Scooter collector Neil "Dick Humpty" White, sets off for Italy in pursuit of the story of the Vespa. We join him on a journey that takes us to two of Italy's legendary Auto Jumbles now the only place in the world to pick up original classics of Vespa history. Take a tour round the Vespa museum, catch a glimpse inside the factory itself and ride out with an Italian Vespa club in the foothill of the Alps mountain range.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:27 Right, a train.
00:29 May seem a bit of a strange place to start a story about
00:32 Vespa, but it's taken us to the airport, where we're
00:35 going to jump on a plane.
00:36 We're going to fly down to Italy and show you what it's
00:39 all about, but to save you all the rubbish of airports.
00:42 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:59 It really feels like our Vespa quest has begun now.
01:02 We're screaming down a 200-year-old road along the
01:06 Cote d'Azur, just over the border in Italy.
01:12 We've got a small little auto jumble, where if we don't find
01:17 any Vespas, I'll eat my hat.
01:20 They're everywhere.
01:21 The country's obsessed with them.
01:24 It's a passion, a passion the like of which I haven't found
01:29 anywhere else in the world.
01:30 Not even England.
01:31 It's different.
01:32 It's different here.
01:34 It's more family-orientated, maybe.
01:38 It's more just pure obsession.
01:44 This is what I love about these sort of auto jumbles.
01:47 You've got old Mercedes.
01:48 You've got people who are into Lambrettas, talking to
01:51 people with motor guzzies.
01:52 Once you've got people with motor guzzies trying to sell
01:54 their Vespas to other people, everyone just has a really
01:57 jolly time and just trades stuff about, well, is it
02:00 selling this and selling that?
02:01 But the reason was that I'm here now is
02:04 because of scooters.
02:06 And here we go.
02:08 This one.
02:09 This one, I guess, would be a 1954 Vespa 125.
02:15 Absolutely incredible.
02:17 You'll tell that it's a 125.
02:18 We've got gear cables here.
02:21 Was it this was introduced in about 1952, and was a great
02:25 improvement on the old rod mechanism, which didn't really
02:28 function particularly well.
02:30 Was it little extras that weren't fitted as standard?
02:32 It would be things like a Speedo here.
02:33 Now, this little Speedo with the Vespa logo on it is really
02:37 very rare.
02:38 And it's a lovely little extra if you're going to restore a
02:40 bike, was it?
02:41 This is the sort of thing that you really
02:42 want to put on there.
02:43 And it's as rare as hen's teeth.
02:44 You just don't find them anymore.
02:46 You look at the wider frame, was it?
02:48 You look inside here.
02:49 We've got the toolbox there with the carburettor inside it.
02:52 Absolutely incredible machines.
02:54 And with the headlamp low.
02:56 Now, this machine was produced in England by Douglas.
02:58 But because of legal regulations, the headlamp had
03:01 to be moved up to here.
03:02 This one would have been known as a GL or a GL2.
03:05 This one next to it is a Series 1 GS160.
03:09 Now, yeah, if you're watching this, you'll be thinking,
03:11 great, I'd love this machine.
03:13 But it is really very expensive.
03:14 And Italy isn't the sort of place to buy
03:16 these things anymore.
03:17 You're talking about 1,200 pounds for
03:19 something like this.
03:20 It's complete.
03:21 But you can get that sort of deal in England.
03:24 Sometimes you're better off actually buying one that's
03:26 already restored for a couple of thousand pounds.
03:28 It's going to cost you 800 to do one anyway.
03:30 But this is a lovely example to find.
03:32 And more importantly, a lot of the British models, you find
03:35 they're rusted out underneath with the weather.
03:37 You come to Italy, and you do find the rust-free examples.
03:41 Things to look out for here.
03:43 Straight mud guards, straight leg shields.
03:45 Well, you look at the switch here, and that automatically
03:47 tells you straight away that it's a GS160.
03:50 The classic mud bubbles at the back.
03:52 Well, it looked great in chrome in the 1960s.
03:55 And this is about a 1962 model.
03:58 And in 1962, you had all the mods riding around up and down
04:01 the seafronts, fighting with the bikers and
04:04 doing their things.
04:04 And they were getting there on things like this.
04:06 Cheap, affordable transport.
04:08 Other things to look out for.
04:10 Things like brake shoes.
04:11 You go through these.
04:11 You can find yourself the old Vespa brake shoes.
04:13 They differ a little bit in diameter.
04:15 And the reproductions that you get just
04:16 don't quite do the job.
04:20 Carburettors.
04:22 Vespa 50 carburettor.
04:24 No use whatsoever.
04:25 Now, this is a real rarity.
04:27 You don't come across these very often.
04:29 Well, it's never made in Britain, never
04:30 imported into Britain.
04:32 This is a Vespa 98.
04:33 It's a later model.
04:34 We've got the headlamp on the front mud guard.
04:36 Slightly further forward, slightly smaller.
04:39 If you look here, we've got the gear change mechanism.
04:42 It's not done by cables.
04:44 It's actually done by rod linkages.
04:46 And on the later models, we actually had a protective bar
04:50 here to stop the gear change mechanisms
04:53 being interfered with.
04:54 This one, the rods actually run through the frame.
04:56 So I would imagine this one's about a late 1948, early '49.
05:01 The chrome on it as well.
05:02 Looking at the handlebars, it looks very good.
05:06 There's a slight little bit of weathering there.
05:08 But it looks like ancient weathering.
05:09 The original chrome was of particularly good quality.
05:12 And I would suspect that these handlebars haven't actually
05:14 been re-chromed.
05:15 A GS 150 engine.
05:17 Absolutely amazing.
05:19 All complete.
05:20 Carburettor.
05:21 Kick starts on there.
05:22 All the difficult bits to get hold of.
05:25 I like this.
05:26 Got the accessory speedo here.
05:28 This is about a 1953.
05:30 It's got a couple of little dents in there.
05:32 She's been re-sprayed.
05:33 Larger headlamp.
05:34 But the thing that gets me about this one, which is great,
05:37 are all these little accessories.
05:38 A lot of these you just cannot get.
05:40 We've got one on the headlamp there.
05:41 Unoriginal horn.
05:43 Got a more modern one on there.
05:45 Wide frame again.
05:47 But if we look at the exhaust over here, we've got this
05:49 strange motorcycle contraption.
05:52 Beautifully chromed.
05:53 Made in France, I believe.
