Brand presentation Vespa

The model Vespa XNUMXcc Series I is presented to the public at Golf-Club from Rome in April XNUMX. Features of the models are a cast iron horizontal cylinder XNUMX stroke engine, baffled piston and forced air cooling. The exact displacement is XNUMX cc, hence the name.

The first scooter Vespa manufactured in XNUMX thousand copies the first year, has singular characteristics that distinguish it from other motorcycles. The wheels are fixed laterally (as with aircraft landing gear, presumably a legacy of the "aeronautical" origin of the Vespa ( wasp in Italian)), which makes it easy to take them apart; the fork becomes a simple arm, which notably facilitates the changing of the inner tube and tyre. The motor is protected par the hull and is mounted directly on the rear wheel par the intermediary of the gearbox, which frees up a place for the feet at the front and makes it possible to protect the legs par a fairing (the transmission chain having been removed). The opposite rear wing allows the fitting of a small boot or the installation of a spare wheel.

Le  Vespa 98 will allow Piaggio to be reborn from its ashes. VSar the reception from the public is such that Piaggio will constitute its own network and do without the network spear . At the end of XNUMX, it will be XNUMX thousand models sold to exceed XNUMX million models ten years later.

Drive a Vespa is not only an innovative choice for reasons of efficiency and low fuel consumption; it is rather an approach to life. Since the first campaigns of the brand in the XNUMXs and XNUMXs, Vespa makes us dream of escaping the daily routine, of reaching distant destinations and rediscovering contact with a clean, happy and living world.

The Vespa Clubs

In the aftermath are created the first Vespa Clubs , associations that bring together enthusiasts of Vespa for all kinds of events (walks, discussions, auctions, etc.). Following the creation of the first club in Italy, in Via reggio, in XNUMX, lovers of Vespa around the world were quick to follow suit: in XNUMX, a European union (five years before the Treaty of Rome!) of drivers of Vespa was born, bringing together Italian, French, German, Swiss, Dutch and Belgian clubs.

More than XNUMX lovers of Vespa coming from XNUMX countries gathered in Italy for the big parade. The XNUMX edition was held in Italy, in Pontedera from April XNUMX to XNUMX. The XNUMX edition will be held in Gijon, Spain from May XNUMX to XNUMX.