Modern Vespa

Love your race lines from 9 mins on so much smoother than the guy you passed 👍

Did you see Lucy and Desi Arnaz there?

I thought the same thing!

No, but I heard someone yelling with a Cuban accent.

And throwing a rock collection out the door?

Fun concrete stamps...

Crosspost to "Vespas that have left the pavement."

I haven't been able to find the energy to give it a proper write-up, but last weekend, my club, the Snakes, threw our first Nashville rally in some time, "Year of the Snakes."

As with any great rally, there's too much to say for me to even begin to capture it all. We had about fifty folks in total, which was not bad for an inaugural event.

I met one new MV'er, gummy8879, who came over from Memphis with his nice, fast Stella and held his own among a bunch of people who have mostly known and ridden together for years.

The group ride was on Friday afternoon because Reasons, but we still started the ride with about 15 or 16 bikes, though we were down to 12 by the time we hit the Parthenon. I made sure we saw both the good and bad parts of Nashville, as well as the tourist-y parts overrun with bachelorettes in brand new white cowboy boots and shorts.

We also got outside of town for the last half of the ride and covered some faster and twistier miles, before taking a break to regroup, then head out for an evening of fun.

Saturday, we spent the day hanging out at the Dive Motel pool, admiring the raffle Allstate in its place of pride and catching some rays.

Then Saturday night was Gramp's a "Your Grampa's Garage" themed bar that recently opened in my neighorhood. I should have gotten some pictures of the inside, because it absolutely looks like a garage/workshop. The bar top is even tools and "tool bench crap," encased in acrylic.

At one point, I was standing outside the doorway talking and two twenty-something tourists walked up and thought I was working the door. I'm not sure if I should be flattered or insulted by that.

All-in-all, a great time and for those of you within the Midwest or Rally scene, I invite you to come out next time, if only because there's no such thing as selling too many raffle tickets.

Outstanding all around!!!


"Gramps"... age appropriate for vintage scooter aficionados these days. We are all getting long in the tooth.

You're not the first person to note that fact. It is, in fact, a lot like drinking beer in my own workshop, only lower lighting, less clutter and scooter stuff.

Also, the owner is also scooterist. One of my clubmates knows him and he rides a modern Vespa, too, which is close enough to One Of Us we wanted to support him.

Thumbs up to the snakes and you, CM.

Thanks for the writeup and pics Chandler - great job putting it together!

Sorry friends - weird PK in ugly places.

So sorry Roland...😢

I hate seeing the damage, but love seeing the PK.

Slava Ukraini!

Sorry you've gotta deal with that bs Roland. P man will get his due one day.

Despite the damage, that place is incredibly clean! For one, if it was here, every mm2 would be covered in tags.

Putting through one of the local harbors, I spotted this little gem. Beautiful example of a Maine-built lobster yacht.

Nice motion shot on the Creg-ny-baa corner - Isle of Man TT course
Heavily modified 1958 Douglas 92L2

Snow Canyon State Park

Found a nice old gas station during one of summer rides. And it even work.

2 killer small frames in a row!!!!

Vespa displayed into a shop in Porto (Portugal), very friendly owner, we talked Vespa for a while.

How many times did everyone say, "well that's one buttoned up vespa", I wonder. 😁

Enjoying some fall color while testing out the 221. Really happy with this engine.

Great pic! I would love to hear your thoughts on the 221.

I'm first to arrive the Loveless Cafe, top of the Natchez Trace, for an afternoon ride.

So today's ride worked out better for me than for some. JJ managed to hole the piston of his stock P200, which was pretty surprising, given that it was not a fresh rebuild and had been abused through two rallies plus whatever other miles he put on it this year.

We made the most of it, though. I made a beer run while his and our other buddy's girlfriends grabbed an Uber to go get his truck, then we hung out at a farm stand across the street where they graciously offered us chairs and a shady spot to sit while we waited on the Sad Wagon.

So we had a couple beers and shot the shit while we watched the traffic go by. Not quite the afternoon we'd planned, but we had a good time and I still rode 75 miles or so, much of it at a nice cruising 55-65 MPH.

Making lemonade outta lemons. Good on ya.

Love that sign.

Waiting on a freight train to pass along Atlanta Highway in Russell, Georgia last weekend. I'm about 300 miles into break- in on a new (old) 208 Polini cast- iron.

Great shot!

From a recent ride, scoot is camera shy.

Sunday morning coffee meetup in Saratoga, CA with a couple of my Vespa Club San Jose buddies. They (GL and GTS) headed up into the hills for a ride; unfortunately I (ET3) had other stuff going on and had to ride home.

Bummer about the piston but that pic is priceless!

Went and got a bowl of noodles...

Took old blue out to burn up the old gasoline. It's been there awhile because I have neglected this poor scooter. Might be the last warm day of the season.

Mission accomplished as I burned up all the gas…before I got home. Had to call the Missus to rescue me with a refill.

Great sign Chandler

Come for the biscuits, stay for the ham.

They're all about the ham at Loveless.

I want that inside me! 😋