05:58 Lovely side panel trims.
06:00 Can't get a hold of these for love nor money.
06:03 Round at the back here, we've got a number plate holder,
06:05 which is a lovely little extra to have.
06:07 I like the way that these things stick out at the back.
06:11 Little nudge bar at the back as well.
06:14 Beautiful little bike.
06:15 This is exactly the sort of thing that I just love riding
06:17 around on.
06:18 It's got the steering lock key.
06:20 That's quite nice.
06:20 You find that in England, wasn't it?
06:22 You buy bikes, they're always missing the steering lock key.
06:24 In Italy, they always seem to have them.
06:26 I have no idea why.
06:29 What's this one?
06:30 Oh, this is the Virgin Mary.
06:32 Something you find on just loads of bikes here.
06:34 In fact, there you go.
06:35 We've got the St. Christopher.
06:37 Loads of bikes have St. Christopher's fitted to them.
06:39 I think that's a fantastic touch, really.
06:42 If ever I buy a bike that's got one on there, I leave it on
06:45 there.
06:45 Good luck for the customer.
06:46 Right.
06:47 This is a carburettor that I need for one of my bikes back
06:50 in England.
06:50 It's a GS160 carburettor.
06:52 Now, I've got no carburettor at all.
06:54 And the chances of finding one is just an absolute needle in
06:58 a haystack search in England.
07:00 But I've managed to find this one here.
07:02 It's an S127 DeLorto.
07:04 It's for the Mark 1 GS, or the Series 1 GS160.
07:08 But I need this carburettor.
07:10 I'm really chuffed that I've found it.
07:11 And I'm just about to negotiate the price.
07:13 A pair of Sprint Veloces.
07:16 Absolutely fantastic machines.
07:18 Was it a step up from the GL that we saw earlier?
07:21 Was it these ones have got triple transfer ports?
07:23 Was it means that the miles per gallon goes down, but the
07:25 speed is about 20 kilometers per hour more?
07:28 Absolutely fantastic.
07:29 These will be about late 1960s.
07:32 This one's slightly earlier, because it has the trapezoidal
07:35 headlamp on there.
07:36 This one, the later one, we've got the Rally, was it the
07:38 Rally headlamp on there?
07:39 Nice big headlamp, plenty of light.
07:41 You can see where you're going.
07:42 Makes a change.
07:43 Certainly a step in the right direction.
07:46 This is a lovely engine sound.
07:48 The guy who owns this bike's just come over.
07:50 Second kick, she starts up, she ticks over, there's no
07:53 mucking about.
07:54 You don't have to worry about oil
07:55 steals or anything like that.
07:57 A lot of the people you meet at these jumbles are all old
08:00 faces.
08:01 You find them all over the place, and they're always
08:03 pleased to see you.
08:04 Get invited back to people's houses.
08:07 Offer bowls of wine and stuff like that.
08:09 It's fantastic.
08:10 It's great fun, though.
08:14 I just love it out here.
08:16 [MUSIC PLAYING]
08:20 It's the next day.
08:21 We've got about half an hour before we get to Rimini and
08:24 the Italian National Motorcycle Museum, where there's
08:27 another auto jumble going on.
08:29 Here we are at another auto jumble.
08:31 And the first thing I find when I get in here is the most
08:36 amazing collection of Vespa literature.
08:39 We've got brand new, the brand new Vespa Tecnica manuals
08:42 over here, which is just absolutely
08:44 incredible and amazing.
08:45 And I just--
08:46 other stuff.
08:47 You've got so much literature here.
08:49 What have you got?
08:50 Vespa from Milan to Tokyo, a little travel documentary, the
08:54 workshop manuals, illustrative histories.
08:56 A couple of the books are in English.
08:58 Most of them are in Italian.
08:59 It really is worth learning in Italian.
09:01 I actually learned my Italian from an Italian
09:06 workshop manual.
09:07 And it's fantastic.
09:08 Ask me how to ask for a cup of tea, I wouldn't know.
09:10 Ask me the name for a primary drive cog, and I'll be able to
09:14 tell you.
09:15 This is a 1954, '55 Vespa 125.
09:19 It's absolutely fantastic.
09:21 Really nicely done.
09:22 Good, solid paintwork on there.
09:23 A few little odds and sods.
09:24 The horn's not right on it.
09:26 You've got gear cables, which is an important thing.
09:29 That makes life a lot easier.
09:31 You've got this strange pillion seat on the back, was it?
09:33 In Italy, it was a little bit naughty, was it, to sit--
09:36 or a bit dirty to sit astride a motorcycle.
09:39 So you sat on these side saddles.
09:41 And we generally have a little plate along here, was it, for
09:43 your wife to put her feet on.
09:46 Here we are.
09:47 We've got a Vespa stall.
09:48 Now, a lot of the stuff that you need has been reproduced.
09:50 You've got GS stuff here.
09:52 You've got all your wheel covers, your floor mats,
09:53 absolutely everything.
09:55 This, amazing, is a 1963 GS 160 seat cover in black.
10:01 I need one.
10:02 I haven't been able to find one in England.
10:04 Here it is.
10:04 I'm just about to buy it.
10:06 [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
10:07 [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
10:12 [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
10:15 Absolute steal, mate.
10:17 Go to an English dealer, charge you twice as much,
10:20 guaranteed, if they stock it, which I very
10:21 much doubt they will.
10:23 When you're restoring an old Vespa or an old Lambretta,
10:28 was it, it's the little bits that make the difference, the
10:30 finishing touches.
10:31 Restoring a bike 95% is great.
10:33 You can use it on the road.
10:34 Get it 100% right, and you're going to need this sort of
10:36 little things.
10:38 Toolbox buffers, petrol tank rubbers, kickstart rubbers,
10:42 electrical connectors, Speedo bezels.
10:44 So many people just whack them together without actually
10:46 putting the Speedo rubbers in there.
10:48 Was it the proper rear light unit rubbers?
10:51 Everything has been reproduced, and it's really
10:52 good quality.
10:53 A lot of it absolutely bang on to the original.
10:55 Really rare badges.
10:56 We've got stuff here for the 1957 Vespa 150s.
10:59 The GS badges.
11:00 It's absolutely amazing.
11:02 Everything you could possibly want here.
11:03 Was it the rear frame badges as well?
11:05 Oh, there you go.
11:06 Grand Turismo one.
11:07 I've just found something while doing this that I
11:08 actually need myself.
