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!

Nice. Anything attached crosswise on a scooter stands out and gets look. Like a Christmas tree!

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.

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.

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!

Have you ever thought about doing a cross country Vespa ride?

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.