Modern Vespa

As I'm often told: 'PUT SOME DAMN PANTS ON!'

oops, guess I need to watch my sentences a little closer - I should have said a jacket and shorts or ...

Scooters dont kill people in small cars like an SUV can.

Don't get my dreams of superiority going again! 8)

I REALLY don't give a hoot
I'm riding my scoot

Yeaup. Exactly.

I ride what I ride, because thats what I feel like riding. Today I'll be replacing my 90's seals, and then I'll be using that as a daily rider among others, which means i might as well be wrapping some coke 6 pack nets and string them around baby seals, then feed a dolphin some hydrolic brake fluid.

Oh well. Good thing there aren't a shit ton of people doing this sort of thing.

Italian motorbike company Meccanica Verghera (commonly called MV) was indeed bought by Harley Davidson. MV like Piaggio was an post-war offshoot of a parent aviation company. MV came from Augusta, the Italian helicopter manufacturer. Anyway, MV used to make a scooter from 1949-54 called the Chicco.

Interesting aside. MV's first two stroke 98cc step-over motorcycle in 1946 was originally named VESPA, believe it or not. However, Piaggio registered the name first, so the bike was instead called MV98.

Nice write-up in August's Scootering mag. on the MV Chicco. Very rare.