11:09 I'll buy that one later.
11:13 This is a 1952 Vespa 125.
11:19 It looks--
11:20 it's covered in rust, but a lot of it is surface rust.
11:25 Now, this is the sort of bike I would go for.
11:27 You can end up paying two or three times more for
11:29 something that's still got a solid layer of paint on it,
11:32 and its cable's a bit more complete, the brakes work, and
11:34 stuff like that.
11:35 But if you're looking for a restoration, then that doesn't
11:38 really matter.
11:39 It's all going to have to be stripped down anyway.
11:41 It's all going to have to be shot blasted.
11:42 All the cables are going to have to be replaced.
11:44 This stuff, like the headlamp, you don't really need.
11:47 The problem with this one is the fact it
11:48 doesn't have a seat.
11:50 Now, if you're going to an Italian auto jumble, you will
11:52 find a seat.
11:53 If you had this in England, it would be a complete and
11:55 utter nightmare.
11:56 Now, this is similar to the rod type we saw yesterday at
12:01 the auto jumble.
12:04 And it's got an awkward engine.
12:05 The engine doesn't turn over.
12:07 This one is seized.
12:08 They can be a right pain in the ass.
12:10 Starting with one of these engines, a bit of a mystery,
12:12 difficult to get bits for.
12:14 Seized engine, missing the cowling, lovely side panel.
12:17 I missed that one.
12:19 Completely cut away.
12:21 Definitely a '52 model.
12:25 Absolutely fantastic.
12:26 Rear light's missing.
12:27 But you can buy the rear light.
12:28 You can buy the front light.
12:29 It all comes new.
12:30 You get all the reproduction parts.
12:32 The stand's all bent and knackered.
12:33 It's probably the brackets underneath.
12:35 But they can be bent back.
12:36 Was it the brake pedals probably seized?
12:39 It's not.
12:40 What a bonus.
12:42 In fact, cast iron brake pedal.
12:45 That's interesting.
12:47 I didn't realize they had them.
12:50 Overall, if you were looking for a bike to restore, this is
12:54 the sort of thing you should be going for.
12:55 Was it buy something cheaper?
12:57 Don't bother buying a bike that's going to be halfway
13:00 decent already.
13:01 Buy something with a bare bolt, because that's all you
13:03 need to start a restoration.
13:05 Absolutely incredible.
13:08 Let's have a look.
13:08 Let's see if it's got all its bits and bobs.
13:13 Side panel clips are missing.
13:15 But that doesn't really matter.
13:16 They're only little strips of metal.
13:17 You could make them yourself, unless you can get a hold of a
13:20 proper set.
13:21 Separate rear suspension back here is a nice little touch
13:23 while we've got the side panel up.
13:26 Just inside here, you haven't got your integrated unit that
13:29 came in a couple of years later.
13:31 No coil, straight out of the Magneto.
13:36 Nice little bike.
13:37 I'd be tempted to do this myself.
13:39 I love these sort of machines.
13:40 And collectors love these sort of machines.
13:41 But they're just not popular in Britain.
13:44 It's a shame that they're not, because there are still
13:46 plenty of this sort of thing to get a hold of.
13:50 Absolutely amazing.
13:51 Another little thing to check with these.
13:57 Tiny little petrol tank, isn't it?
13:59 It's great.
14:00 Put your hand around inside the tank.
14:06 Little bit rusty, but this is generally a clean bike.
14:10 Appearances are deceptive.
14:11 This is your perfect restoration bike, if you want
14:14 to buy one, to restore.
14:17 Somebody used this, was it back in the 1950s, to go to
14:20 parties, to get to work, to do their job, to get on, to
14:23 mobilize Italy.
14:24 Italy was saved by these.
14:28 This very model.
14:30 That's outrageous, isn't it, really, at the end of the day.
14:32 Well worth getting a hold of.
14:33 Well worth restoring.
14:34 I wish they were more popular in England.
14:36 I really do.
14:38 I see Lambrettas all day long.
14:41 The old Vespas, well worthy.
14:43 Look, the way they're put together, the way the frame
14:46 pressings go together, the design hasn't really changed
14:48 that much in 50, 60 years.
14:51 It's incredible.
14:53 What a design feat.
14:55 Look at this.
14:57 We've got your standard Vespa 150 here.
14:59 We've got the original colors.
15:00 Look at these lovely stickers down the side here.
15:02 I think that's absolutely fantastic.
15:05 Seriously, if I see one more scooter in Britain with a
15:07 Union Jack on the leg shield, I'm sure I'm going to fall
15:09 into a coma.
15:12 These badges, interestingly, in England, you pay an
15:15 absolute fortune for them.
15:17 You get exactly the same in India.
15:19 Well, they produce them in India, and you get all the
15:21 rivets that are really difficult to get hold of,
15:22 running in instructions with barge on the bottom.
15:25 But you can just cut that bit off.
15:27 But the whole kit and caboodle, 10p.
15:31 You think how much you're paying back at home.
15:35 Original colors, very tidy, no rust on it.
15:37 This is a very interesting machine.
15:41 The more I look at it, the more I like it.
15:43 It looks like it runs.
15:48 As per usual, it's got a steering lock key, and
15:50 everything's there.
15:53 Good condition.
15:55 Incredible.
15:56 Yeah, incredible.
16:00 What we've got here is the historical document.
16:03 This bike's actually registered as a historic
16:05 vehicle, and when you look at the original condition of it,
16:08 you can understand why.
16:10 Original paintwork, loads of--
16:12 everything completely standard.
16:14 Yeah.
16:15 [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
16:17 Conservata is original, and that's fantastic.
16:23 In this photo, you can see here, you get issued cards.
16:25 Was it issued little cards or a little plaque that you can
16:28 actually put on your bike with a register of historical.
16:30 This is about a 1955, 1960.
16:32 Now, something to look out for when you're buying a Vespa.
16:36 Little chips here on the top of here, on the top of the
16:39 leg shield trim.
16:40 That generally denotes that your steering stops have gone.
16:45 Yes, they have.
16:46 That's an MOT failure in England, and can be a
16:48 particularly tricky and awkward thing to do.
16:50 If you know what you're doing, it doesn't take too long.
16:52 If you don't know what you're doing, it can take forever,
16:54 and you can really balls it up.
16:56 Oh, look at this.
16:57 Very nice.
17:02 Another very standard, very original.
