Modern Vespa

Hey Now!

new member here....currently tho I don't have my vespa......YET...I should take ownership of in the next week or so.....I am getting a 2004 GT200 with 2400 mi. on it...I have always wanted a vespa...almost got a deal on one last yr, but the fella was being an ass about it, so I picked up a yamaha vino 125. See, I have never had a motorcycle lic. or really ever rode on one, but loved the look of a vespa. So I figured that for half the cost I could try it out and see how much I actually scooted....well its been not quite a yr since I got my first scoot, and I have logged about 1200+ mi.
I have been lurking for too long, so hello!!

side note...where does one buy those MV stickers I see blasted on some of your scoots?

Hello and welcome.

Site admin jess is keeper of MV stickers and patches.

guess I'll hafta hunt Jess down then......Is that wheelie bar fella?

Welcome to MV...got a pretty decent scoot...2004 with 2400 miles...not bad at all.

Get to know your GT200...look up some of the maintenance / projects in the Wiki Library...there's a lot there.

Good Luck!

I am picking up for 2250......good price

Its the vintage green has the top case, full/tall screen, and 2 matching vespa helmets!

I am thinking its a sweet deal.....
runs real good, I had it out for about 10 mins when I tested it...

Um..yeah...that's a very good deal!

Welcome to MV and keep the shiny side up!

Welcome to MV. That sounds like a great deal on the GT. Please be sure the helmets fit properly if you are going to use them. The MV patches and stickers can be purchased here.

Whereabouts in Pennsylvania are you from?

thanks for the welcomes.....

Johnstown......how bout you?

Congrats! I hope you love your GT as much as I do mine. I was just thinking yesterday how reliable it has been in the past year of ownership.

Live in Massachusettes, from near Harrisburg and family is from Johnstown. Welcome to MV!

sweet santiago..do you know what part of town they live?...If ya ever visit with your scoot......I'll show ya around....

Probably all dead or impossible to find now. House was on Florida Ave.
Thanks for the offer anyhow!

Hi and welcome dood!

How crazy is that..Florida is like 3 block from my house....I can look out the front window and on the hill in front of me it is!

ah well, offer still stands!

Used to ride down that hill with my cousins on a coaster type go cart and nearly got smushed at the bottom at the main drag. There was a candy store in the alley behind Florida.

I've totally list track of those kids. Probably in jail now.

he candy store......
I as well went there as a kid...30+yrs ago.....its now a crumpled 1/2 down building/garage~y thing.....what was their last name if you don't mind me asking...I grew up here in the oakland neighborhood....good chance I may know them/of them...

how would you guys approach this......

this would be the only problem with the scoot....
def. not a deal breaker btw....

That side of the family was the Holsinger family. Father was Pat and his wife my aunt was Audrey. My Grandmother (Goodwin) lived in the brick house with a front brick porch on the corner. My cousins lived next door. Jack, Wayne a couple more boys and a girl. I'd spend a week or two there in the summer and couldn't wait to get home. I remember one of them smoking a butt in the garage then filling a can with gas and setting it on fire. He tried to blame a passing motorist but it didn't fly and he got beaten pretty bad. I looked bad just being around them. I was a bit more surburban than them and regarded them as hillbillies. Still do.
I hope they are not reading this but they probably got shot or put in prison.
They were a lot of fun to watch though...

Aloha and welcome to the forum. When you have time show us some pics of your scooter when you finally get one. SANTIAGO are you telling stories again Ask him about his "yacht club"

Hey, just because we don't allow boats does not mean we're not a real club. Fixing up boats just eats up time better spent drinking.

SANTIAGO So true my friend

Aloha..and...
mahalo for the welcome judy

I have friends your way as well...
I know tracy and his wife that are the north shore glassblowers..
also a cpl friends in kailua..
we were there in feb....I love it there....not Honoulu, or waikiki tho....

the pic a few post above is the '04 gt200 I ~should~ be picking up hopefully next week...currently am riding a 125 yam. vino....not bad for a first scoot!

LoL....santiago....I need to confirm with my mom, but I almost sure I/we know/knew audrey holsinger....she may have/still get her hair done at my mom's shop...she's done hair for the last 40+ yrs..and also grew up here in oakland...wow..too cool...it really is a small world

Wow I can't believe she is still alive. She was as big as a house.
Please have your Mom give her my best wishes. Nephew Drew son of Evan. Please don't copy her on my thoughts about her delinquent children though.

BRODY wow SMALL world i know them and have bought some of their stuff Really cool people and excellent artisans 8) Their "shop" is about 2 1/2 miles from my place. You should come over sometime. We have plenty of scooters.

Judy...would LOVE to....I really enjoyed my time there..and will be back at some point....that 'shop' is something else, I would have liked to see them when they were working out of there.....I met them @ another friend of mine's shop in Kialua....then when we were in Haleiwa, I stopped by to see there place.....

Santiago, will do....and your spilling of the beans on the 'hillbillies' is safe with me!

BRODY where are they now? Haven't seen them there in a long time. Hope to see you someday over here.

when we were there(beg. nov) tracey and his wife were 'set up' in there old shop, which was around the corner from a rest. whose name I cannot remember, but it sat behind the quicksilver boardriders shop on the main drag into town. they don't blow glass there anymore, they actually rent another friend of mines shop in Kailua something like 2 or 3 times a week..Actually is more economical for them to do it that way....less overhead and equptment to maintain... a win/win situation...and if I do make it out, you can be sure I'll look ya up

Cool. Give me some advance notice since i travel quite a bit but the guys would love to show you around if i'm gone. The rest name is Cholo's.

Cholo's.....that looked like a good rest.....
we actually ate @ breaker's.....had yummy fish and chips!

We were hoping to see the Reef comp. there, but alas, no waves

so we hung out and watched turtle on the beach!