End of an Era

Well I know it's been a while since I've posted anything. Apologies to anyone who cares. I think I've been so busy Living Life that it's kept me away from blogging about it. But, I have some news regarding a special piece of memory and equipment in my life. Way back int 1981 I bought a Vespa 50 Special motor scooter. At the time it was the perfect vehicle for me to get around town in. Me and the Vespa have some really great (and a few not so great) memories. Well several years went by and I stopped riding it so much. Life changes and also jobs end up being farther away making Scooting more impractical than before. Eventually my beloved scooter fell victim to old age, neglect and even some vandalism. I ended up keeping it with me and was trying to sell it a few years ago before I moved. That didn't happen and I ended up dragging it with me when I moved a couple of years ago. I SWORE at the time I'd sell, it, junk it or do SOMETHING with it. Well my friends, at long last the time has come.

This weekend I'll be FINALLY selling it thanks in large part to craigslist and my intermittent posting it online. I'd taken some photos last year in an effort to sell it but I never got any really committed buyers. Well one night a few weeks ago I made another posting and to my surprise and delight got about 12 responses. The most interesting respondent was living in Florida if you can believe it. I think he backed out due to the potential shipping costs involved in getting it there. But they say persistence pays off and in this case it has. I found a really great buyer who wants to restore it to it's former glory and that couldn't make me happier. See, while I was considering junking it, it's like an old friend and ya know - it's hard to junk your old friends (unless of course they're junkies anyway - but I digress).

So this weekend the passing of an era will commence. I'll get some free space in my garage and the satisfaction of knowing I finally got '50 to an new, owner.

Here are some pictures of a similar Vespa. It turns out I don't have (or can't locate) any old, original pictures of MY Vespa, so I found some stock one's of similar models. The ones where it looks beat up are(sad to say) mine.


So I guess it's "Out with the Old"...not really sure what the "new" is going to be. I haven't given much thought to riding a scooter in years - although with recent gas prices skyrocketing at 400% increases in the last 10 years (mostly the last 5) I was actually getting a little 'itch' to buy another newer scooter to replace the Vespa. This of course is mostly madness on my part, but still, there's a part of me that wants not only to relive some of my glory days of scooter riding, but stick it to the Oil Companies as well.