Sunday Ride
I don’t expect to see another scooter or motorcycle at church but it was nice to see another Vespa GTS this morning. Keith is filling in for the regular organist this week and rode his bright red Vespa GTS 300 to Boalsburg. With the sky blue and temperature rising it the bright red scoot was like a spring flower.
Church riders. Perhaps there are more.
The thermometer should approach 60F this afternoon — with a breeze it should help dry out the muddy yard and keep the dogs relatively clean. Wish I could take advantage of the break in the weather and take a long lazy ride but duty and responsibility beckon.
I should be caught up in about two years.
Steve I ride my 300 GT else to church each Sunday with my bass, in it’s case, across the seat behind me. I get some looks!
Nice. Anything attached crosswise on a scooter stands out and gets look. Like a Christmas tree!
Church Rider, eh?
Obviously not the old circuit church rider/organist of old..
Have him warm up his fingers before he plays…as for catch-up in two years. You may well have retired come 24 months or so.
Here, in southern Ontario warm about 10C degrees however, it is extremely windy with strong gusts. Have heard the rumble and whine of a few riders heard in the distance,
A “nice” day but maybe not so nice in some ways.
Ride to heaven on a red Vespa.
What better way?
Like his choice of colors
There was a 200cc dirt bike at church today. He rode from several miles away and on the icy parts of the road, he would move to the gravel along the shoulder. No studded tires and the knobbies were pretty worn.
Haven’t done the go-to-meetin’ thing in quite a while…but you do know Vespas have long been the ride of the clergy. 🙂
I did manage a near-30-mile ride late in the afternoon – part fun-ride, part fact-finding mission – although I do wish I’d started the ride an hour before, closer to the day’s high-temperature sweet spot. (Not to mention a wicked headwind for about 1/3 of the trip home.) Just hungry for Spring, I’d say.
Sunday rides to church were one of my favourite things of the summer, until The Kid came along. Used to love hitting the back road on the way in, before the Sunday drivers were out, trying to drag pegs along Suicide Corner by the Yacht Club, or else taking the highway if I was running late, and using the ATV trail as a shortcut … good times.
I’m a more pedestrian rider than you Kawazacky. I haven’t dragged pegs in a long time and that was by accident. And it’s always my shortcuts that cause me to be running late!
Like the Dragon Red GTS 300 (it’s just like mine!). We are starting to get regular temps in the 50s-60s here in Atlanta, and it’s starting to feel like riding season is really here. Come visit sometime!
Have you ever thought about doing a cross country Vespa ride?
Still cold here. 20F this morning and I’m fighting off a cold. A couple days off work and away from the blog to sleep.
I have thought many times of a cross country ride on the Vespa. I’ve been thinking of that cross country trip since high school. First in the VW Campmobile, the Beetle and numerous other vehicles up to the GTS. Not sure if it will ever happen but the idea has fueled many daydreams.
Appears we are of a like mind about riding a GTS cross country. My daydreams are of flying to the west coast, purchasing a GTS and riding it back to the east coast. I think that trip would take about 3 weeks; I wish I had a full 2 months to do the trip east-west-east, but that seems unlikely. I’ve done scooter trips from Miami to Atlanta, from Raleigh to Atlanta and from Louisville to Atlanta, but the coast to coast is the golden ring.
With all the cold weather riding you do, I’ve been curious why you do not have a more substantial wind screen. The fly screen provides no more than minimal shielding. I have the mid-height screen and it does wonders in protecting me from the cold blast. Also, with more shielding, it’s less fatiguing.
There are lots of ways to have the dream ride. One version of mine means camping rough. No hotels, motels or hot showers every night. Sounds romantic but the reality isn’t.
The short windscreen does a good job deflecting the wind blast upwards to the helmet. I like feeling the wind hit me and my gear had kept me warm until this year. So I think one more layer will offset any chill from the heart attack medicine. And besides, I don’t like looking through plastic. The visor is enough!