Amerivespa: Ride Reports, Pics, Etc.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:51 am

bgwss wrote:Flaming Vespa paint job in the second video is awesome!

That scooter won an award in the Concourse d'Elegance. Apparently it is a frequent winner at rallies.

Post by **ericalm** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:02 am

bgwss wrote:Flaming Vespa paint job in the second video is awesome!

That belongs to Nyle of Jettin.com. It's won a bunch of awards (too many—time to let someone else win one!). He's got a few custom GTSs, I think.

modernscooterist · Post by **modernscooterist** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:37 pm

That was some cool pics and videos, loving it

send more pics

modernscooterist · Post by **modernscooterist** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:42 pm

Thanks to all of you that showed up, would have not been a fun time without all the nice people that showed up. See you all at the next one

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:29 pm

Rajron, Skootz and myself on the San Juan Bautista ride:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scooterpic ... 203133446/

enzomatic · Post by **enzomatic** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:44 am

ericalm wrote:
bgwss wrote:Flaming Vespa paint job in the second video is awesome!
That belongs to Nyle of Jettin.com. It's won a bunch of awards (too many—time to let someone else win one!). He's got a few custom GTSs, I think.

Ya he was wearing a shirt from http://www.enzoracing.com/ that would look great on me for some reason.

Post by **ericalm** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:57 pm

Very cool pic of Jason from San Antone jumping the Buddy during the gymkhana:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scooterpics/3706845098/

…And more great Buddys at Amerivespa pics from Pistol Pete:

Great SFSG legshield banner:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scooterpics/3703358509/
(I think that's Laura underneath all that gear, right?)

How many Buddy's does she get to ride?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scooterpics/3703358111/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scooterpics/3704162692/

Riding a Vespa LX S, but rocking a Genuine T-shirt!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scooterpics/3712502644/

(Those shirts were a big hit!)

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:20 am

I went to a rally for the first time, Ameravespa, and met a lot of people.
Our vacation was to include Ameravespa, but I didn’t get to spend too much time there; here are some pictures.
The wife is still vacationing; I had to fly home because of work.

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:25 am

More pics from Ameravespa:

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:30 am

few more pics:

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:54 am

Great shots, rajron!

The leader of the pack to San Juan Bautista is Oz, The O.Z. over on ModernVespa. The next day, we were posting about the ride on MV and he said, "You were there? Why didn't you say hi?" The ridiculous thing about these types of events is that you can spend an entire day a few feet away from someone you've swapped messages with online for a few years and not even know it.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:25 am

Nice Rajron! I wanna go back! The sky in that San Juan Bautista shot is so blue is almost doesn't look real. So much fun!

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:25 pm

Still digging them out – a few more shots from Ameravespa:

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:58 pm

In the Uvas pic, there's a custom flat black GTS with a yellow & black caution tape design on the back. That's MB and ModernVespa founder jess' rather badass Cannonball scooter. The caution tape design is also on the sides. That's his spare gas tank mounted on the back.

Way in the background, you can see Skootz, I'm handing MB stuff to an Italia rider, and you can also see Jimmy & Mike from NoHo Scooters. Mike's SYM RV250 is a pretty sweet little cruising scoot.

Laura · Post by **Laura** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:43 am

ericalm wrote:Meeting online people offline—or sometimes not meeting them—is pretty funny.

I met Tenchi today. He approached and started talking to Skootz and I then said he was looking for the MB people. Hey, that's us!

Then tonight, a MB member, Laura, won the SYM HD200 raffle. I was standing next to her but didn't know who she was.

Hey Eric,

It's Genuinescootergirl ( Laura) since 2006!

I love my black '06 125 Buddy, ordered from my awesome dealer, Barry while still a rumor - sight unseen.
It was better than I could have ever expected.
I ordered the new 2008 150 St. Tropez to ride the Cannonball, based on my experience with Genuine scoots.
Broke my throttle hand: ( No Cannonball for me that year.
I still have both scoots and they have been my daily riders.

Now the SYM 200. I'm getting used to the huge wheels ( it's not a Buddy) and to remember to use the center stand when putting gas in or the gas goes out.

I now have three great scoots, all a little different.

Nice meeting you the day after I won the SYM & thanks for the patch, it's already on my rally jacket.

Laura

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