Dropped my scooter in this week for a service at Retrospective Scootersprior to commuting to work by Vespa from April; a good idea to get it given a good once over before getting back in the saddle.
Do you struggle with who to spend Christmas with, family ructions and what gifts to buy…?! Club members, Warren and Hayley Jopson, may just have the perfect alternative to the annual festivities…
You might think that setting up your vintage Vespa to put out in excess of 50hp powered by a 300cc engine, would not apply to the genteel environs of the VVC.. you’d probably be right but I know at least one member mad enough to try it!
We’ve just finished my daughter’s 1000 piece jigsaw which kept us busy over the holidays; looks like Bernd Kirschner of Hola Vespa, has been busy with a jigsaw of his own.
ScooterNova magazine’s creator and editor is a VVC member and asked if he could share the Ape feature in his publication. What with ScooterNova’s larger A4 scale and additional space, the answer was always going to be a “yes”!
This feature was originally printed in the 2019 winter JOURNAL (No.81). I'm duplicating it here on the VVC website News Page but with added photos supplied by Roger that I couldn't squeeze into the magazine due to space restrictions..
Sicilians seem to have a stock in trade in ornate decoration - you can see plenty of images of highly adorned Vespas and Apes, like this one sent in by Dario Cerana.
On a recent visit to VVC member, Darren Bradbury in East London, I got a good look at the latest additions to his impressive collection of classic, vintage scooters.
Warren & Hayley Jopson sent me these excellent photos from their September trip to Bella Italia! Journeying down from the UK in their VW Transporter, loaded with a couple of beautiful Vespa wideframes.
