EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RENNIE SCAYSBROOK, STAR OF THE APRILIA RS 660 LAUNCH IN CALIFORNIA

INTERVIEW WITH JOSH ROGERS, PRESIDENT OF THE VESPA CLUB OF AMERICA: A GROWING COMMUNITY WITH MORE THAN 30 CLUBS AND THOUSANDS OF FANS

A HUGE VESPA ENTHUSIAST, THE FIRST TIME HE SAW ONE WAS IN CHICAGO 30 YEARS AGO AND NOW HE BOASTS A PRIZED COLLECTION THAT INCLUDES A RARE, 1946 VESPA 98. FORMER PUBLISHER OF “SCOOT! MAGAZINE”, HE TALKS ABOUT HOW RIDING CULTURE HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. AND ABOUT THE ICONIC VESPA, HE SAYS THAT...

NANNI MORETTI BACK IN THE SADDLE ON A VESPA, LIKE IN THE FILM “CARO DIARIO” (DEAR DIARY). 27 YEARS LATER…

ALSO REMEMBERING GABRIEL GARCIA MÁRQUEZ, STUDENT AND REPORTER IN ROME IN THE FIFTIES, AND THE 1960 OLYMPIC GAMES WITH ONE HUNDRED VESPAS FOR AS MANY CHAMPIONS, ON AN HONOUR LAP THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL AND A STOP IN ST. PETER’S SQUARE FOR THE POPE TO GREET THE ATHLETES.

ANDREA TIOZZO PAGIO AND HIS “2006 WORLD CUP VESPA”, DEDICATED TO THE “HEROES OF BERLIN”

THE ORIGINAL UNDERTAKING OF A VESPISTA FROM CHIOGGIA (VENICE) WHO “FOLLOWED” THE FOOTBALLERS FROM THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM, WINNERS OF THE 2006 WORLD CUP, FOR TEN YEARS WITH THE GOAL OF DECORATING HIS VESPA WITH THEIR AUTOGRAPHS. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

ASTRIDE HIS MOTO GUZZI LE MANS: THIS IS HOW CHRIS SET OUT TO DISCOVER THE WORLD AND HIMSELF

THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE OF CHRIS DONALDSON – A GREAT MOTORBIKE “ESCAPE” FROM NINETEEN SEVENTIES BELFAST (IRELAND) ACROSS 33 COUNTRIES – TURNED INTO A BOOK ENTITLED “GOING THE WRONG WAY”. A SINCERE AND PASSIONATE TALE THAT THRILLS AND ASTONISHES. DEDICATED TO GUZZI FANS OLD AND NEW. HERE IS THE LINK TO THE FIRST CHAPTER. AND THE INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR, A GENUINE GUZZI FAN, WHO DREAMS OF AUSTRALIA.

ANTONIO LIGABUE AND MOTO GUZZI: A BOND OF ART AND LIFE

BERLINALE 2020: SILVER BEAR FOR ACTOR ELIO GERMANO, PROTAGONIST OF “VOLEVO NASCONDERMI”, FILM-PORTRAIT OF THE INGENIOUS ITALIAN PAINTER AND SCULPTOR. AND THE NEW “INCOMPRESO” EXHIBIT IS OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER IN THE MUSEUM DEDICATED TO HIM.

“SMALL. STRONG. SWEET.”: A PHOTO EXHIBITION BY NICOLA MOCZEK AND RIKLEF RAMBOW IN BERLIN

VESPANDA: “THE GREAT TOUR” OF ILARIO LAVARRA

150 THOUSAND KM AROUND THE WORLD, 3 YEARS ON THE ROAD ASTRIDE HIS BELOVED VESPA GT “ARDIMENTOSA”. HE EVEN ARRIVED AT THE DUNES OF DAKAR IN SAUDI ARABIA WITH HER. AND THE VOYAGE CONTINUES...

THE ENTREPRENEUR GIOVANNI RANA & THE GUZZINO: AN ITALIAN STORY

IN THE ‘60S HE USED THE “MOTOLEGGERA 65” TO DELIVER FRESH PASTA DOOR TO DOOR, HANDMADE IN HIS FIRST PROVINCIAL LABORATORY WHICH, OVER THE DECADES, BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL EMPIRE. AND HE BECAME HONORARY MEMBER OF THE PIACENZA ‘MOTO GUZZI THE CLUB’.

AUTHENTIC MOTO GUZZI FAN EWAN MCGREGOR IS BACK ON A MANDELLO BIKE

THE HOLLYWOOD STAR IS THE AMBASSADOR FOR THE V85TT, MOTO GUZZI’S ALL-TERRAIN MODEL. THE SHOOT FOR THE NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TOOK PLACE IN SOUTHERN SARDINIA IN THE SPLENDID SETTING OF IS MOLAS.

