Air Cooled Junkie
P-range Vespas have been the work-horse of our scene since I can remember – bulletproof engines, easy spares/ accessory availability, relative comfort and good carrying capacity have made them the ‘go to’ machine for clocking up miles. Keeping them standard with good maintenance should give years of loyal service. That said, many scooterists don’t like to fit into the ‘Mr Smithers-Jones’ mentality (thank God!) and like to make their rides personal and interesting!
“It jumped out of second gear half way up. I went to talk to him when we got to top but he’d fallen off with the rucksack on his back.”
The owner of this beauty, Steven Smyth, started with a PX150 hegive a more street racer look. Paint-wise they decided on a gold/white/black Coke style flowing scheme, retro graphics and ‘crazy’ mural. I can’t help thinking of a mixture of two of my good mates when I look at it (better not say who though!). I especially like the frog footprints and the way Crazy Frog is graffiti airbrushing the Vespa logo on the front legshields.
