Modern Vespa

Does your wife ride, or go out on the back of the scooters. Is there any mileage in getting her involved more? Obviously not the smallstate, you want her to enjoy it.

Probably not a deal, but this place is bizarre.

A real estate developer who appears to have bought every vespa he saw for sale for decades – some are amazing, some are bodges. Really strange.

And apparently, they're all for sale, with no prices listed.


https://www.orlandoautomuseum.com/sales/vehicles?q%5Bmake_eq%5D=VESPA








He has this perfectly original 150 Super

But apparently can't tell that this one isn't.

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/170704282040866/?mibextid=6ojiHh

This one's about 20 miles from me if anyone is interested.

Solid deal there

Just WOW! So many Vespas and so many I've never seen in person!


Now I want one of them copycat Russian Vespas! Sorry, it's a VIATKA...

I actually pitched this one to my wife. She didn't say no, but she definitely didn't say, "Go for it!" either.

A Soviet Vespa would be really cool.

Yeah, but none of us can afford one. I did a thread about them a while back. There are only about four or five of them in the US. ThatScooterThing did an episode on one that showed up at a rally Lee was at, too.

I really like these:

https://stuklopechat.com/avtomobili/3126-motoroller-tulica-predok-skutera.html

Stuff a bug engine in there with the heads sticking out the sides…

Cool collection. Thanks for sharing HJO. I've seen this inventory before online, not in person. Amazing collection. One of the Vespa Sprint's, the green JOHN DEER; is a custom job done late 90's. It was in Scoot Quarterly. I would also love a Viatka!! I want a Bajas for the same reason, something different; although as Chandlerman pointed out....Viatka would be reeeeally different an rare sighting in the USA.

Interesting thing about that.

I'm almost certain I've seen that Rally before.

If it's the same one. It popped up on Craigslist here in Marin, as part of an estate sale, and was gone the same day. Maybe 10-12 years ago.

Bello Moto bought it, and it sat there for years.

Then I guess their clientele is like this person, who has a collection of thousands of vehicles, and money is no object. Shipped from California to Florida.

In a way, it's sad. bc this bike will never get ridden again. It's just a collector commodity now.

That dude must have spent a fortune on a crate of Vespas from Bello Moto. They sell those things for $15-20k each.




The bike at Bello Moto. Has to be the same one.

Must be. Here's the yellow Super at Bello Moto, too.

That must be where most of them came from. Like this one.

And here it is at Bello Moto in 2016.

This hideous John Deere theme bike.

And here it is at Bello Moto!


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Unfortunately they don't get back to you when your interested in buying a scooter. I called and talked. Never was contacted back.

Here's that John Deere Vespa in 2000. As a kid I was fascinated by tractors so I have a bit of a soft spot for it.


John Deere Vespa Scoot Quarterly

Lets do a tractor (scoot) pull! I always thought that this theme scoot was carried out well. Tractors aren't my thing, but this scoot is a good interpretation. I have that issue floating around somewhere too

I initially read that as "I have issues floating around somewhere too" and was like, "Well, don't we all!"

I'm surprised to see this 'themed' Vespa on the front cover of a Scooter magazine, as it's literally a solid green Vespa with John Deere stenciled on the side panel, a John Deere sticker or painted logo on the front, plus a couple of other yellow details. In the UK, a themed aka custom Vespa on the front of Scootering magazine would have much more going on with the paintwork, a trick/tuned motor and memorabilia associated with the theme.

You have to cut us some slack. We're still a little bit behind the times over here in The Colonies.

Sometimes less is more. I find the themed bikes over there way too busy and chaotic like a scrap book page.

For themed bikes, that one nicely understated. Not so much a fan of the heavily airbrushed theme bikes.

To me, in addition to not getting the appeal of the heavily themed bikes in general, they violate my personal DIY aesthetic, which is why I subject myself to doing all my own frame stripping, prepping, paint, etc. along with everything else I do.

The John Deere bike is pretty tasteful as a theme bike.

I've never been a fan of theme bikes, though. I loved the mod style ones (definitely less is more there), and perfectly original ones.

It's interesting to see a theme bike in a collection. Generally they're all about building skill, or having some kind of celebrity attached to them.

Like the ones Piaggio did with famous artists I could see collectors wanting. I guess the Scoot cover is a pedigree, though.

Bro...... my issues have a full catalog of back isusses, new issues, issues that have yet to be officially diagnosed

1970 50 special (two scooters) in Reno NV $500 is asking on facebook.

Not for me but it seems like it might be a deal for someone looking for some ingredients. Figured I should let the group know.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/692863402619849/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

That went fast!

I did not see that it was sold when I posted. I may have missed it? If I didn't miss it you are right again it went fast.

Sorry about the false alarm.

No false alarm... it was definitely a Deal of the Day!

Very rusty and three hours away...

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/169218629280723/?mibextid=dXMIcH

Its a Rally 200. No title.

Thoughts?

Call right now and grab it today.

That thing is going to be gone in an hour or two.

+1

yep, get it