that to my P!

Got in a few dusty miles.

Purrrdy.

Looking good, FNG

I gotta get out and snap some fresh pics. We're hosting a rally this weekend, so that should be good for a few.

Ok, ok ... not a Vespa. But it's what got me where I am to begin with.

I was updating my mileage spreadsheet and this pic (shortly after I bought the ZNEN) was pasted under that tab.

This was likely before I even came to Modern Vespa for the first time.

I guess it's a good time to say thanks again to everyone that's been part of the journey.

The Honda Joker copies were so numerous at one time. Crazy

Video recap of the MopedGP East Round 2 race this last weekend. Ripping my VMC Crono 187 track bike for one last race of the season before a tear down to repaint and re work the chassis. Hope you enjoy!

This is excellent my man!

Dang I haven't ridden 2-up since the 80's. The GF agreed to try and loved it, so there will be more jaunts.

Prob need a kit now though….and for sure new shocks to haul us around The P will also get a kit so we have ride options.

I know what you are thinking but this will not end the bro rides at all

Cheers from San Diego peeps.

Got caught unprepared in the rain today. My wool sweatshirt came in handy though.

Another tall guy

I commute pretty much everyday lately on the PX.. so I took a shadow shot on the way home.

Another day another mural. This time on the side of someone's house!

Perfect scooting conditions today. Except for the part when a vespa (with a small "v") got under my shirt and stung me. Irony may not be dead, but that vespa sure is.

I saw this bad boy coming back from grabbing a Rally Recovery Breakfast Burrito and had to stop to grab a pic.

It's the early stage of a project, and it's gotta be at least 40 feet long.

Woah, that's a biggen....

I'm wondering if your Lady would like those folding footpegs that attach to the floorboards?