Whats so great about a vintage scooter, anyway?
Most vintage scooterista are attracted to thier bikes because of a number of factors: The Vespa and Lambretta scooters were created in Italy, which has a history of great design. These bikes are visually stunning and eye catching. Scooterists will approach this styling in different ways. Some see it as a palatte to add more eye catching gear (such as the mirror and headlight happy mods). Some strip it down to its essentisals: removing the glove box, not having any racks running one mirror on the cowl (or less if they can get away with it). There is also the simplicity of these bikes. In the Vespa, the body is also the frame, and the two stroke motors of both bikes have a minimum of moving parts. The diffrence is immediatly obvious if one were to remove the engine cowl of a modern Bajaj chetak and a P200, for example, and compare what is seen. Vintage engines are easy to keep serviced, and it (usually) easy to address roadside breakdown if you carry some spare cables and spare tire (or
