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+====== Vespa ======
+== 2021 Vespa Sei Giorni II review: Vintage style and surprising performance ==
+Of course, being fitted with Vespa's most powerful engine ever has other benefits, as well.
+Kyle Hyatt - Jan. 16, 2021 7:00 a.m. PT
+You'd be forgiven for thinking that the Venn diagram for people who ride scooters and people who ride motorcycles would look like one big circle, but weirdly, that isn't the case. I don't really understand the reason for this tribalism, particularly when it comes to Vespas.
+Vespas are cool, and they always have been. They offer the convenience of a scooter with sufficient power and performance to allow it to hang with a motorcycle -- at least in the city. It's this duality that makes the limited-edition Vespa Sei Giorni II especially appealing.
+https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-vespa-sei-giorni-ii-scooter-review/
+== The Vespa at 80: Why the Italian scooter remains the coolest thing on 2 wheels ==
+Produced in the postwar years, the scooter came to signify freedom and modernity
+Megan Williams (CBC News) - Jul 01, 2026 1:00 AM PDT / Updated July 1, 2026
+Down a flight of stairs beneath a scooter rental shop near the Colosseum, Rome’s heat and honking traffic give way to a calm, cool reverence in the form of a basement shrine to Italy’s most iconic two-wheeler.
+Parked in chronological order are machines that look more like sculptures in steel and chrome: Vespas from 1946 onward, their narrow waists and curved bodies instantly recognizable.
+In the last week in Rome, their buzz has been even more pronounced than usual, with thousands of Vespa riders moving in swarms throughout the city for the vehicle’s 80th anniversary. They streamed through the intense summer heat past the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus and the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla — some wearing vintage leather helmets, others with flags fluttering.
+https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vespa-italy-postwar-design-9.7252641