In 75 years of history (Piaggio registered its patent on 23 April 1946) and 19 million vehicles on the road in five continents, Vespa has given the entire world
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Category: Features
Silver Special
A 71bhp Vespa engine deserves to be raced and fortunately, that’s exactly what SIP have planned for their 25th-anniversary special.
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Accessorised Shaft
The dictionary definition of the word customise is to change, alter, modify, personalise, to suit individual taste or requirements. This scooter has certainly been accessorised!
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Dr Death
Valentino Rossi’s nickname ‘The Doctor’ has been attributed to his cold and clinical dismantling of opponents, as well as the respect he has earned in racing.
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GORI Elaborazioni – a Vespa World Record from 1967
Giancarlo Gori’s first encounter with scooters was in 1958, when he and his father Vasco ran a workshop on Lungarno Cellini in Florence. Together they tinkered with a Lambretta 175TV and soon realised that the engines of these scooters could be tuned quite a bit.
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Basilicata
The common image of anything Italian is to think about it in a romantic and glamorous light. Is that the case everywhere in Italy? Perhaps each has its own undiscovered unique charm.
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Kintsugi: Strength and beauty in imperfection
Scootering’s ‘Show Us Your Scoots’ pages are a real source of inspiration. I think many readers probably noticed the lovely black and white photograph in edition 390 (Dec 2018). It depicted five Lambrettas ordered by plate number.
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Still on song
Our man Rik Bardsley lands an interview with ‘the democratic dictator’ Chris Pope of The Chords UK at The Waterloo in Blackpool.
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Project Poland: Man Down
The Quattrini’s running perfectly, the Vespa’s had a rebuild and the TS1’s ready for the off. Unfortunately Stan isn’t.
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Not so secret service
The Vespa wide frame is a mystery to most British riders, but as Stan discovered, Wessex Scooters are determined to bring it out of the shadows.
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