How Vespa Scooters are Made

[ohiorider]

Short (7 min) YouTube.  Made in 2019, but with some history of the brand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHhV_i2clX0

Bob

[JJ]

I have ridden them...and always wanted one...in RED or YELLOW! 

New or vintage...they are NOT cheap, but way cool!

[JBU]

Nice video.  I had a 1978 P200E in the late 80's, bought it for $800, which I thought was expensive at the time, I rode the crap out of that thing and sold it for $800.  I wish I still had it.  I have been itching to get another vintage vespa but the prices are crazy. 

[JJ]

Nice video.  I had a 1978 P200E in the late 80's, bought it for $800, which I thought was expensive at the time, I rode the crap out of that thing and sold it for $800.  I wish I still had it.  I have been itching to get another vintage vespa but the prices are crazy.

I suspect a nice 1978 P200E in excellent condition today, would easily go for $3,200-$4,000 or more...much more!!

[ozarquebus]

I rode a bright yellow LX150 to work about 4 miles one way for a year. I loved it. It was like a magic carpet ride and could carry a weeks worth of groceries. The guys at my favorite tire shop would holler at me making fun of me as I passed every evening on my way home. I sold it to a classically beautiful Vietnamese girl in Springfield, MO for $2500 5 years ago with less than 10,000 miles on it. I don't think anyone made fun of her riding it since they were a perfect match.

[jpv7]

I rode a bright yellow LX150 to work about 4 miles one way for a year. I loved it. It was like a magic carpet ride and could carry a weeks worth of groceries. The guys at my favorite tire shop would holler at me making fun of me as I passed every evening on my way home. I sold it to a classically beautiful Vietnamese girl in Springfield, MO for $2500 5 years ago with less than 10,000 miles on it. I don't think anyone made fun of her riding it since they were a perfect match.

Just sold my 2011 Vespa S150ie this past spring. 

Bought new in 2012 and i commuted on it for 9 years.  It had 45,000 kms when I put it up for sale, but the thing never burned a drop of oil.  I did clean it up nicely with new tires and brakes for the sale.  None around here with that kind of high mileage so I listed it at $1400 cdn. 

Well I under-valued it big time!  The phone started ringing in less than a minute and I had an e-transfer in my account for the full amount in 2 hours, sight unseen!  I actually thought it was a scammer initially. 

Never sold a vehicle that quick, and I'm sure that my Guzzi won't sell that easy...

[ohiorider]

Model history:

https://www.vespa.com/ph_EN/Heritage.html

Bob

[Groover]

Good to see Vespa fans here. I grew up on those things, and have had quite a few versions in my lifetime.

The recent ones I have are a P200e and and a P125x (177cc now)

[JJ]

I think, for just puttin' around the hood, a 150cc size would be just fine. 

A few cool *NEW* examples from EURO-CYCLES of Las Vegas thumb:







*NEW*

[Groover]

In Ohio is legal to park in sidewalks (as long as you are not blocking anything) for 150cc and under, so that size is actually very convenient for city use.

[guzziart]

Oh, that's probably why I got cited for parking my CB350 in 1970 on a sidewalk in Cleveland Heights, Ohio....damn displacement!   

Great video Bob, Thanks for posting!