17:06 Not original paintwork.
17:07 It's been blown over, but it's very straight.
17:10 Vespa 150.
17:12 Lovely saddle on that.
17:13 I've never had one like that before.
17:14 Running strips, completely gone.
17:19 But that's the sort of thing you--
17:20 ah.
17:21 You replace anyway.
17:22 But look here.
17:24 Here we go.
17:24 We've got cracks in the frame.
17:26 Classic.
17:27 Vespa frames split along here, around the running boards
17:31 around there, can rust down here, and generally rust
17:34 behind the front mudguard as well.
17:35 They're not so bad in Italy, because you obviously just
17:38 don't have the water.
17:39 But when you're buying a Vespa, look out for that sort of
17:41 stuff.
17:42 If your frame is rotten, you can weld it up.
17:44 But nine times out of 10, the rot will just come back again.
17:47 The whole frame just decides to dedicate its
17:50 life to rusting away.
17:52 The day is done.
18:04 I'm absolutely knackered.
18:06 But the day is finished.
18:08 And I've managed to acquire absolutely every single piece
18:12 that I need to restore my 1963 GS160, which I'm building
18:18 into a copy of a dealer special called an Eddie
18:21 Grimstead Hurricane.
18:22 The parts have cost me a fraction of the cost that I
18:25 would have been paying in England, and they were there
18:28 on the shelf in a market.
18:30 Absolutely fantastic.
18:32 I would say that if you were restoring a couple of Vespas,
18:36 it may even be worth your while just to come on holiday
18:38 down here and just see if you can pick up the
18:41 parts that you need.
18:43 If you don't, bad luck.
18:45 At least you tried.
18:46 If you do, you can cover the cost of your holiday.
18:49 This is the sort of adventure that is
18:50 worthwhile for anyone.
18:52 Any diehard scooterist, any Vespa owner.
18:56 Lovely seeing all those old models, the old '52 and the
18:59 old '53, the good restoration projects, the ones that had
19:03 already been restored.
19:05 Absolutely fantastic.
19:06 Something of interest for absolutely everybody.
19:09 And for any Vespa owner, Italy, at some point, at one
19:15 time in your life, even if it is only once, come down here
19:19 and see what it's all about.
19:20 It really is a completely different ball game.
19:23 It's more fun.
19:24 It's more lovely.
19:25 It's more friendly.
19:26 And most importantly, it's cheaper and sunnier.
19:29 This is really exciting.
19:42 We're only five minutes away, away from seeing private
19:47 collection of an all right guy.
19:50 And that just goes to show how passionate people are in this
19:55 country about their scooters.
19:57 It's obsessional.
19:59 And it's hilarious.
20:00 And it's great.
20:03 I have absolutely no idea what we're going to
20:05 find in here at all.
20:06 This is one garage of five, apparently.
20:08 What are we going to find?
20:10 Oh my god.
20:12 Look at that.
20:14 That is absolutely incredible.
20:16 Look at all of this.
20:22 This is the sort of thing that dreams are made of.
20:26 Straight away, we've got two Vespa P200s in the corner.
20:33 We've got another Vespa P range here.
20:35 Now, this is an original orange.
20:37 But I've never, ever seen one of these in England.
20:39 It's actually really nice.
20:42 It's a classic '70s color.
20:44 It's a real shame that they don't paint
20:46 them like that anymore.
20:48 Now, what's under here?
20:50 Ha ha.
20:51 Now, what a perfect example.
20:54 Now, this is a 1948 Vespa rod type.
20:59 Yeah, that's very rare.
21:05 Yeah, this is an original glass, was it?
21:07 They all varied a little bit at the back.
21:08 It's one of the finer differences.
21:10 Yeah, the original switch for this was a round one that
21:24 had a pointer on it like this.
21:26 It looked a lot older.
21:26 This has been swapped over for a better switch.
21:29 From what I could understand there, you can't get the old
21:33 switches.
21:34 This is a Vespa rod model.
21:37 It has rod gear linkages here.
21:40 This is where it connects.
21:41 This is how it works.
21:42 Everyone knows of a rod model, but you can't
21:45 see how it works.
21:46 Look at the style of that cylinder head.
21:49 Totally different fitting.
21:51 Was it in--
21:52 [INAUDIBLE]
21:54 Yeah, that is fantastic.
21:56 The shape of the engine casing here, coming around the
21:59 cylinder, blowing the air over the top of the cylinder head.
22:02 Absolutely beautiful polychromatic green.
22:05 Inside, originally--
22:07 [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
22:10 Was it we've got the red oxide colored primer here.
22:15 Was it this bike has been done really, really well.
22:19 If this was one of mine, I'd be proud.
22:22 Look at the earlier pre-damper forks here.
22:26 You've got no damper on there whatsoever.
22:29 No seam down the front mud guard.
22:31 [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
22:35 All the nuts and bolts are original.
22:39 Everything, every-- even the little nuts down here have
22:42 all been nickel plated.
22:43 [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
22:45 Yeah, that is beautiful.
22:52 All the rivets underneath, nice job.
22:55 Very good.
22:56 Here we are.
22:57 We're just approaching Pontedera and the hallow
23:01 territory of the Vespa factory.
23:04 It's a very exciting experience.
23:10 I can't believe we're actually going to be here.
23:13 Pontedera started producing Vespa scooters in April of
23:18 1946, and has constantly and consistently been throwing out
23:24 the best scooters in the world for the last 56 years.
23:29 A testimony to the incredible history of the Vespa scooter.
23:34 [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
23:37 I guess we must almost be there.
23:39 Here I am in Piaggio Street.
23:47 I have Piaggio behind me.
23:49 I have Piaggio to my right, to my left, as
23:52 far as the eye can see.
23:54 We've got Vespas being loaded up onto trucks now.
23:57 This is where it all began.
23:58 This is where it carried on.
24:00 This is where it is happening now.
24:02 And goodness knows when it's going to stop.
24:04 This is really exciting.
24:05 Let's go.
24:06 A Piaggio plane.
24:22 A Piaggio cable car.
24:26 A Piaggio tram.
24:29 This is amazing.
24:33 Here we go.
24:34 I'm really excited, and you're going to be excited too.
24:37 This is the heart of Vespa.
24:39 This is the mecca, the temple, the everything.
24:43 There is nothing here that you could want for.
24:47 Here we have the whole story, and it starts right here.
