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Vespa Rally 200 That was then...

“Peter Kelly casts off those rose-tinted spectacles” – Vespa’s Super Scoot The 200 Rally

It’s amazing how the scooter has kept selling despite the massive onslaught of conventional motorcycles from Japan and the Continent. True, you don’t see nearly so many scooters around these days because so many good small capacity motorcycles are available but the scooter still seems to appeal perhaps to someone who likes neatness and tidiness and doesn’t like having to wear the full motorcycling gear all the time.

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