To make the event worth a few more lines is that not only is the scooter a 45-year-old Vespa 50cc, but that the same Vespa in 1979 accomplished a similar feat, though not officially acknowledged ...

In 1884, a twenty year old boy founded Piaggio ... copied in USSR where the Viatka 150cc was pretty much the popular Vespa scooter. The first Vespa was powered by a 98 cc engine, produced 3.2 ...

1984 & 1985 Models are not available. Established in 1946, Vespa is the Italian scooter subsidiary of Piaggio, currently operating across the globe. Vespa scooters are known for their distinct design ...

Ever since then, Vespa reports, the brand and its namesake scooter alike "has represented ... the future with an engine that's around 80 years old. It's lucky, then, that while the wasp-esque ...