NBR - Ben Hur on a Vespa

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NBR - Ben Hur on a Vespa

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(source = Retronaut)
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Nice find.
Not sure if it's an "upgrade" from a chariot, but it's cool.
And he needs better gear. For safety and the "breezy blow-back" possibilities :shock: .
.::I know the voices in my head aren't real, but man do they come up with some great ideas::.
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From the subject line I was expecting something like this scene from Ancient Roman Holiday.

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Wonder if they killed as many Vespas as they did horses.
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Heh. On the Retronaut page there's a pic of them pushing the Vespa, so maybe so!
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:roll: I don' t recsll Moses riding up Mt Sinai on a Vespa :rofl: :rofl: Oh wait, this is "Chariot of the Gods?" getting confuzzled. :D
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Like TVB, I wuz thinking something completely different... :D

Werst photochop evar...

(but hey, you get the idea at least... ;) )
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Love it! :D
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