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Vespa 400 - Pontedera
Vespa 400
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Australia - South Africa Overland
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  • overland AUS to S.A. - Pontedera
    overland AUS to S.A.
    by globetrott
    Another great itinerary for an overland tour from Australai to South-Africa, driving all the way over Asia, Middle east and Africa.
    Just imagine the small space he (she/they?) had for the luggage, the tent, food, clothings, petrol...

    These scooters used by globetrotters are displayed in the entrance of the museum - it seemed to me they were still too dusty for the museum :-))
    And unfortunately there are no further infos, except the itineraries painted on the scooters...

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    Roma to Ho Chi Minh City
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  • Roma to Ho Chi Minh City by scooter - Pontedera
    Roma to Ho Chi Minh City by
    scooter
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    Another great itinerary made by an ordinary Vepsa :
    Roma - Greece - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Bangladesh - Thailand - Cambodia.

    How often did I dream of such a journey, while reading books about globetrotters.
    Unfortunately, the older you get, you get wiser (at least a bit) ...
    ....and so I think I will better take s amall car instead a scooter one day.

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    VESPA "Siluro"
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  • a high-speed scooter by Piaggio / Vespa - Pontedera
    a high-speed scooter by
    Piaggio / Vespa
    by globetrott
    Here you see another high-speed motorscooter built by Piaggio in 1951.
    It could reach a top-speed of 171,1 km/h and was mainly constructed for the speed trial of the "standing Kilometre"

    I think it rather looks like a submarine, than a scooter...

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    Vespa 150 T.A.P. (Truppe Aero Portale)
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  • a Vespa for the french army - Pontedera
    a Vespa for the french army
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    This motorscooter made by Vespa-France was used by the french army.
    Between 1956 and 1959 Vespa produced 600 of them for the Foreign Legion and french paratroopers.
    It had a 75mm cannon , 6 rounds of ammunition, had a top-speed of 60 km/h and could go 200 km with its tank.
    It was parachuted in its own protective packing.

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    5 Continents overland by Vespa
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  • 5 continents overland by Vespa - Pontedera
    5 continents overland by Vespa
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    When you click on my picture, youn see the great itinerary that was done with this small Vepsa-motorscooter :
    Australia - Asia - Africa - Europe - Asia - North-America - South-America.

    It is a pity, there was not any more infos about this great adventure with such a small ordinary vehicle, that did not even have an extra-large tank for the gasoline.

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    a Vespa for Vegetarians ???
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  • Pontedera Off the Beaten Path
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    Another funny exhibit in the museum is this Vespa decorated with flowers & animals - maybe not really a good idea for everyday use of the motorscooter

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    VESPA 400
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  • Vespa 400 - Pontedera
    Vespa 400
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    There is even a small car with 4 wheels, named Vespa 400 and similar to most common car in Italy of that time (Fiat 500 )
    This Vespa-car had 2 seats only and obviously was NO big success, as families are mostly much bigger in Italy.

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    preaching water & drinking Champagne ???
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  • Vespa & Porsche... - Pontedera
    Vespa & Porsche...
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    When you click on my picture, you will see a great airoplane produced by Piaggio as well, and on the left one of their many cargo-scooters .

    And the PORSCHE in the front is one of the manager's of course.

    Just tell me, why the managers of such a company NEVER drive the scooters, they produce themselves...
    ???

    ;-))

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    a Vespa decorated by Salvadore Dali
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  • a vespa in Dali-design - Pontedera
    a vespa in Dali-design
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    in 1962, 2 students from Spain ( Santiago Guillen & Antonio Veciana ) began their trip on this Vespa from Madrid to Athens.
    In Cadaquez they met Salvadore Dali, who decorated their Vespa, before they left for Athens...

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