Vespas everywhere

TheBazman

Anyone notice all the vespas on the Kerry/Limerick - Dublin road yesterday? There were hundreds of them and seemed to be heading towards Dublin continuously for the day.

Seemed to be driving in packs aswell holding up a lot of faster moving traffic. There was a "yoke" on the motorway yesterday evening that looked like a Vespa with a mini garden shed around it and it cant have been moving faster than 30mph. It was an accident waiting to happen as most cars on the motorway will assume that it would be moving faster than that and have to put the anchors on pretty quickly when you realise it isnt

What cc are in those Vespas - I presume more than 50?

MikeC101

TheBazman wrote: »

What cc are in those Vespas - I presume more than 50?

Most common I'd say are 50 and 125 cc, but I think they run the range from 50 up to 250 for some of the newer ones.

bkehoe

Saw a load of them coming from the Wexford/Rosslare direction on the N25 near New Ross on Friday evening. Vespa tour of Ireland??

Graham_B18C

We saw loads of em yesterday too. They weren't Irish reg'd bikes. I remember someone mentioning that they all had German plates

biko

Probably a fun run, like this

Mr. Presentable

A 50cc Vespa would be unusual enough. The most common is 125cc.

TestTransmission

Graham_B18C wrote: »

We saw loads of em yesterday too. They weren't Irish reg'd bikes. I remember someone mentioning that they all had German plates

Plenty of UK plates I remember seeing,one or two broke down on the M7 aswell.

Graham_B18C

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

A 50cc Vespa would be unusual enough. The most common is 125cc.

I would of assumed that myself, most of the ones we past on the M7 were tipping along at around 90-100 kph. I can't imagine a 50cc would get up to that speed!

Rippy

There was an international scooter rally in Kilarney this weekend.

si_guru

Graham_B18C wrote: »

I would of assumed that myself, most of the ones we past on the M7 were tipping along at around 90-100 kph. I can't imagine a 50cc would get up to that speed!

There seemed to be a scooter rally in Kilarney... most were Lambrettas by the way.

My 50cc Piaggio can top 90kph no bother.

I think those older machines were in fact mainly 125 or 150.. some 175s and the real petrol heads go for the 225 conversion.

Mc Love

They were all travelling down last week. Passed a good few on Wednesday heading southbound.

johnos1984

They weren't Vespa's they were Lambrettas and there was 1 at the side of the motorway broken down every 5 miles or so.

There seemed to be another motorcycle run on which is what had the rolling blockade on the motorway. I passed it on the Nenagh by pass at 4.15.

Both lanes of the motorway blocked by support vehicles even though the bikes were in the driving lane only. There was about a 2 mile tailback following.

MADNESS

Mc Love

johnos1984 wrote: »

They weren't Vespa's they were Lambrettas and there was 1 at the side of the motorway broken down every 5 miles or so.

There seemed to be another motorcycle run on which is what had the rolling blockade on the motorway. I passed it on the Nenagh by pass at 4.15.

Both lanes of the motorway blocked by support vehicles even though the bikes were in the driving lane only. There was about a 2 mile tailback following.

MADNESS

Saw that motorcycle run too abouit that time! Wouldnt have liked to been stuck behind that

nogoodnamesleft

Rippy wrote: »

There was an international scooter rally in Kilarney this weekend.

+1, Killarney town was filled with them. I think the event was on at the Gleneagle (INEC).

Cookie_Monster

biko wrote: »

Probably a fun run, like this
http://www.plvsc.co.uk/events/odds/WE-R-THE-MODS.jpg

Imagine coming across that while driving, two options:

Go for highscore
Kill yourself there and then to avoid the misery of trying to pass them all out, it'd take hours

Collibosher

nogoodnamesleft wrote: »

+1, Killarney town was filled with them. I think the event was on at the Gleneagle (INEC).

Correct. It was the turn of the Lambretta Club of Ireland to host the annual Euro Lambretta Jamboree this year.

www.lambrettaclubireland.com

johnos1984

Collibosher wrote: »

Correct. It was the turn of the Lambretta Club of Ireland to host the annual Euro Lambretta Jamboree this year.

www.lambrettaclubireland.com

Its pretty sad I knew the difference between a Vespa and Lambretta:o

BlackWizard

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking along the lines of Grand Theft Auto..

BRrooomm.. splat splat splat $$$

Collibosher

It's being held in Belgium next, so you might want to avoid it around this time next year

si_guru

johnos1984 wrote: »

Its pretty sad I knew the difference between a Vespa and Lambretta:o

Easy... Lambo's are often seen being pushed by the rider..

TheBazman

Pretty long journey Dublin to Kilarney and back on those, especially if reliability is an issue

johnos1984

TheBazman wrote: »

Pretty long journey Dublin to Kilarney and back on those, especially if reliability is an issue

Most didn't have Irish plates :eek:

mp22

There down is west cork today seen them on the N71

si_guru

I am sure every shop, cafe, bar, garage and B&B was thrilled to see them!