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| Only because you're special Matt and I LOVE you! |
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Mon May 15, 2006 12:49 pm
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So if an Italian scooter was a superhero, would it be Marvel, DC, or other?
I used to be kind of partial to the old BW Conan the Barbarian. |
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Mon May 15, 2006 1:27 pm
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| Egan wrote: | | How does a indian scooter relate to Italy besides a borrowed design. |
Well, the fact that they look nearly identical and most of the parts are interchangable. What happens when you need a new fender and you get one that Scooterworks gets from LML? Is your scoot now an Italian/Indian hybrid?
I'll be riding my Stella because, well, we don't have the VNB until next month. I wouldn't ride a Baron or a Helix to this, but I think a Stella is perfectly acceptable for what they're looking for. |
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Mon May 15, 2006 1:47 pm
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I had sent a picture with my ticket request - and here was Leif's response...
| Quote: | Hi Stacie,
That's a lovely scooter, and we're not going to discriminate on national origin (and it is an Italian design). Would you like one or two tickets? Let me know and I'll have the ticket(s) at the box office. There will be parking across the street from the front of the theater.
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Leif |
Who all is going? And is anyone up for a ride or dinner before the concert? |
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| 433 wrote: |
I wouldn't ride a Baron or a Helix to this, but I think a Stella is perfectly acceptable for what they're looking for. |
And I was bummed out because the only scooter I'll have in working order by then has an allstate badge... |
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Mon May 15, 2006 4:45 pm
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Oooh, I'm sorry to miss this event, too. Going to be up north this weekend.
Here's my claim to fame: Dan Chouinard & I were in the same graduating class of the prestigious Chisago Lakes Senior High. He spent more time in the classrooms and bandrooms, I was in the art studios & parking lot mostly. |
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Mon May 15, 2006 4:51 pm
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Mon May 15, 2006 6:52 pm
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I wouldn't say MOST parts are interchangable between a Italian PX Vespa and an Indian Stella. I think that's a bit optimistic.
But ya, they do look alike.
Either way neither have much in common with "vintage" Italian scooters. |
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Mon May 15, 2006 7:18 pm
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| Derrick wrote: | | I wouldn't say MOST parts are interchangable between a Italian PX Vespa and an Indian Stella. I think that's a bit optimistic. |
Ture, true, I was being a bit hyperbolic.
| Quote: | | Either way neither have much in common with "vintage" Italian scooters. |
And that has everything to do with what you mean by "vintage". Yet again, a word that has a specific meaning is redefined by a particular community.
The dictionary defines "vintage" (the adjective) as:
1. Of or relating to a vintage.
2. Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.
3. Old or outmoded.
Any-hoo, this particular topic is hardly the place to discuss this particular issue. |
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Mon May 15, 2006 8:46 pm
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The state of Minnesota will let you put "classic" plates on a vehicle as recent as 1981. That means three years of P-series Vespas are now legally classics, i.e., vintage. So there!
Of course, handlebar vespas are now legally "antique"... |
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Mon May 15, 2006 9:43 pm
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| Tom Lindsay wrote: | | The state of Minnesota will let you put "classic" plates on a vehicle as recent as 1981. |
Oh, if I only still had my first car, a 1978 Dodge Aspen... |
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Tue May 16, 2006 5:34 am
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We've had this discussion before. It's just your basic religious war : )
I always thought it was vintage, classic, and modern. Vintage being everything before Vespa left the country the first time (1981?), classic being metal-bodied shifters after 1981, and modern being everything else.
P's are kind of odd ducks, they fit in a couple of categories. Purists don't consider them vintage. But they get to go on vintage rides if they were here when Vespa was in the US the first time around. |
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Tue May 16, 2006 8:26 am
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I don't care what the state says is "antique". They are hardly an authority on vintage scooters! Shit they don't even know how to classify them.
I think most vintage enthusiasts would consider PRE-P series Vespas as vintage. Some would include them but most would not. P's are really the first "modern" Vespas.
I think there was a "golden" age of Italian scooters that was begining in the mid 50's and continued until the late 60's. Vespas and lambrettas were at their pinnacle of style and design. Piaggio and Innocenti were world leaders in manufacturing. Having worked on almost every model of Vespa and Lambretta, I can say those years are really their best. Total style and function without compromise. Without this "golden" age I don't think scooters would be as popular today.
I think it would be strange to celebrate the "Italian verve of the era" with modern Indian or Chinese scooters.
However, it is true that most novice scooter folk would think this is appropriate.
Hell, aren't all scooters Vespas? |
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Tue May 16, 2006 8:49 am
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| Derrick wrote: |
I think it would be strange to celebrate the "Italian verve of the era" with modern Indian or Chinese scooters.
However, it is true that most novice scooter folk would think this is appropriate.
Hell, aren't all scooters Vespas? |
They're just trying to get a "feel", not pure accuracy. |
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Tue May 16, 2006 9:02 am
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Let me think about that.
Hmmm... I wonder if I can redefine "feel". |
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