Modern Vespa

Well done guys.

Thanks for a most excellent event. We were graced by perfect NorCal weather, zero drama, no helicopter rides , and the most fun bunch of folks you can imagine.

Oh, and watching the raccoons at the campsite doing burnouts @ 4am was awesome.

cheers!

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+ a billionty

This was my first rally and i was very impressed with how well everything seemed to be organized. I had a BLAST and i met some great people and i will definitley be going to more.

VCLG did a great job!

Thanks so much for your hard work VCLG. It was a great time!

VCLG and Co. You all did an amazing job! The ride down from Portland was so worth it. Highlights for Karen and I included the (damn fast) ride over Mt. Hamilton, the really cool dinner at Saratoga Springs, and ride to Santa Cruz (our home town after all). Met and made lots of friends (including Jess). I can't believe you did this all yourselves and for such a reasonable admission price. Killer deal.

Hats off to you all. Wow.

-Arjen & Karen

Thanks everybody! I'm so glad that you all came and that you had such a great time! It was a lot of work, but I had a blast too and I'm thrilled that it turned out so well. However, I want to say that the lions share of thanks are deserved by our fearless and indefatigable leader, Mike "El Jefe" Bobadilla, for all of the time and effort he put into making this rally happen... he truly was the glue that held it all together. Many thanks to everyone who turned out for Amerivespa too, you're the ones who made it such a fun time! Congratulations to the winners at the day show, so many phenomenal bikes were on display and I was truly in awe. Safe travels to everyone on their way home both far and near, I hope I'll see you again soon!

fantastic rally! Congrats go out to all you guys! I have to say that was probably the best organized and drama-free big rally I've ever been to. Thanks again!

another note of gratitude to the los gatos vespa club folks who put on a great amerivespa. i, too, met some nice fellow scooterists, enjoyed the (cool) weather, and dug riding with april and others on the funky retro shopping spree. it was definitely an event not to be missed. thanks again... ~becki

Wow what a great time! I saw old friends and made new ones! this rallye was huge! Sofia and Arlene had a great time has well! Thanks guys! you are best!!!!

raccoons=pistol pete?

Bagel, El Jefe, and crew- thanks for organizing a great event.

Yep. A big thanks from me too.

Here's photos from the weekend. I dumped them all on flickr and haven't done much in the way of editing. I figure people like to see themselves and their bikes, even if they aren't the best snaps in the world...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mutantis/sets/72157621017493196/

Plus, apparently there was a smudge on my lens all weekend. Glad it wasn't in the center.

+100000000000000000!!!

Perfect weather, great rides, fun people, organized, good food/entertainment. It was great meeting both MVers and non-MVers alike from all over the world! I had a blast scooter camping... 'cept for those noisy raccoons and those nuts with the disco ball.

And I won a scooter!! Amerivespa rocked!!!

Absolutely a rally organized by folks who know what a rally needs and should be. Thanks so much for showing us a great time!

Very well done! Give yourselves a big pat on the back.

Picture perfect location for all aspects of the events! Beautiful weather! Great company! Lot's to do or not do! Great food! Music!

Thank you!

Hey Guys,
I had a blast this past weekend! You all did a super job considering the amazingly large turnout. Special thanks to Mike for everything
It was my first rally and it was safe and insane all at the same time. Good job to all that helped put this event on.

This was an absolutely stellar event! I know how much work went into this, and want to thank not only the entire advance team but also everybody who took on the often forgotten jobs of staffing the check in tables, handing out cups, selling the raffle tickets, setting up the picnic tables at Depot Park, etc.

Well done!

Hopefully the team for Amerivespa 2010 came to take notes for next year. This one will be nearly impossible to beat!

Thank you!!

Look who is finally home! Woot! 1,197 scootering miles for days and days of scootering smiles!

What a great time - congrats on the huge success, VCLG and supporters. How are the folks of _________ {attendees great secret} going to be able to fill those shoes for next years' rally?!

WTF, what'd you win???

Blackjack, baby!

Totally, totally jealous!!!!

Stolen from modernbuddy... where I am now a member:

ericalm wrote:
Winnah! This lucky lady will soon be the owner of a new Black Jack, courtesy Genuine. She currently rides a Piaggio LT150. That's Genuine's Trey Duren next to her. He's one of the most likable guys I've ever met.

Right back atcha! I seem to recall being jealous when you won a scooter a few months ago!!!!

Mike and your buds in the Vespa Club of Los Gatos, thanks for putting on a great rally. And thanks for encouraging us to ride down from Seattle, that was the ride of a lifetime. Thanks Bradford for helping us with the logistics of getting the extra bike back to Seattle, guess we should have left room in the truck but who'd a thunk it.
Scooter Insanity will return to it's regular 4th of July weekend next year, and I invite you all to come up to Seattle, and highly encourage riding up the coast to get here, you definitely won't regret it.

Is that pre or post rally baby?

