Pontedera Off The Beaten Path

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...
???

;-))

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...