24:50 The very first prototype, the Papparino, the Donald Duck.
24:57 Absolutely amazing little machine, a new design.
25:00 Piaggio was looking for a way of moving away from
25:03 aircraft design.
25:04 Aircraft engines were very expensive to build.
25:06 Nobody really wanted to buy them in the post-war economies.
25:10 This was the first idea.
25:12 We notice we've got a bicycle pump here,
25:14 pressed steel construction.
25:16 This was Piaggio's baby, the pressed steel construction.
25:20 This, however, was thrown back, obviously because it did
25:23 look like Donald Duck.
25:24 It was a particularly ugly machine, and
25:25 didn't handle at all.
25:27 The job of redesigning was given to an aircraft designer
25:32 who came up with this.
25:33 Now, this design was taken on board.
25:35 This is totally revolutionary.
25:38 If we look here, we've got the front fork set up.
25:42 Now, this wasn't really to change too much up until the
25:45 present day.
25:45 Refined, certainly, and a lot better.
25:48 But the whole idea of actually having almost this aircraft
25:52 landing gear type set up, with the wheel that could just be
25:55 taken off, was absolutely fantastic.
25:58 Air cooling through the side panels here.
26:01 That was something that was done away with as well.
26:03 But we have the precursors here.
26:05 We have little aluminum floor strips here, which were going
26:07 to be repeated in later models, which we'll get to a
26:09 little later.
26:11 But certainly, the whole concept of Vespa was there
26:14 right from the start.
26:15 Now, if we notice, on the front here, we actually have
26:18 the emblem.
26:19 Now, this is the old Piaggio aircraft ancestry
26:24 coming out here.
26:25 Now, this was obviously dropped, but it gives you an
26:28 indication of where Piaggio was actually at during the
26:31 war, before the war, but had to drop afterwards.
26:34 Now, here.
26:36 Now, this is the prototype.
26:38 Never went into production, but you can see it's almost
26:41 very, very similar.
26:42 You notice here, the front mudguard.
26:45 The front mudguard all pressed into one.
26:47 Tiny little headlamp on there again.
26:50 Was it gears on the handlebars?
26:52 Absolutely amazing.
26:53 Revolutionary design.
26:54 Motorcycles have been old, dirty, smelly, oily, big
26:58 chains, you had to muck around with your feet
27:00 to change the gears.
27:02 It's great.
27:03 But if you want to wear a pair of shoes, they're going to get
27:05 messed up.
27:06 This was a step forward.
27:07 Something new.
27:09 Not designed by a motorcycle designer, designed by an
27:12 aircraft designer, and therefore, just totally
27:14 different.
27:15 The exhaust, the little fluted fishtail exhaust here, all
27:18 precursors of what was actually going to become, in
27:20 1946, the first ever Vespa model to go on public sale in
27:26 April of 1946.
27:29 This went on sale, was it?
27:30 Well, first went on display at a golf club in Rome.
27:34 Absolutely incredible thing.
27:36 You notice the old switches here.
27:38 The old style switches, a little tricky to
27:39 get a hold of now.
27:40 But the whole idea of the fork setup, the front mudguard,
27:45 there could be sections in the front wheel taken off.
27:49 Absolutely fantastic idea.
27:51 Forced air cooling, great idea again.
27:54 Was it?
27:54 There's about four of these models, ranging from about
27:57 1946 up to 1949, when the Vespa 125 here was introduced.
28:03 There's little differences on them.
28:04 The way that the gear rod linkages link up, the size of
28:08 the rear tail lamp, the design of the lens that went in it.
28:13 Subtle little differences, but amazing.
28:16 In the first year of production, a couple of
28:18 thousands of these were actually produced and sold.
28:21 They took a little while to catch on, but they were
28:24 capturing a market.
28:25 They were capturing an Italian market that needed, people
28:28 needed to get to work.
28:29 The country needed to restructure.
28:31 What's the point in having a job if you can't get to work?
28:34 There's no buses, no infrastructure.
28:36 This is why the Vespa was created and successfully met
28:39 the challenges of an ever-changing Italian market.
28:43 This one is a 1949 Vespa 125.
28:50 Now, this was the first model that was ever--
28:52 which was actually for sale in Britain.
28:54 It wasn't for sale in this form.
28:56 Was it the headlamp had to be moved up to here?
28:59 And was it in order to meet British legislation?
29:04 But a fantastic idea.
29:05 And the first 125 Vespa to be produced.
29:08 And Vespa 125s are still being produced today.
29:11 If we look around this side, we see the exhaust that comes
29:16 under here, the early '98s.
29:19 This one has a stand on it.
29:21 Now, we all take stands for granted, but they didn't come
29:23 as standard right at the very beginning.
29:25 Earlier on in production on the '98s was we had a large
29:29 lump of metal under here.
29:30 So it was designed just to be dumped on the curbside, walk
29:33 away, and left.
29:34 I guess the body work acted as an anti-theft deterrent, or
29:37 maybe people were a little bit more honest.
29:43 Absolutely incredible to see.
29:44 And incredible to see in this condition.
29:46 And even more incredible to be
29:48 surrounded by all of this.
29:52 Now, this is what you could call a case history of Vespa.
29:55 From the beginning, a 1951 Vespa 125.
29:59 The interesting thing about this is that the rod gear
30:01 change mechanism was changed for two flexible cables, still
30:04 in use to today.
30:06 Vespa ET3 from Avera, 1976.
30:09 Lovely model, electronic ignitions, very fast,
30:12 fantastic.
30:13 1953 Vespa 125U.
30:16 This was the economy model.
30:17 We have screwed on side panels here, just like the very first
30:20 of the Vespa '98s of April '46.
30:23 We've got very little chrome on there, no rubber inserts on
30:26 the strips, just plain aluminum, as we saw on the
30:28 Ape earlier on.
30:30 Here, we've got a Vespa 150.
30:33 This is the second year of production of the rotary valve
30:35 engine.
30:36 And the rotary valve induction system improved reliability
30:39 and performance all around, and it's still in use to the
30:42 present day.
30:42 We've got another Vespa ET3.
30:45 We've got the unique Vespa 125 circuit of 1948.
30:49 This is absolutely unique.
30:51 There's nothing like this anywhere else in the world,
30:53 never was, never will be.
30:55 Now, find the refinements that you find here.
30:58 It's a completely redesigned front hub.
31:01 We've got a different suspension set up here.