Great story behind my win... after Laura won the Sym (congrats Laura!!!) I paid Jim (SFMC!) for the camp site and he gave me $10 and said he was passing on Laura's Luck and to buy raffle tickets with it (I was done buying tickets). On Saturday, I went to buy $10 worth of lucky tickets. I then found out if you buy $20 worth you get 27 tickets. I didn't know this when I bought my tickets before so I decided to go for it and my winning ticket was the 13th one!!! Thanks Jim and Laura, you rock!!

Rally Baby is currently bungied to the front of our support truck somewhere on I-5 heading to Seattle.

Kudos to the whole VCOA and VCLG family (and their families) for all the planning and well-run execution. Mike's leadership was invaluable. The man has a talent for herding cats. It was obvious that all the details were thought through. This was my first Amerivespa and what an amazing experience. Thanks for booking Monkey. Thanks to all the ride leaders and sweeps. Thanks to the set-up and clean-up crews who made it happen.

Her great time was TOTALLY unrelated to the fact that she won the first scooter raffled ... or shared a hotel room with 9 people.

+100000000000000000 and 1!!!!

When Linda woke up this a.m., first thing she said was, where we going to ride to today? Is it really over? My first Amerivespa - but I'm sure, the best one ever!

Jesse (Thatbloodystig) and Rich (glasseye) deserve kudos too. Those guys were everywhere! I am lucky enough to ride regularly with the VCLG, so I know everyone is top-notch, but you guys really shined this week-end. It was unbelievable.

All of the rides were great (that Hamilton one was effin fast! And excellent!) But to finish it off with Highway 9 to Santa Cruz was the topper.

Thanks, Thanks and Thanks!

Riding locally I've been on many of these routes, even a few locations with VSLG on their monthly, nothing could prepare me for what it was like to do so with 200+ scooterists. Just seeing how Saritoga Springs transformed for the event left my mouth agape. Well organized rides made them both safe and fun. It was great meeting everyone, I hope this means seeing more turnout for the montly rides.

AWESOME RALLY!!!

Thanks to everyone who put in all the hard work to make this happen! Great rides and met lots of new people. Need more time & money so i can hook up with everyone I met and go riding with them again in their hometowns! 8)

I look forward to riding with you all again in Texas!!!!

VCLG, I'm so jealous of those great HWY's right in your backyard! Need to go down there again for one of your rides!

Really...the hard work that VCLG and the VCOA folks put into this rally really showed. From the organization of the rides, to how efficiently meals were served (despite large crowds) the selection of the venues, the check in procedures, it all went so smoothly. I've had the opportunity to help organize events before, and things don't go off without a hitch all by themselves, they take planning and hard work.

Thank you!

Bagel
Thanks for the Thursday ride. I had a blast in the twisties with You, Kenny (tanktop) & Harley Ray.

To all the guys and gals of the Vespa Club of Los Gatos who made Amervespa a great success a standing ovation Job Well done. I had the best time ever.

R.B.

This was my first rally and it was so much fun that I will absolutely start going on local rides.

+1 on all the sentiments on how friendly people were. It was great meeting all of the folks that I did.

Thinking I speak for my clubbies it was such a privilege to host Amerivespa 2009.

The big pieces were left to the major players from the VCOA but all the little stuff we really tried to think out and make like we wanted to see in a rally.

So many things fell in place for us....long rides with NO break downs(for the most part) and really skilled riders who took what we thru at them and kept the shiny bits up. With all the miles traveled by all the bikes only one ended up on the truck at the end of the day....WIN!!!!!

On personal note I would like to thank Mike Bobadilla and Lauren Bobadilla for the tireless work they put into this event...they were and are awesome....great people....so very happy to have them leading our team, they are a blessing. Josh Rogers of Scoot magazine worked his magic for us too...thanx Josh.

I got to spend time with people who are on the cutting edge of our community. From Ralf & Morris of SIP to Hot Rod AL to Tony of 226 I was grateful to share ideas and experiences with the revolutionaries of the community. What a rush. I learned alot, awesome!

As I sit here the most striking I will take from all of this is the realization that people came from great distances to party with us, celebrate with us our little scooter hobby, lifestyle, passion.

That rocks...it just does.

Great people....great times....If you ask for more you ask too much.

See you in San Antonio.

*smile

R

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VCLG's rally Classic Moto Italia happens during May. Mark it down! Coming off the success of Amerivespa, its gonna be a good one. There is also the monthly sunday rides- rain or shine! ('cept when there is a rally)


+ 1 on what the glasseye said. Unsung praises for the Bobadillas and Josh Rogers and everyone else who worked very hard to pull this off.

Thank you to all that made the event one to never forget.

Hey SIC:

I did extend an invite to most of the RBSC that I met that they should plan a monthly ride or two down to SJ. It's close enough to do a day trip or extend it out and make it into a weekender.

For all the people who showed up this year, it was so much fun thanks to all the scooterist that showed up. Would have never happened without the awesome people and the love for scootering.