Modern Vespa

Twilight ride. (Pretty, but buggy)

Sweet P!

beaut!

Thanks, Eric! Your pics inspire me to take pics while out.

Beautiful area to ride in and nice bikes. Love that BMW 750 twin. I have the same one but in the factory royal blue. I reckon the Rally can basically keep up on the back roads, eh?

I really like this one. It was a fun day.

That's an awesome picture. Did you put a blue filter on it, or was it just That Blue?

Second that! Where was this taken? West coast, Gulf coast?

Actually it's Lake Union in Seattle. That's the Space Needle peeking over the bow of the ship.

No color filters used.

I miss Seattle. I had the opportunity to move out there ten years ago and wish I'd taken it every time I see a picture like this.

Gorgeous summer pic! Every time I think about parking Blue on a dock like that to capture the beautiful water, I have a horrifying vision of center stand failure and subsequent accidental KERPLUNK, so I turn back. Bravo to you for risking it!

That is a stunning pic! Wow!

Thanks K! And yes, don't think I wasn't nervous. I moved very slow

The next day I went out South Jetty Road to the south jetty of the Siuslaw river - where no normal vehicles go

Summer of Citrus colors starting to escape to the trees

Leaves were already starting to change in Chicago when I was up there last weekend. So long as I don't mind bundling up a little (and by Chicago standards, it's not bundling up at all), it's always riding season down here, though.

Riding season all year round of course. Just different toys in the winter

I'm pretty much same toys, just different toy set.

Love the BW350! More pix please? The Beta's none too shabby either. Both rare birds in the US.

Can be found here: https://paj.otukset.fi/kuvat/Yamaha+BW200/

Bought unseen for pennies as a non-runner with info that something made a nasty sound and oil came out. Turned out to be a broken seeger clip which in turn allowed the kickstart mechanism to contact a running engine. Broke the clutch cover and also cracked the engine case. Also had a intermittent CDI problems so that was also replaced. After rebuild it kept smoking badly and the reason turned out to be wrong oil-rings supplied with brand new Wiseco piston. Got a replacement rings on warranty and now runs well and is mostly used in the winter.

Some kind of tall silos along Hwy 129 outside of Athens.

Sorry for offtop. Cool BW!
I have Yamaha too - TT 600 R Belgarda, but now, because of the war, it is forbidden to go to the forest or field.
I haven't ridden for almost a year but today I finally found the time to at least start it up and ride 500m around the house
Few old photos.

It's a very tiny grain elevator. They are used for long term storage of grain and usually also serve as trans-shipment points between intermodal transport methods. e.g. truck to train, train to ship, etc.

You seem to be having better weather this weekend than we are.

Thanks for that. And on the weather, that was literally the only two hours it's not rained today. Must be living right!

"Every man thinks his own geese swans". —Danish Proverb

My Blue Swan💙

Now THAT is an AWESOME picture. You definitely know how to pose Blue for the photo shoot!

That ^^^ IS a great pic, must be fun to pose Blue in soft sand without falling over!

Such great days for taking a ride, I went up to the park I played in as a kid, then to my house from kindergarten to Jr high. So many old memories around here!

Your dad built a fine house -- it's got everything one would need. You must have inherited much of your own know-how from him.

Took a quick spin this evening on the back roads in my neighborhood and stopped in front of a neighbor's place, where the nearly-full moon was lurking above the trees. It's almost as round as my headlight.

Nice! Which lake is that?

It's that time of the year again. -1'c in the morning had the scoot covered in frost.

love the yellow! warms that frost!

Dusted off the MotoBi

That's a beautiful machine

Just came home from a 3 hr ride on the SS. Over the Bear Mountain Bridge and North along the West side of the Hudson (9W) and back down the other side (9D).

That area and just northwest of there is so damn gorgeous. I'll be up that way next month. Hoping to bring my Allstate along for the trip.

I think this is the first time I've seen your SS, or any SS this color. It sure is a beaut! Can you please find a few more pics to share, outdoors if possible to qualify here(but post ANYWAY if not)?

Nice. I've had my eye on a Ward's Riverside for a couple of weeks now, but it is about 2 1/2 hours away. If it was a little closer, it would already be in my garage.

Is it the 2T or 4T?

I had a Riverside 2T 175 based on the Benelli 125. rebuilt it, took it on the Giro and sold it at the end. it was not a bad bike and the 175 engine has some potential. The later 4T bikes are cool too.

It's a 2T 125. Not very practical, but the idea of a 2T Italian street bike is very tempting.

Went to the local car show today and decided to take the P200E. There was one other Vespa there. A local body shop owner has recreated a collection of all the significant vehicles from American Graffiti, with various degrees of accuracy, including Toad's Vespa.

Sorry for the cheapo flip phone pic. It's Pavone Blue.