I took the plunge, and went for the elephant gun!

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:09 am

I can't wait. I put 50 miles on my Buddy today. I was working on the computer working on syllabi for some classes coming up and late afternoon I just got the urge to go out and ride. I managed to do a couple of errands but it was really for the fun of it.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu May 31, 2012 10:01 pm

Mutt the Hoople wrote:There's part of the collection... Three more in the closet. Vintage GoGo boots (they fit too), leather jacket signed by Ian Hunter, (Mott the Hoople, Cleveland Rocks).

I don't know about Amerivespa. I've been lurking around the Modern Vespa site and... I like the vibe here better. It's more fun. I think I'm a Buddy girl who happens to own a Vespa too. But I am trying to convince a friend to come here for a visit and to ride two up to the Lake of the Ozarks perhaps. We are talking about a trip to Memphis... But it would be a bit far for the first one. But we are talking a out a weekend of music in the fall, the Stax museum, Sun Records and of course Elvis. He's a Mott the Hoople/Ian Hunter fan as well and it will be 40 years this year when after a particularly great show, Ian Hunter and Joe Walsh sort of crashed Elvis' home... To be politely asked to leave by Elvis' maid Alberta. Ian then wrote the song "All The Way To Memphis". Lol. We do not plan on breaking in to Graceland though.

Very nice collection! Thanks for the pictures.

It sounds like there will be quite a few MB folks at Amerivespa, so hopefully the vibes will be fine. I've only checked MV a few times, but recently I was on fairly regularly to follow the Cannonball thread. Seems to be a good group of people. If not, I'm sure I can find an establishment with cold brews and, if I have to, entertain myself (which is not a foreign situation to me

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Rob

Post by **ericalm** » Thu May 31, 2012 10:31 pm

Mutt the Hoople wrote:I don't know about Amerivespa. I've been lurking around the Modern Vespa site and... I like the vibe here better. It's more fun. I think I'm a Buddy girl who happens to own a Vespa too.

w00t! Love to hear that!

Amerivespa isn't really reflected by the tone of ModernVespa, though. I call it Scooter Summer Camp. Many MB members will be there, as will many from MV and many who just show up from wherever!

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:38 pm

Lol. Sounds fun. I'm sure the People on the Modern Vespa board are quite nice... I see some familiar faces/names from here over there. I just like the humor here. Maybe also because I saw a favorite helmet thread and the third poster had a Ruby. I have a Fulmer. I felt unworthy. Lol. No Mutts allowed.

cdwise · Post by **cdwise** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:43 pm

Mutt the Hoople wrote:Lol. Sounds fun. I'm sure the People on the Modern Vespa board are quite nice... I see some familiar faces/names from here over there. I just like the humor here. Maybe also because I saw a favorite helmet thread and the third poster had a Ruby. I have a Fulmer. I felt unworthy. Lol. No Mutts allowed.

That would be Judy and she's a great gal. While she prizes her Ruby it isn't her every day helmet but for special occasions (and not when it may rain for some reason

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Like all boards there are good people and some who you may wish were not there.

Amerivespa will have just as many, possibly more folks who are not riding Vespas as those who are. Even those who have Vespas may be on something else they own. I fall in that category because I'll be on my BV 500 not my GTS or my Buddy. In large part because I'll be coming from Colorado where the only scoots we have available are the BVs. In part because it will be 1,200 miles or more each way and for those distances I prefer the bigger scoot though I've done it on a Vespa GTS before.

Post by **ericalm** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:46 pm

Mutt the Hoople wrote:Lol. Sounds fun. I'm sure the People on the Modern Vespa board are quite nice... I see some familiar faces/names from here over there. I just like the humor here. Maybe also because I saw a favorite helmet thread and the third poster had a Ruby. I have a Fulmer. I felt unworthy. Lol. No Mutts allowed.

Hell, if I had the money and less of a compulsion to protect my face, I'd own a Ruby, too.

The communities are very different. MB was founded by MV members but quickly grew into something else altogether. I used to spend a LOT more time there but other responsibilities have pulled me away. Well, that and a bunch of haters.

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:04 am

Well, I have to admit if I had the money I'd have a Ruby. Or two. They are quite gorgeous. But it is so welcoming here. I have yet to post there. It gives me writers block LOL. That may not be an altogether bad thing.

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:11 am

Now Mutt, it is a friendly bunch over at MV as well. A bigger crowd, and sometimes a sharper edge, but a good place to share stuff about scooters. And, hey, the folks over there really know the GTV

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Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:35 am

Wellllll. Okay then. I can't wait to get my GTV home. It looks like a vintage amusement park ride and I want some thrills. I spent half the evening on a site dedicated to the old Chain of Rocks Fun Fair amusement park that once graced a hilltop just off of Riverview Blvd. in Saint Louis before times changed and Six Flags came to town. Sadly it is long gone BUT there is Coney Island in Cincinnati and boy would that be a fun trip. Hmmmmm

ThreeSheets · Post by **ThreeSheets** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:34 pm

congrats on the new Vespa. You will always have a place here!

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:50 pm

Thanks. I'm not selling or trading in my Buddy... Unless it gets too expensive to insure two scooters. And the property tax on them. Instead of taxing me more for my scooters than my car I think the great state of Missouri should give me a tax break for sucking up a lot less gas and wasting less of out natural resources. LOL. But that ain't gonna happen!