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THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE VERSION OF CHRIS DONALDSON’S BOOK “GOING THE WRONG WAY” HAS BEEN PUBLISHED: THE THRILLING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TALE OF HIS ESCAPE FROM BELFAST ON THE ROAD TO AUSTRALIA ASTRIDE HIS MOTO GUZZI LE MANS

UNDER THE CARE OF THE AUTHOR, CARLO GUIDOTTI, THE ENGLISH VERSION HAS COME OUT OF THE SONG “A V-SHAPED HEART” CONCEIVED AND PRODUCED BY GUZZISTA MATTEO BRUTTI, SUNG BY ERMANNO CORTI (HERMAN). TO LISTEN HERE

FROM MANAGER AND ENTREPRENEUR TO GLOBETROTTER: GIANLUCA PELLEGRINELLI TALKS ABOUT HIS BOOK “NEPAL BY VESPA – IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE”

BETWEEN MAY AND JULY, HE COMPLETED A SOLO RIDE TO DISCOVER AND BE DISCOVERED, RIDING THROUGH EASTERN EUROPE, TURKEY, IRAN, PAKISTAN, AND INDIA FOR A TOTAL OF 11,500 KM. AND A NEW TRIP WILL TAKE HIM TO AFRICA, FROM ITALY TO GHANA, FOR A VOLUNTEER HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE IN FAVOUR OF THE “IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE” ASSOCIATION. ONCE AGAIN ASTRIDE HIS VESPA, ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY COMPANION.

GÜLŞAH MERVE YÜKSEL TELLS THE STORY OF HER VESPA TRIP, FROM TURKEY TO EUROPE AND BACK

FROM VESPISTA TO MOTORCYCLIST: THE YOUNG TWO-WHEELER ENTHUSIAST HAS DEVELOPED A TASTE FOR TWO-WHEEL TRAVEL AND HAS ALSO BECOME A BIKER ON AN APRILIA TUAREG... UNSTOPPABLE!

A GRISO IN SAN DIEGO, A GRISO IN CABRIS. TRACY NUZZO TELLS THE STORY…

AN AMERICAN BIKER, SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH MOTO GUZZI IN A MINNESOTA DEALERSHIP. SHE HAS TWO GRISO TENNI BIKES: ONE IN CALIFORNIA, THE OTHER IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. ARTICLE-INTERVIEW BY ROBERTO POLLERI; PHOTO BY MARCO BELLIMBUSTO.

IN BUDAPEST: SUCCESS OF THE PROJECTION WITH TEST SCREENING OF THE DOCUFILM “RIDE BACK TO FREEDOM”, WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF AUSTRIAN DIRECTOR HERMANN WEISKOPF’S EXTRAORDINARY TRIP TO ITALY (IN VESPA) IN SEARCH OF FREEDOM

INTERVIEW WITH ROBERTO LEARDI, PRESIDENT OF VESPA CLUB D’ITALIA (VESPA CLUB OF ITALY). FOR 38 YEARS AT THE HELM OF A VITAL AND GROWING ORGANISATION, WHICH INCLUDES 600 CLUBS AND 77 THOUSAND MEMBERS

LIFETIME VESPISTA, RESPECTABLE REGULARITY RIDER, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE VESPA CLUB OF ROME AND THE VESPA WORLD CLUB (OF WHICH HE IS HONORARY PRESIDENT), AS WELL AS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE VESPA CLUB D’ITALIA MAGAZINE.

PATRICK JENNINGS: “WHY I LOVE MOTO GUZZIS”

WRITER AND PROFESSIONAL TENNIS COACH WHO LIVES IN PORTLAND. AUTHOR OF THE BLOG MEDIUMDOG.COM, WHERE HE RECOUNTS HIS PASSION FOR THE EAGLE BRAND. THE AMERICAN GUZZISTA IS ABOUT TO MOVE TO THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN WITH HIS WIFE LI PING. THEY’LL TAKE WITH THEM THEIR MOTO GUZZIS, NORGE AND LE MANS, A VESPA GT WITH SIDECAR WHERE PEACH “TRAVELS”, THEIR FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND. AND ABOUT THE NEW V85 TT HE SAYS...

“DEDICATED TO MY GIGGINÈ”: LUIGI SALAMONE’S VESPA MEMORIES. FROM LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT WHEN HE WAS 13 TO THE PX 150, PASSING THROUGH FLORIDA

DAMIEN FRICKER: APRILIA FAN AND RACE RIDER BECOMES 2021 “NO LIMITS CUP 1000” CHAMPION IN ENGLAND. A LOVE STORY FOR BIKES AND TRACKS

FRANCESCO MURONI: FOR HIS BELOVED VESPA “GUENDALINA’S” BIRTHDAY, CAKE AND APPLAUSE AT THE PIAGGIO MUSEUM

“CROSSING FOR LIFE”: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. ASTRIDE A VESPA ON A RESCUE CATAMARAN, SAILING ON LAKE MAGGIORE FROM PIEDMONT TO LOMBARDY

“RIDE BACK TO FREEDOM” – 2 WHEELS IN SEARCH OF LOST FREEDOM IN TIMES OF THE CORONAVIRUS. THE NEW DOCUFILM FROM AUSTRIAN DIRECTOR HERMANN WEISKOPF

HE FILMED IT IN ITALY LAST JUNE, ACCOMPANIED BY A VESPA AND DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERNHARD FREINADEMETZ. IT PROVIDES THE UNREPEATABLE AND AUTHENTIC NARRATION OF A DIFFICULT PERIOD, ILLUMINATED BY THE HOPE AND DESIRE TO REDISCOVER OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET: FREEDOM. NOW THE MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR’S WORK IS READY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS.

FABIO COFFERATI: FROM MILAN TO TOKYO ON A VESPA FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ROBERTO PATRIGNANI, 57 YEARS LATER

FEDERICO SBARDOLINI: “THAT TIME I WON A MOTO GUZZI CALIFORNIA STONE” THE STORY OF A PHOTOGRAPH WITH A MOTORCYCLE RIDER AND TURKEYS...

“UNFORGETTABLE CHALLENGES AND THRILLS WITH MY APRILIA RSV4 RR… AND THAT PHOTO TAKEN BY FAUSTO GRESINI AT THE CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS”: THE STORY OF BRIAN BATES AND TOTAL PASSION

1949 MILAN-OSLO: ADVENTURE FOR THE SCOUTS ON 25 GUZZINI MOTORBIKES

THE RALLY, CHRISTENED THE “RED ARROW” BECAUSE OF THE COLOUR OF THE MOTO GUZZI 65CC BIKES, CARRIED A MESSAGE OF PEACE FOR CHILDREN ACROSS POSTWAR EUROPE, TO MARK THE 20TH WORLD SCOUT MEETING

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.

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

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.

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”.