Modern Vespa

I suspect most maintenance clinics are thinly disguised excuses to consume sake, or beer, or grog... among friends and talk about two-wheeled travel. Today's small gathering on Oahu (are there any other kind) didn't disappoint. Oil changes, brake checks, lubrications, etc. didn't get in the way of a sumptuous lunch of Thai Food and cold cups of fine sake.

Thanks Niided and Rosemay for hosting and breaking out the good stuff, TB for demonstrating what a real horn sounds like, Gary for good cheer and technical prowess, Flanman for roadtrip inspiration and acapella renditions of "You Can See By My Outfit" and "Coming Into Los Angeles", and Judy for scooting all the way across the island and back to be with us (someone had to run herd on the crotch rockets).

I look forward to smoking a slab of ribs at Judy's next time.

Aloha

Yes alas a fine day indeed JIMBO thank you:) Dan and rosemary do a fine thai takeout with an excellent chilled sake. A heartfelt maholo (thanks) to everybody for the great company.food and expertise. Gary and TB as alwyas your awesome I will attempt tomorrow to post some pics Hah i was telling jim about fueling up with 3 military people on crotch rockets (2 guys.1 girl) they pulled out ahead of me and in no time i caught up with them. The guy just looks at my little scooter and goes( how did you catch us so quick)? so i answer with the most inane response (it's a vespa) like that really answered his question However he was duly impressed that i did it and invited me to ride with them After about 30 miles we said our good byes,.They were a cool lot and said i could ride with them anytime However the most memorable moment was on my way in when i saw this 80ish short,chubby,bent over.barely able to walk, Hawaiian woman walking along side the road. As i come out of a bend. doing 50mph, she looks over at me and gets this incredible smile on her face,puts her fist up in the air and beams. The fist is a symbol of solidarity here in Hawaii. a definte "you go girl" moment. I wish i had a moment to pull over to talk with her and give her a ride on the back. Hopefully there will a next time A big bon-voyage to FlanMan who leaves next sunday on his 2 month journey on his KLR up and down the east coast. Be safe my friend. Looking forward to our next workshop in sept. The doors are always open so come join us Lucky we live Hawaii as they say here

Can't really add much to what's been said...it was really a great time!

However...we are never to post any pics of anyone amongst our group in any uncompromising position...with that being said...I'm looking forward to our next clinic which will focus on working on our brakes.

Hey Judy...is there someplace to camp out in your yard? Thinking of going out on Friday afternoon and camping overnight for Saturday? If not it'll still be a nice ride early a.m.

Definitely able to camp or crash on the couch. Don't worry we will only post the us working on the scooter pics

Jealous! Sounds like a fun day!

hey sorry to resurrect a two year old thread but I'm soon to
be a new owner of a vespa gts 250ie and wanted to join the oahu maintenance clinic! just wondering how I can get involved so i can make some new friends and learn to take care of my new best friend

Saki or beer will do I am sure. I heard that they like to bribed with good food and delicious deserts too. Tell them you will be the designated photographer/filmatographer for future MV content. Aloha!

Well done sounds like a great gathering both useful and pleasant at the same time.

its too bad you didn't post sooner. we just had a clinic today. next one will not be for a while.

i think you should start one of those "hi, i'm new here!!" threads, if you can post pictures of your vespa. we are all on oahu, and the gang is slowly growing.

you can also PM Judy (but she is leaving on the 30th so if you are going to do that, do it before then.) we do email too.

Aloha and welcome to the forum. Like YANO said it's to bad you didn't post sooner because our workshop was fun. Pm me and i'll send a qick email out to the gang. I leave Tuesday (hopefully i'll get out) for the east coast. I'll be back Oct 6th. Hopefully you'll have the scooter by then. Yano will be happy that there's another 250 in the group. Yours will make 3. People mostly have 200's but the 150's have the most now since Dan sold his 200. Anyway were a fun group of people. Looking forward to meeting you. Where do you live on Oahu? I live out on the NorthShore.

Hey thanks for the welcome--I'll be sure to properly introduce myself and post pictures as soon as the bike is in my possession! As long as I can find a cheap and reliable way to get it here I'm having it shipped over from Maui... wish me luck!

I PM'd Judy my email address; looking forward to the next meetup!

Matt

young bros. and a motorcycle crate?

did you buy that blue one with the fish that was on craigslist?

yeah that's the one--can't wait to peel those stickers off lol but love that turquoise paint!

haha i kind of like the flying fish.. the rest could def. go though!

I sent a welcome to the gang email out to everybody this morning. Hope to meet you when i get back. Pics of the scooter (before stickers and after) are needed.

well all this talk was for naught--he pulled the rug on the deal because he said i needed to fly out to take a look at it before he'd sell it to me (which i cannot do right now... i work 7 days a week on a farm ). oh well, guess i'll just have to keep on dreaming about it.

Hey I am really sorry the deal fell thorugh. Judy, not to worry, Iris loves Hawaii, especially the northshore of Oahu. She will be there in spirit with you all of you guys next time and be the third 250. Before too long those will be vintage too! Aloha ...

That sucks. Go to cycle City and see what they have and make an offer. Even tho i hate them Zeus got a 300 for $54000 OTD. They are getting the 2012's in and will probably deal on some of the ones that they have hanging around. Who know and it can't hurt. MAX thanks. 8)