Great scooter rideout!

 

Some friends on Vespas and one Lambretta during The Visby Vespa Club summer rideout on the island of Gotland. It's my red Cosa far away in the picture. Later there was a gymkhana and it ended with a dinner.

At the local "brewery"...

My PK 50 XL on the far right.

2012's last scooter rideout

Me, myself and I, the town hall in the background.

A happy new year to all! Felice anno nuovo! Gott nytt år!

On this last day of 2012 there was a rideout in Stockholm. 14 scooterists showed up on this warm ( yes, +5 C) New Years eve. Most of the snow and ice had melted from the main streets. I took my Vespa PK 50 XL from my home to the meeting point at Nytorget, about 15 km's. Then the rideout inside the city with stops on Skeppsholmen and Riddarholmen. Much to the amusement of the tourists present.

Then a stop for coffe at bar in the Old Town of Stockholm. Then the Vespas and Lambrettas went home.

What a pleasant way to end 2012!

Welcome 2013!

Two of the oldest Vespas's, 1951 and 1953 with sidecar.

Mod-ish PX 200. 

14 scooters were participating, Vespas and Lambrettas.

My PK 50 XL next to a 150 Li...

...without a mudguard!

The tourists in the Old Town were busy with their cameras.

The scooters parked outside a café in the old town.

Cool Vespa rider in Pisa

Even the coolest cat in Italy wears a helmet today. On my first visit to Italy twenty years ago, no one riding a Vespa had head protection. The guy on the smallframe is riding in the old parts of Pisa, near the leaning tower. We were enjoing an espresso doppio and a gelato when he hurried past.
The condition and style of the Vespa 125 indicates that it's not only a commuter vehicle. Maybe a member of the Vespa Club Pisa? A club who started as early as 1949.

The scooter premiere in Stockholm was covered by lots of photographers. One was Fia-Lotta, check her pics, who happened to capture another cool cat. I didn't colour match the old helmet with the Vespa 125 U, the one guilty is the former owner who obviously had some blue paint left after spraying the "utilitaria".
Now? The Vespa World Days 2011 in Gjövik, Norway, is not far away...

Scooter premiere Stockholm

Stockholm Mod Scooter club participated.

Saturday 7th of May, finally the Scooter Premiär 2011 (Premiere, Primo) in Stockholm. Excellent weather, sunny and warm. Maybe 80 plus scooters were present. From a 1950 Vespa "Rod" over tuned Lambrettas to modern Vespas. The motorcade drove through Stockholm inner city, past an annoying marathon or so, to the Nytorget. Refreshments and scooter-talk.

The main arranger was the Svenska Scooterklubben, but Lambretta Club Stockholm, Vespa Club Stockholm and Stockholm Mod Scooter Club were present.

Yes, I've used a programme to give the pictures an old look.

Some more "normal" pictures at the end of this blog.

Super-tuned Lambretta series III.

Mildly pimped Vespa SS 180.

My own Vespa 125 U with a Primavera.

Shiny Vespa GS with a Li series I.

You gotta look cool, mirrors where plentiful.

Vespa Rally 200.

Mirrors and fog lights.

Nicely customized Vespa Touring from 1961.

Quite a lot Lambretta 200 DL were present.

The owner of this one has rastafari hair...

The Lambretta Li again.

Sidecar, with stickers from all over Europe.

I like the angle of the riders foot!

A married couple with the kids at home...

Union Jack was frequent.

Lot's of targets...

At the goal, Nytorget.