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At the Concourse D' Elegance today in Monterey.

Rolf Soltau, who was one of the judges in the vintage motorcycle class, took 1st place with his pristine 1958 GS150.

He also took another 1st place with his T5 in the over 150cc class.

Will have to wait a week to buy him a beer as he is representing Piaggio in the week long Moto Geo riding the T5 starting tomorrow.

Just say'n.....

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I am sure I speak for all my clubbies when I say...."he da man"!!!

R

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congratulations 8)
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you know it!!!! nicely done mr soltau
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Rolf's GS at Concorso Italiano last August:
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You know our hearts sank when we saw Mr Rolf wheeling in the GS.....

Had a great time there today (the reason I blew off Tahoe) and will be following the Giro ride tomorrow from Cannery Row and Monday down the coast.

Here's a pic of some of the Monterey locals lineup (mine is the green one)

and the real stars of the show, the Italian lightweight racers, man they were gorgeous.

A whole new addiction just waiting.....
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Hats off to the inimitable Rolf-- tell him I said so. 8)

Beautiful pix, too. Thanks!

--Deborah
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That's fantastic!

Sadly I never heard back from the MotoGrio people Dealer was willing to let me take anything they had that was Italian (that's also why you buy local) as long as I took lots of photos.

Marc got couch space for Sunday night? You need a support bike right?
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ritchj wrote:
That's fantastic!

Sadly I never heard back from the MotoGrio people Dealer was willing to let me take anything they had that was Italian (that's also why you buy local) as long as I took lots of photos.

Marc got couch space for Sunday night? You need a support bike right?
Sure!

We (three of us, GTS, P200 and PX125) have this half baked plan to 'ride along' with the participants
down Big Sur and up the Nacimiento/Ferguson switchbacks from the coast.

Hang out there for a while watching the race go by and then back to Monterey.

About an hour and a half ride one way, back in town by 5.30 (P200 is off to see The Police in SJO that night).
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Marc your Vega is really cool looking! I also love those racers, yum yum.
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Is Rolf's a Modern Vespa member? Love that GS!
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Masala wrote:
Rolf's GS at Concorso Italiano last August:
I'm a newbie here but I've learned enough in other post on this board to know that this has to be one of those obvious Viet bodge jobs.
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I've learned enough in other post on this board to know that this has to be one of those obvious Viet bodge jobs.
Could someone photoshop some yellow boots into that photo?



No time to provide the entire story of the bike, but suffice to say a 50 year old bike, with less than 700 miles should do....

R

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