Vespid Ride
This little episode was inspired by…
One: a video Squiddie Stick-figurer posted a while back where the lady rides a Vespa, presumably for the first time… and crashes. Two: when I was in Paris, I had the opportunity to rent and ride a Vespa. I chickened out because I thought that THIS very incident would happen to me in Parisian streets… OR I would DIE of inept Vespa manuevering. Let it be known, I guess, that I have never actually ridden a Vespa… but like the Tin Man says “… but I still want one.”
I remember my first try at riding a motorcycle. It was a Honda CB400F. From the back seat, I watched the guy that I was buying it from operate the clutch, throttle and brakes. He turned it over to me after I paid for it and walked away. That left me pretty much on my own. First time, yes. It got away from me and I bailed. I then picked it up and tried again. After that, there were no more surprises and I learned very quickly. That, was in 1980.
This is basically what happened when I taught my sister to ride a scooter 😛
Mischugenah: I hope nobody was hurt in the lesson! (welcome to the squid forum)…
Joe…. YOU are soooo BRAVE. I am awed.
Hey, I remember that discussion thread of days gone bye. Someone mentioned a Vespa on the show Pawn Stars, which I could not find a clip of, but did find the disastrous one you mentioned, brig. About a not so svelte lady owner of a curious goods for sale shop on a show called “What the Sell?” She won’t accept a Vespa for sale unless she test rides it first. So off she goes and crashes it. Would she do the right thing and buy it from the guy? Nope. Refuses it. It just kills me thinking and remembering that clip. #%$%^*
So, some mention was made earlier to an upcoming vehicle of a interesting hue.
I wonder if Randie’s gonna repaint her likely soon to be damaged set of wheels into a more agreeable color.
Joe, I like the thinking of your bike broker. No riding on your own until you’re paid in full.
Helmet! And crash suit, too, preferably!
I would sooooo love a Vespa, though I’m in Randie’s court. No pink for me, give me a nice teal or forest green.
Heh… I did see a woman riding a pink one once and the only thing I could think of was that she obviously wanted to be a Barbie Doll in a past life. She was a big girl, a little on the older lady side, and dressed head to toe in pink complete with a fluffy pink scarf. She looked like someone dumped a few gallons of Pepto-Bismo over her.
Gah! Pasha… Pepto-scooter rides again! … I think a lovely light blue or tealish/greenish/orangey/yellow or… maybe just anything but pink.
Yah, a crash-helmet is in order, Binky… for sure!
Stick… it not a Vespid.
Pasha,
Hmm. a Barbie wannabe with a pink Vespa you say? Maybe she looked like this…
http://www.scootpink.com/lisas-barbie-with-vespa-series/
…turns out, Barbie has a blue Vespa option, and the bluey can be bought on its own…
http://www.nbcmotors.com/nbc/barbie+vespa.aspx
Oh, and here, with much sadness is the noted Vespa crash at the hands of the curious-goods shop owner, who crashes it, admits to it being her fault, and refuses to buy it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgl8ZYGcpP4
brig,
Can hardly contain my curiousity.
Stick… I like the Barbie Vespa… and in all honesty… I think I might just have to have one for myself… not in pink though… goodness no! I do like the Barbie under the Vespa, although at first it seemed like one of Barbie’s many talents seemed to be mechanic-ness… but that’s not where the engine is on a Vespa. Or maybe she’s just an airhead.
@Stick… yeah, like that. Now make the dress almost the same color as the bike, add about 50 lbs to the driver, and toss in a fluffy pink scarf that trailed down the back and you about have it. I think she might have been a Mary Kay sales person too because the dress hand a matching suit jacket that she was wearing. Ever see Edward Scissorhands? Think of the outfit that the lady who found him was wearing at the beginning of the movie. Here: http://fabbots.typepad.com/.a/6a013486359536970c0147e02208fb970b-800wi Only make it bright Pepto Bismo pink.