Vespa Motorsport Podcast

We sit down with Luis and Ruben of Tijuana scooter club, Maxima Velocidad, to recap the recent Mexican National Vespa Rally.

Catching everyone up on what's going on around Vespa Motorsport and Scooterwest.com! We just got back from a US Dealer trip to Italy where we got to check out some of the latest Vespa models, toured the Vespa Factory, and spent some time in the Piaggio Museum. We also talk about some upcoming events including the Mexico National Vespa rally which will be held in Tijuana this year, as well as this year's Amerivespa in Richmond, VA. Finally, we discuss our brand new website launch and what you can expect. Vespa Everywhere!

German scooterist Markus Mayer of La Vida Vespa joins us for a special podcast about his current US Vespa tour. www.la-vida-vespa.com

We're joined by long time customer and friend Beau Hufford. Beau is a talented multimedia artist that has recently joined our team as creative director for our new campaign - Vespa. Everywhere.

We discuss Beau's fascination with scooters and how he ended up in San Diego, buying a Vespa from our shop. We then get into the Vespa Everywhere campaign and how you can participate in this exciting new adventure!

Raven Fischer is another local scooter and powersports enthusiast. She has been a friend and customer of the shop for many years and shares our love of all things with two wheels (and sometimes 4 wheels in her case). Raven runs the successful blog, Raventurous, that chronicles her journey to push the limits of her comfort zone.

We also talk about our upcoming 24th shop anniversary party happening on September 10th, 2016.

Our guest this episode is Conrad Macy. Conrad has been involved in the San Diego scooter scene since the early 80's and operated his own scooter repair service in town. Conrad talks about everything from his first scooter, to building a water piston engine, to working on monkey space missions in Russia!

We welcome local music icon Bart Mendoza to the show. Not only has Bart been a legend in the San Diego music scene since the 80's, he's ridden his Vespa for just as long! Bart is responsible for acts such as Manual Scan and The Shambles, as well as producing articles for just about every publication in town. Bart fills us in on his history in the San Diego Mod Scene and his love of scooters and music.

We sit down with local, Kevin Fahy, and chat about his early days as Mod in Birmingham. Kevin tells us about his customized Lambrettas and other bikes he's had over the years, how he came to the US, and what he's up to now a days.

In this special broadcast we talk to Jay Blundon who is organizing this year's Amerivespa in Memphis, Tennessee. Jay jives us a breakdown of what to expect at the rally, plus some fun giveaways.

www.amerivespa.org

https://www.facebook.com/Amerivespa-201526976158/

We welcome back local scooter legend Eric Dutra to this week's podcast. Eric is an expert in all makes and models of scooters and has arguably the largest scooter collection in San Diego. This time we discuss Eric's most prized Vespa, Subaru Micro Cars, and an epic trip through Europe via Vespa!