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Title: Vespa's Birthday
Post by: oldbike54 on June 09, 2016, 09:36:43 PM
 70 years this year , not sure of the exact date . Does anyone know the exact day ?

                                             Buon Compleanno Vespa

 Dusty
Title: Re: Vespa's Birthday
Post by: guzzisteve on June 09, 2016, 09:44:34 PM
Well, tomorrow & Sat are Demo Days. Sorry no birthday bash.
Title: Re: Vespa's Birthday
Post by: JeffOlson on June 09, 2016, 10:02:26 PM
Vespa was founded April 23, 1946.

"On 23 April 1946, at 12 o'clock in the central office for inventions, models and makes of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Florence, Piaggio e C. S.p.A. took out a patent for a 'motorcycle of a rational complexity of organs and elements combined with a frame with mudguards and a casing covering the whole mechanical part.'" Wikipedia.
Title: Re: Vespa's Birthday
Post by: oldbike54 on June 09, 2016, 10:06:11 PM
Well, tomorrow & Sat are Demo Days. Sorry no birthday bash.

 Steve , all models ?

 
Vespa was founded April 23, 1946.

"On 23 April 1946, at 12 o'clock in the central office for inventions, models and makes of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Florence, Piaggio e C. S.p.A. took out a patent for a 'motorcycle of a rational complexity of organs and elements combined with a frame with mudguards and a casing covering the whole mechanical part.'" Wikipedia.

 Thanks Jeff . If anyone mentioned this I missed it .

  Dusty
Title: Re: Vespa's Birthday
Post by: ITSec on June 10, 2016, 01:35:41 AM
Got some notice this evening in mainstream media... http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/09/autos/vespa-70th-anniversary/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/09/autos/vespa-70th-anniversary/index.html)
Title: Re: Vespa's Birthday
Post by: rodekyll on June 10, 2016, 04:10:26 AM
Vespas are hatched fully grown.
Title: Re: Vespa's Birthday
Post by: guzzisteve on June 10, 2016, 06:34:21 AM
I think it is all models Piaggio makes plus Vespa, Aprilia & Guzzi.  I'm not in sales so can't confirm. At least we got a V9 Demo.