31:03 It's like a little extra.
31:05 It's the sort of thing that you find in 1950s motorcycles
31:08 that can be adjusted to strengthen, loosen, do
31:11 whatever you like.
31:12 There's also one of these on the engine inside here that we
31:15 won't be able to see.
31:16 The carburetor looks like it's a 30 god knows what
31:21 millimeter carburetor with strange filters, tubes.
31:25 The handlebar set up here seems to be a stack of
31:30 handlebar joints.
31:32 I have no idea why anyone ever thought that that was a good
31:35 idea, but it's here, and it's now, and it's in front of us.
31:40 This is just absolutely incredible.
31:43 We have a reinforced frame.
31:45 We have specially made panels, a molded in petrol tank, and
31:49 this huge, great, hoofing great trumpet of a straight
31:52 through exhaust.
31:54 Absolutely awesome, terrifying machine.
31:57 And if you were to take this on the road in England, I'd
31:59 give you five minutes before you lost your license.
32:02 Up here, we've got a Vespa 150, 1956.
32:06 This has twin transfer ports, and that enhanced the
32:10 performance and economy of the vehicle all around.
32:12 Here, we have a moped.
32:15 Now, this was a prototype and very similar to the Lambretta
32:18 Ribot that was produced in 1955.
32:21 Good standard model.
32:23 The Vespa 125, 1954, nothing particularly
32:26 special about that.
32:29 Vespa 50 Special, 1973.
32:31 Absolutely bog standard model there.
32:33 Very popular, incredible machines.
32:36 Got a lot of happiness and a lot of transport
32:38 to a lot of people.
32:40 The Vespa Ciao moped.
32:41 Things like this are littered all over Italy.
32:44 This was 125, 1958.
32:48 If we notice on this one, it's got a detachable headset.
32:51 In England, this was marketed as the 152L2.
32:54 We have another Vespa moped, another Vespa Ciao here.
32:58 A Vespa 50S, lovely example.
33:01 1963 Vespa 50, the first year of manufacture.
33:04 Little things to look out for here.
33:06 It's a smaller side panel.
33:07 Pretty tricky to find now.
33:09 Up here, Vespa 100.
33:13 Interesting fuel tap mechanism here.
33:17 Underneath, interestingly, a Vespa 50.
33:21 Now, to meet regulations again, it had to be fitted
33:24 with pedals in order to be classed as a moped.
33:27 These are very rare.
33:28 This is the first one I've ever seen.
33:31 And underneath, we've got the Vespa small frame
33:34 parachute bike.
33:35 Similar to the one produced in the 1950s in France,
33:38 this was designed to be thrown out of an aircraft
33:40 on the parachute and be of some use to the soldier
33:42 once he got to the ground.
33:44 Here we have a 1951 six-day trailer.
33:47 Now, in the early 1950s, there was a lot of competition
33:49 between Lamboretta and Vespa.
33:51 They both wanted to be top dog, and they competed greatly
33:55 against each other in similar sort of events.
33:58 Now, this one won nine gold medals in 1951.
34:01 An absolutely amazing machine.
34:03 Well, the differences that you would notice from the
34:04 standard models at the time would be the addition of a
34:06 damper.
34:07 Was it holes drilled in the carburettor cover here?
34:10 Was it in order to get more air going through?
34:13 Two spare tires, an enlarged petrol tank, panel work was
34:16 cut down, the headlamp was moved back a little bit.
34:19 This was really endurance trials to prove that the bikes
34:22 were strong.
34:23 And if you bought them, it was going to be reliable.
34:25 This sort of thing is absolutely incredible.
34:28 And it led on to what we have over here.
34:31 Now, this is a Mark I, or a VS1 GS150.
34:36 Not many people know this, but there were five GS150s.
34:39 This is the very first one.
34:40 Here we have cables coming out of the headset here.
34:46 We have these side panel clips down here.
34:49 Well, there are little subtle differences, but this was
34:51 essentially going to form the basis for
34:54 the whole GS150 range.
34:56 Subtle differences, again, was that we've got a different
34:58 block here, a different switch support.
35:02 Other little odds and sods, but this bike was capable of
35:05 about 63 miles an hour, which completely wiped the floor
35:07 with just about anything of that size engine.
35:10 A nice long seat, but this was a direct descendant to the
35:13 six-day trialer, and an absolutely amazing machine.
35:16 And I really wish I had one, too.
35:19 Very hard to find now, very early, 1955.
35:24 Absolutely incredible.
35:25 Here we have a curious little number.
35:30 This is based on the Vespa 98.
35:33 It's a race model.
35:34 Obviously, it's had all the excessive
35:36 metal cut off of it.
35:37 I'm not sure if this particular one's racing
35:40 history, but it looks amazing.
35:42 We've got the aerodynamic stem, front horn stem here.
35:45 No horn in it, obviously.
35:47 It's missing a gear rod linkage, but aren't half the
35:50 restored bikes you come across.
35:53 We've got protection here to protect the rods.
35:55 It's an anti-fouling device to stop you popping the thing in
35:58 and out of gear unexpectedly.
36:00 A beautiful, lovely shape.
36:02 Even though this is a race machine, and really they're
36:05 just to function, Piaggio have taken the trouble to put the
36:10 grooves in, to cut it, to give it a beautiful line, to make
36:13 the thing look good as well as work well.
36:16 That's incredible.
36:17 And that's Italian technology all over.
36:19 Half the reason why these things became so popular.
36:22 1950.
36:27 This is an endurance rider.
36:29 This was actually used in Monteleri in France to achieve
36:34 loads of speed records and endurance records.
36:37 It managed to travel at 100 miles an hour for over an
36:40 hour, was ridden for 10 hours continuously.
36:43 This is all in the name of proving the
36:44 reliability of the Vespa.
36:46 Anybody who owns one now will know that it
36:48 was worthwhile doing.
36:50 Absolutely incredible machine.
36:52 I'd love to have a go on it.
36:55 Straight through exhaust here, modified
36:58 ignitions, cowlings.
37:00 Obviously the body work here in order to make things more
37:03 aerodynamic.
37:04 It was a very popular stunt.
37:06 I mean, it was in Monteleri in France that Lambretta, a year
37:09 later, succeeded in getting a 125 Lambretta to do 125 miles
37:14 an hour, ridden by Romulo Ferri.
37:16 Absolutely the most awesome classic racing Vespa I have
37:27 ever seen in my life.
