Vespa Obsession

I spent a couple hours this morning searching through the ModernVespa.com and VespaSpeed.com forums to find out about the ET4’s starter. Mine makes an odd noise the first time I push the starter button, so I lay off it for…

Check out this New Yorker’s adventure in Italy! Vespas and pizza in Naples… perfect together Pizza as we know it was invented at Lombardi’s—then a bakery—around 1895, inspired by flatbreads fabricated in Naples since Roman times. Heck, Pompeii boasted a…

My sister gave me a old Vespa magazine advertisment from 1964. The Vespa 50 in the photo had a retail value of $269, and “has a transmission guaranteed for life.” The ad also defines what a Vespa is and is…

I am not sure what wonkette was trying to get at when she wrote that Vespas are funny? Is it funny that I save on gas? Is it funny that my commute is shorter? Is it funny that my…

There’s sewer construction on our street, cutting off traffic and turning it into one long driveway. I keep thinking it would be a perfect time to learn to ride. Besides, it would make up for the fact that we have…

Vietnam Net Bridge has a cool article about the Vespa scene there. Forums and Internet clubs in Vietnam have large groups of scooterists, exchanging information and collecting scooters. In Da Lat, there was even a festival held in early 2006 with …

The Rocket Bike designed by Tim Pickens looks like it could be a lot of fun for those days when you want to go a bit faster than what your Vespa can handle.
How it Works:1. A toggle switch on the battery pack arms the ignition system.2. The left-t…

My friend picked up a great deal on a 1979 Vespa P200E locally. The scooter was in great shape, the engine turned over and everything seemed peachy until it started having problems running. Being the mechanically handicapped people that we are, my fri…

I got another good ride in the other day, the first in about a week. It topped out around 50 degrees and there was just a little wind. I got to wear my new jacket (loved it) and do a…

I got a ton of emails on this, and I know that I am late in posting it. For the record this is not the first time I have seen this concept. It isn’t even the second or third time…