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Jun 28, 2019 | 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by old mago

LOL !!! my old man rode a vespa in the 50s....he was a timber cutter and somehow he loaded the vespa up with a cross cut saw running lengthways, three axes on the back with his gear and a hessian bag full of splitting wedges on the floor under his feet!!!............FLH came up looking sweet !!

Lmao.....this one was a bit rare...1 of 199 that year. Owner was on Ted Turners boat the courageous ....they won the America s Cup in 1977 and brought it back to USA.....his wife after race in Australia took him too new zealand FOR HIS BIRTHDAY before going home to newport and bought him this vespa...very expensive restoration but they wanted it done no matter.
IT Used to live on his sailboat....now youll see it on the streets of newport. One of those evebody loved but me...
Have to admit i only test road it at night as everbody had a camera ready to catch me....little bastard went 70 mph...not for me.