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    Jonathan began riding Vespas in 1983. Since then a wide variety of stylish transportation has taken him in a big full circle all the way back to riding Vespas in the San Francisco Bay Area. This time it is a veteran software developer's means of getting out of the city, with the wife to the beach (in shortest time), to and from the office downtown (in shortest time).

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    Neil Barton grew up in the small town of Bayonne, NJ in the shadow of NYC. He is 32 and is married to his high school sweetheart Karyn. He is a seasoned technology professional working in Manhattan as the network manager of a publishing company. He attended New York University for a bachelors of science and has traveled far and wide. He has been riding his beloved Vespa ET4 for 2 years. His personal weblog can be found at UrbanNerd.com.

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November 05, 2005

Wild World

On the subject of false advertising, I am sad to see my fellow Americans are still falling for offers on eBay of Vietnamese "restorations" which are actually prettily painted Frankenstein monsters made from one part scrapped Vespa Sprint, one part scrapped Vespa Super Sport, two parts salvaged Bajaj Chetak, and ten parts Bondo. They may make impressive lawn ornaments but better leave the gnomes to work that job because the gnomes are not going to work on that travesty of a motor for you, and neither will self-respecting US certified mechanics. Do yourself a favor and leave those vehicles in Vietnam where the "art" of keeping such machines alive is practised. At the same time, I am happy to see the LX125 is now in healthy rotation over there. 

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I checked out those Frankien-Vespas on Ebay... They look good, but probably not the scooter that will be at the docks when you pick it up! The bondo will probably have vibrated off during shipping!

Posted by: Steve K. | December 26, 2005 at 07:46 PM

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