THE GUARESCHI FAMILY, A LINE OF GUZZI BIKERS. THE MANDELLO EAGLE RETURNS TO THE RACETRACK WITH THEIR KIT

THE “BELLA DENTRO” APE: COMMONSENSE AGAINST WASTE.
CAMILLA AND LUCA’S SMART ITINERANT IDEA

GREAT SUCCESS FOR THE JEREMY FISH EXHIBITION
AT THE PIAGGIO MUSEUM

DID YOU MISS IT? NO PROBLEM: HERE IS THE PHOTOGALLERY OF “ANIMAL SPIRIT – PER AMORE DELLA VESPA”: THE PIAGGIO GROUP VEHICLES INTERPRETED BY THE AMERICAN ARTIST.

THE TEACHER AND THE “BIBLIOMOTOCARRO” APE PUT WHEELS ON BOOKS

FOR ALMOST TWENTY YEARS, TEACHER ANTONIO LA CAVA HAS BEEN TAKING CULTURE TO THE SMALLEST AND REMOTEST COMMUNITIES ON AN APE CAR CONVERTED INTO A TRAVELLING LIBRARY. READING, WORKSHOPS AND EMOTIONS, NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN. MORE THAN 180,000 KM COVERED TO DATE, TO VILLAGES WITH FEWER THAN ONE THOUSAND INHABITANTS. AND THE JOURNEY CONTINUES.

HARDALPITOUR 2018: IN THE WORDS OF GUZZI BIKER MARCO CAPPELLI

ON HIS MOTO GUZZI TT 1.2 RALLY, MARCO TOOK PART IN THE 10TH EDITION OF THE SANREMO-SESTRIERE HAT, EUROPE’S MOST IMPORTANT ADVENTOURING MOTORCYCLE EVENT. A RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRANTS: 480 BIKERS FROM 16 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING DAKAR STARS LIKE BRUNO BIRBES ON A MOTO GUZZI V7 MKIII.

THE JOURNEY INWARD:
MELISSA HOLBROOK PIERSON AND MOTO GUZZI

MICHAEL O'KEEFE, EDITOR OF THE PORTAL "CONSUMERS ADVOCATE.ORG-EDITORIAL & CUSTOMER REVIEWS" SIGNALS THE PUBLICATION OF A VERY INTERSTING PRESS REPORT ENTITLED "RIDING HISTORY: 3 WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE FACE OF MOTORCYCLING", SIGNED BY JIM TRUMM AND DEDICATED TO THREE EXTRAORDINARY MOTORCYCLISTS. ONE OF THEM IS MELISSA HOLBROOK PIERSON, TRAVELER AND WRITER, WHO LOVES THE SOUND OF THE ITALIAN MOTORCYCLE OF MANDELLO. HERE THE ARTICLE OF JIM ON MELISSA.

PRIMARY RESPONSE “ANGELS” RIDE PIAGGIO MP3 SCOOTERS

THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE SCOOTER UNIT OF THE RED SHIELD OF DAVID, ISRAEL’S NATIONAL RED CROSS, MAGEN DAVID ADOM, ARE THE SUBJECT OF AN ARTICLE IN LEADING DAILY YEDIOT ACHARONOT, BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY THE IMPORTER OFER MOTOR.

ANDREW NICKSON & FRIENDS: FROM SUFFOLK TO THE PIAGGIO MUSEUM, ON THE APRILIA HABANA AND SHIVER

CHINA-PONTEDERA: THE GREAT ENTERPRISE OF YU FISH ON A VESPA

THE 27-YEAR-OLD TRAVEL BLOGGER FROM BEIJING TRAVELLED OVER 20 THOUSAND KILOMETRES THROUGH ASIA, RUSSIA AND EUROPE ON HER VESPA GTS 300 IE. IN ITALY SHE STOPPED IN PONTEDERA, IN TUSCANY, TO VISIT THE PIAGGIO MUSEUM AND THE VESPA FACTORY. AND HER ADVENTURE CONTINUES.

RANDY DE LEON: COURAGE AND TALENT

A PHOTOGRAPHER, DESPITE HIS DISABILITY, WITH A GREAT PASSION FOR ENGINES. AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE PLUS PHOTO ON THE MANILA LAUNCH OF THE VESPA 946 (RED), PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE OF JAMES DEAKIN, CNN PHILIPPINES PRESENTER.

THE MOTORCYCLING ART OF CRAIG RODSMITH

AUSTRALIAN BY ORIGIN, HE LIVES IN LAKE COUNTY. SINCE THE 1970s HE HAS BEEN CUSTOMIZING MOTORCYCLES. HE LOVES MOTO GUZZI, TO WHICH HE DEDICATES HIS PREFERRED CREATION BASED ON A 1969 MG ELDORADO, TRANSFORMED INTO A DUSTBIN RACER. “A BIKE WITH A SOUL”.

SAMUELA DE NARDI AND THE OTHERS GUEST STAR OF THE MOTORCYCLE SPORTS