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).
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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What are your year end Vespa riding stats? Allen C. in Washington DC wrote me his:
Months ridden : 7
Miles ridden : 2700
$ saved on parking alone: $1000.00
Ticketts: one near miss
Drops : 2 (one while parked!)
Maintaince : $300.00
Price for piaggo 150 with 2200 miles :$ 2000.00
Cost per week to fill up $3.50 plus or minus
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Months ridden: Since August 2004, (not ridden in Winter)
Bike: 2005 GT 200, Silver
Miles ridden: 1800
Parking: 00.0
Tickets: 0
Drops: 1, parking on grass, no damage
Other: Wife backed over it in our driveway, repair cost for body work $1200. We're still married.
Longest ride: 177 miles from the Pa Dutch country of Pa to the Jersey Shore
Posted by: John W, Reading, PA | December 29, 2005 at 07:21 AM
Funny I actually never got off my scooter. After about a week I started to smell, but found that Lava soap and gasoline is like scooterist's hippy stink. I urinated only while in motion, and mostly crapped myself.
It's been a good year.
Posted by: Grant Perler | December 30, 2005 at 06:17 AM