37:28 Until I saw this one.
37:34 Similar speed trialer, all aerodynamic.
37:38 If you look at this, the amusing thing that springs to
37:40 mind automatically is the fact that it wouldn't
37:42 stand up on its own.
37:44 After some poor chap had been sat in here, careering around
37:49 with a Vespa engine, running at about 10,000 revs right
37:52 next to his backside for hours and hours and hours, he was to
37:55 be rewarded by falling over on his side as soon as the
37:58 competition was completed.
38:00 An undignified end, but records were broken.
38:03 And the reputation of Vespa as not just a fast, a speedy, but
38:07 a reliable company as well, had already been established
38:10 from this point.
38:13 This is the origin of Piaggio.
38:17 During the Second World War, they produced engines for--
38:20 well, in fact, engines for a four-engine bomber, which we
38:23 have in this cabinet here.
38:25 Very well engineered, and the company did very well under
38:28 Mussolini, tripling its size and not helping to bring the
38:34 war to an end.
38:36 Here, though, we actually have a model of the plane, just as
38:39 out of interest.
38:40 And you may see that on the outer engines, we actually
38:44 have a gun turret, which I've never seen before.
38:48 Piaggio engine gun.
38:50 Incredible.
38:51 Here we have, hiding in the corner in true militaristic
38:56 style, a powerful weapon of war.
39:00 The bazooka-carrying Vespa had the capacity to blow not one,
39:05 but two legs off a small donkey.
39:09 With its road-handling abilities, absolutely legend.
39:14 The famous Vespa bazooka carrier, made in France.
39:20 Acme Paris.
39:22 This was used by the French military.
39:24 I'm not exactly sure why.
39:28 Obviously, we're carrying a bazooka.
39:29 We've got the tripod on the front here.
39:31 We've got our cartridges on the side.
39:35 We've got a little trailer here, which is really cute.
39:40 The French were obviously not trying very hard to ever win a
39:43 war again.
39:44 The handling abilities of this must have been
39:48 absolutely atrocious.
39:49 I just can't see how it would go down the road.
39:51 I personally wouldn't want to ride one myself, unless I was
39:56 in a private car park with no other vehicles anywhere near
39:58 me, but I guess if you were a squaddie, it would have been a
40:02 bit of a laugh.
40:04 Here we have a 1967 Vespa SS180.
40:10 You can tell it's an SS180 by the side
40:13 panels, the petrol tank.
40:15 This one's obviously had a few modifications.
40:19 This was a special-- was it a special that was built for a
40:22 film called Dick Smart.
40:26 It was a one-off construction.
40:28 It obviously doesn't fly at all.
40:31 If it did, I don't think you'd find anyone who'd be prepared
40:33 to get in it and try.
40:36 It's absolutely crazy construction, with all its
40:39 levers and computer screens.
40:42 We have buttons here for harpoon guns, radar, bombs,
40:48 propellers, takeoff, going down, missiles, rear-firing
40:54 exhausts, the head of a toy plane.
40:59 The head of a tortoise.
41:02 Absolutely wild.
41:05 And on the top, on the top of the headset here, we've got a
41:08 radar screen with all its pointers.
41:12 Absolutely insane.
41:13 We've got an interesting Curio over here.
41:21 It's past the Piaggio 400cc car, past one of the earlier
41:26 Ape, interestingly, everyone knows Vespa means wasp, Ape
41:30 means bee.
41:31 Light commercial vehicle.
41:49 Fantastic.
41:50 Got a lot of businesses going.
41:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]
42:01 Over here, we have the famous Salvador Dali Vespa.
42:07 This was painted by Dali for a couple of Spanish students
42:12 who were riding to Italy, who just turned up on his
42:15 doorstep one day and said, look, do you mind
42:16 painting our bikes?
42:18 This is actually a very, very old car.
42:20 It's a Vespa 150S.
42:23 It has 10-inch wheels.
42:24 It's a Spanish-produced bike by Moto Vespa Madrid.
42:28 It's based on the Vespa 150.
42:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]
42:33 Enlarged wheels gave it better handling.
42:35 [MUSIC PLAYING]
42:37 And all round, lovely machine.
42:39 And worth an absolute fortune today, and protected, as you
42:42 can see, by a glass case.
42:43 [MUSIC PLAYING]
42:46 These bikes are particularly difficult to register.
42:48 Now, as there's no record of frame numbers.
42:51 And Spanish Vespas should be approached with all caution.
42:55 If it's not registered, don't buy it.
42:58 Here we are in the Vespa historical archive.
43:01 Absolutely everything that Piaget has ever done is here.
43:03 It's been recorded and noted down.
43:04 And it is absolutely amazing.
43:06 This is incredible enough.
43:07 But come and have a look at this.
43:08 This blew me away.
43:09 [MUSIC PLAYING]
43:12 Posters everywhere.
43:14 The whole world loves a Vespa.
43:16 He who has the Vespa eats the apple.
43:19 He who doesn't, doesn't.
43:21 French advertising campaigns.
43:23 All records of chassis numbers, engine numbers,
43:25 everything.
43:27 Here.
43:29 With Vespa, Vespa, life is eating a delicious apple.
43:34 Fantastic.
43:34 Very famous 1960s campaign.
43:37 And here we have the original drafts.
43:39 The originals in front of me.
43:41 There.
43:43 Absolutely fantastic.
43:44 And here, we've got a good example of William Holden on
43:49 what I believe is a 1957 Vespa 150.
43:55 Piaget was very keen on using famous faces in order to
43:58 advertise its products.
44:00 Here, pictures of the original factories.
44:04 The original production line.
44:07 Houses and church built for the employees of Pilar Piaget.
44:10 Original machinery.
44:13 Absolutely incredible.
44:15 What more could you possibly want?
44:16 Everywhere I look, I'm seeing something interesting.
44:19 I could spend days in here.
44:21 Here I am with the president of the Piaget Foundation.
44:25 And we're standing outside one of the oldest
44:27 buildings in the complex.
44:29 If we look up here, we can see the old symbol of Piaget.
44:32 And you can see its aeronautical history.
44:34 We have an aero engine with the wings either side.
44:37 Very, very old.
44:38 And we have a new aeronautical engine with the
44:41 wings either side.
44:42 Very similar to the symbol that we saw on the front of
44:45 the Paparino and the very first prototype of the Vespa 98.
44:50 We're just about to go inside now.
