Modern Vespa

Try http://www.scootrichmond.com/

Phone #804.230.1000

This is the one you want, much closer to the parkway.

VESPA LYNCHBURG

Can anybody point me to a service shop near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia?

We're on day 4 of an 8 day trip and are needing a new rear tire for R's GTS250. Tonight we are in Roanoke, and expect to get to the northern end of the parkway tomorrow, then head back to Chattanooga. Sure would like to put some better tread on his scoot - especially with so much rain forecast for the next few days.

Dude, I just tried to do the Blue Ridge Parkway from Boone up into Virginia and it was a nightmare. The thing is closed at least every 10 miles for servicing, and the detours take you far out of your way. I went about 10 miles north only to come to a dead end and had to turn around at one point. It may be better south, but from Boone north was hell.

My trip here:

There, and (halfway) back again (Post 682512)]

Wow, awesome photos and nice write-up. Too bad about the belt.

I think you just had the misfortune of riding the wrong section of parkway. There are two closed sections and they happen to be right in the area you rode. The marked detours routed us around them quite nicely. We started at the souithern end in Cherokee, NC and finished at the northern end yesterday - 3 days on the parkway. We'll ride a different route back home as we are a day behind schedule and can make better time on highways (no interstates for us, though).

I wish I would have gone south.... sigh.

Post some pics so I can see what I missed.

I'm planning to ride the parkway on my way up to Pennsylvania in August. Thanks for sharing your experience. For others considering here is information on road closures.
http://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/roadclosures.htm

Crap, I started on the Parkway right near Blowing Rock, so I hit both of those closures. The first one has a detour, but the second one takes you 11 miles or so up the Parkway and dead ends at this park, where you have to turn around.

Speaking of gas - I got incredible fuel mileage on the Parkway - as high as 83 and 86 mpg. We usually did just a bit over the 45 mph speed limit, and had just as many ascents as descents. Perhaps it was due to the way the ride flows so nicely - no traffic lights or stop signs. Just go and go until you are ready to stop.