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Vespinoy North-South Meetup

The Speedzone Kart Track at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig was the venue for a very unique meetup last night, September 13, 2006. It was probably the biggest gathering of Vespa and other European scooter enthusiasts in a long while. The scooters on hand, done by manual counting was 102, and the number of registered scooterists were 108 so the ratio was about right, with some of the registrants coming as backrides and some in cages from far away places like Bulacan and Baguio. This was truly a group effort. With the different scooter groups represented, Scoot 66, Euroscoot, Grupo Obsolete (with their wonderful wonderful NSU Primas) and a big contingent of Independent riders on hand, the place was bursting with scooters. Such an even would not have been possible without the people who really put it together. Kudos to Rico Severino of the Vespa Supermarket, Eugene Buenaventura of Scoot 66 who provided us with the raffle prizes that kept the crowd buzzing with anticipation. 23 items were raffled off, from stand boots, levers, rear racks, helmets and a 1/8 Scale model of a Vespa GS with Sidecar which Hazel from Bulacan brought home. Direk Yeyey Yatco volunteered his fading voice as MC for the evening, powered by scooter love and...

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What is it with Vespas and short tennis skirts. Kudos to the Modern Vespa forum where this pic was posted on this...

The Great Touring Machine Match-Up

Great article between which machine is a better tourer. “Let’s face it,” he said, “the scooter is noncompetitive. You’re at the bottom of the competition ladder and you can relax. When I ride a bike, I find that I try to go fast. . . but when I ride the Vespa, I just cool it and enjoy myself. People wave at you, make the peace sign. Cops smile, kids cheer, everybody likes you. Motorcycles have an image problem but Vespas don’t.” Read the entire article...

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Pissed, but they still love Vespinoy! 😀

Vespa in Ads of the World

A great lineup of Vespa Ads as seen in the cool website Ads of the...

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