44:51 Now, this building was used for the construction of Vespas
44:54 up until only two years ago.
44:58 Let's go inside.
45:08 A unit like this.
45:11 Very similar to the units behind the operation today.
45:16 The hustle, the bustle, the lathes, the drills, the
45:19 turning machines, the huge, great industrial presses, 20
45:23 ton presses pumping out those panels ready to be welded
45:27 together to create what was to be one of the greatest
45:31 motorcycles known to man.
45:36 You can see the museum in this side.
45:41 Really?
45:42 Yes.
45:42 Oh, fantastic.
45:43 Let's go and have a look.
45:45 We've got more to see over here.
45:46 You have a very long gallery.
45:48 It's 800 meters.
45:52 800 meters?
45:53 Yes.
45:54 My goodness.
45:56 We're just about to have a look at galleries that are
45:58 800 meters long.
46:01 This gallery goes on for 800 meters.
46:04 It's partitioned off now.
46:06 But on the other side of this partition, Vespa production is
46:10 continuing now.
46:11 And you can hear the rumble and the clank of machinery.
46:13 You can see the little--
46:16 Yeah, we're going to have a look through the center of
46:18 the doors and see what we can find.
46:22 Hopefully, I can find somewhere big enough for the
46:24 camera to stick through.
46:25 But you can feel the history here.
46:31 [LAUGHTER]
46:34 [MUSIC PLAYING]
46:52 We can still see all the pipes running across, all the
46:56 cabling, old brackets from the conveyor belt.
47:00 Gas tubing, water piping.
47:02 You can still hear, was it the electricity cables run
47:05 straight through here?
47:06 They must be at an incredibly high voltage, because you can
47:08 still hear them humming.
47:09 [MUSIC PLAYING]
47:20 If we look up here, we can see the ventilation tubes.
47:24 But we can also see the high-pressure
47:27 air lines coming in here.
47:29 Now, each assembly worker would have a power tool, which
47:32 would be fed from a hose dangling from the ceiling down
47:37 to whatever tool he was using.
47:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]
48:05 We're driving down this beautiful winding road on the
48:08 trail of a Vespa club.
48:12 Now, apparently, up in the mountains here, there's a
48:14 little town where everyone is just completely Vespa insane.
48:20 There's an old converted church, which is used as the
48:23 clubhouse, which we've been referring to as the
48:27 Church of Piaggio.
48:31 We're going to get there in about 10 minutes' time and
48:39 just see exactly what a small Italian town obsessed with
48:45 Vespas is actually like.
48:48 I'm sure just about every single town we've been to so
48:51 far has been a town where everyone's
48:53 obsessed with Vespas.
48:55 But this one sounds special and has a reputation.
48:58 So fingers crossed, we're going to be in for a treat.
49:03 This is it, the fabled town of Ariale.
49:08 Have you ever seen anywhere as beautiful as this?
49:12 Follow me.
49:24 Our quest has led us to the converted Church of Piaggio.
49:32 Here we are.
49:40 Vespa Club Ariale.
49:41 I think--
49:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
50:11 We've only been here a short time, and everyone's excited
50:15 about us being here to look at Vespas.
50:19 We're just being taken to a house now which is full of
50:22 Vespas, posters, memorabilia.
50:27 And it's in the old part of town.
50:30 And what a town.
50:31 Look at this.
50:35 Now I'm going to bring my wife.
50:36 I'm really looking forward to it.
50:38 Where are you from?
50:40 Portsmouth.
50:44 Here we are.
50:46 Straight away, a Vespa GS sign outside the front door.
50:50 Oh, look at that.
51:03 Oh, yeah.
51:12 Better get a Vespa.
51:14 What more can I say?
51:15 Great.
51:23 Rulle Vespa.
51:24 We've been gone 10 minutes, and we have another three
51:37 Vespas have arrived in the square.
51:40 Still the same two gentlemen sitting outside the church.
51:45 This is all part of the fun of owning a Vespa, the rear brake
51:49 pivot seat.
51:52 But with a bit of a hammer, and some determination, and a
51:55 few grins, and everyone giving their opinions, the bike seems
52:02 to be OK now.
52:03 I've just been lent a Vespa, a 1959 Vespa.
52:07 It just about goes out of town.
52:09 This is what it's all about.
52:11 One absolute scream.
52:13 Here we go.
52:19 A hairpin bend.
52:21 Watch how the Vespa takes it in its stride.
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53:48 I am just being attacked by an Alsatian called Paul, who has
53:53 taken a shine to me.
53:55 He's trying to eat my Vespa book.
53:58 And he's not going to stop me from
53:59 getting into this garage.
54:01 Come on then, you scoundrel.
54:03 Off we go.
54:04 Come on, concentrate.
54:05 Oh, look at all this.
54:13 Yeah, everywhere.
54:15 This is just like my workshop in England.
54:18 A Vespa GS 150.
54:24 Yeah.
54:26 Cable's inside.
54:27 This one was bought just around the corner in Benz,
54:35 Emilia.
54:36 This is a 1956 Vespa.
54:43 This is very similar to the one we've got outside.
54:47 This one was a complete ruin when it was bought.
54:49 It was all bashed in at the side.
54:51 The engine was in a complete mess.
54:55 But it's all being restored like this.
54:56 This is halfway through being done.
55:00 If not three quarters.
55:01 A lovely job.
55:03 A box of piston rings.
55:05 It's great.
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56:26 Yes.
56:27 Yes.
56:27 Yes.
56:28 Definitely.
56:28 The Pines of Guinness.
56:29 Yeah, I think that'll go down very nicely.
56:32 Well, after all that, I've just been off
56:35 with the Pines of Guinness.
56:36 I think we're just about to go into this bar
56:38 now, where I'm going to join for the first time a scooter club,
56:41 the Vespa Club of Erroli.
56:45 That's it for us now.
56:47 We've been everywhere.
56:48 We've been to the factory.
56:49 We've been to the museum.
56:51 We've been to the auto jumbles.
56:53 We've discovered these things in garages.
56:55 We've ridden up mountains, down mountains, to bars.
56:58 We have done everything.
56:59 But at the end of the day, this is what it is all about.
57:03 It's friendship, having fun, riding around, and having
57:08 a drink at the end of the day.
57:10 Now, it's a real shame, but this is the end of our Vespa quest.
57:16 And I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
57:19 Let's go.
57:20 Guinness.
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