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Vespa SS90 This is now

Woah, slow down! Before every Vespisti in the world explodes in a ball of rage I must point out that this isn’t an original SS90. It’s an example of how convincing a replica can be and full details of how it came into being can be found in the information panel on page 34. For now, I’ll just say that in all but frame number this is an exact copy and as I’m only interested in riding it, that’s perfect for me.

It seems that every month a new electric scooter is launched on an unsuspecting and often unwelcoming world. Standing out among the sea of cheap, and not so cheap, mass manufactured machines are a handful of small workshops busily trying to

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