This cute little animation video should brighten up your Friday morning, with the one and only Mr. Bean who gives up his British Leyland Mini to ride a vintage Vespa scooter to take on Michael Jackson and match his dance routines.

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This humorous commercial incorporates the idea that everyone can love a Vespa scooter, even the stereotype of the hard riding, beer drinking Harley Davidson rider that can leave his main squeeze and appreciate the classical and timeless beauty of a Vespa ET4.

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One of Motoblog’s readers sent these wonderful pics of Vespa rocking horse created for his grandson Diego. This spetacular piece of handicraft is made out of fiberglass, metal and imitation leather, and re-creates the Vespa right down to the Vespa and Piaggio logos and has a personalized vanity plate.

Send your funny, bizarre or surprising pics to us and we’ll post them, with your name. We’d love to share what you guys find in the world of motorcycling! Send to: pics@twowheelsblog.com

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Why spend million of dollars with ad agencies and finding catchy jingles, when you just have to wander around YouTube and can come up with some fantastic stuff that could sell better than any artsy TV commercial.

I hope someone sends this video to Piaggio’s CEO Roberto Colaninno, this guy deserves a brand new Vespa for his creativity.

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In a kind of slow food-style Vespa tour of the US, photographer Clay Enos is travelling from New York to Vancouver on a Vespa GTS 300 Super this summer. The purpose of the motorcycle tour is to take in the local scenes of the US, while indulging in local produce and following the Eat Well Guide to the US.

Clay Enos is a film photographer who often works with Zack Snyder, but has decided to have a long, not-so-lazy summer of touring the US on a scooter. He says:

My intent is to spend the Summer before working as the still-photographer on the next Zack Snyder film traveling on a Vespa GTS 300 Super between New York and Vancouver, BC. The basic idea is to rarely go more than 150 miles on any given day, eat and support organic, locally produced and harvested foods, pop into Apple stores and Vespa dealerships to give my existing photography presentation, and make new pictures and portraits that will be blogged and geo-tagged along the way using my Nikon. The emphasis is on moving slowly and engaging the country that exists away from the freeways. This framework is simple, spontaneous and privileges local authenticity and uniqueness rather than the constructed and cliché.

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Here are a few shots from the Vespa World Days 2009 event that took place in Zell Am See, Austria, earlier this month. The event was a success again this year, for the third time, with more than 3,000 Vespa scooters registered and 5,000 Vespa fans. 270 Vespa clubs were involved, from countries around Europe and from overseas.

The most committed Vespa fans came from Canada and the US, and the oldest Vespa fan is an 82-year-old veteran of the famous scooter. The Vespa brand was born in 1946 and after 17 million models sold around the world, it has united countries and culturals in an unmistakable symbol of Italian life and style.

More than 100,000 Vespas are sold internationally every year, and the celebration this year included the not-to-be-missed Vespa parade of both vintage and modern models.

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From June 11 to 14 thousands of Vespa fans will meet for the Vespa World Days in the Salzburg valleys at Zell Am Sell. The Austrian medieval town will host the scooter event for four days, where a huge number of Vespa world fans are expected to gather.

With more than 17 million Vespas sold from 1946 until now, and with 100,000 units sold each year around the world, Vespa is an Italian style icon that is coming to Austria to tour among the Grossglockner slopes and around the lakes, with guided tours takintg in breathless scenery. What better way to go high altitude than on a Vespa…?

After a huge attendance in Sicily in 2008 and in San Marino in 2007, Bespa World Days is growing more than ever, and the Austrian edition should confirm the success of this event. More than 2,600 registrations are currently on the list and 250 Vespa clubs are planning on attending, coming from 20 different countries. The third edition will truly establish this as a world motor meet.

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The Fred Perry fashion brand is collaborating with Piaggio on a limited edition run of Vespa scooters bearing the famous laurel leaf logo and Fred Perry detailing. Piaggio will be producing only 100 of these special Vespa’s for Perry’s centennial anniversary and they’ll go on sale in the UK, France, Japan, and the US starting from August.

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Vespa has opened a store in Milan, in a new space on Viale Vittorio Veneto, that follows other Vespa stores in Italy opened in Rome, Naples and Florence. The Italian fashion capital hosts the store in the shopping district of Corso Buenos Aires, and it’s designed not just as a scooter store, but also an information point on Vespa fashion and accessories.

For us two-wheelers, you will also find all the joys of the new Vespa models, in classic, vintage and sports range. The new GTS 125 Super and the LX 50 4Valvole are displayed, together with their accessory and clothing range.

More Vespa shops in Europe and Italy will follow, as the classic “Made in Italy” brand becomes even more popular. For full details on the Vespa store, see our news on Blog Dolce Vita.

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We had a test run a few days ago at the Vespa Day Milan of the new Vespa GTS 125 Super. One of our colleagues, back in the good old days, had a magnificant Vespa P200E from 1979, and he can confirm that taking out the new GTS 125 Super still gives you that true Vespa feeling. As we all know, a Vespa is a Vespa.

The Vespa style has always remained more or less what it is today, with only a few touches to modernise the scooter to keep up with current technology and the market. The new GTS 125 certainly makes use of Vespa’s strong points, showing off a classic 60’s style.

The engine is a single-cylinder 125 four-stroke, liquid cooled with the new Electronic Cooling System that guarantees reduced energy use and greater fuel efficiency. The electronic ignition combines to make 4.9 hp at 9,750 rpm.

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After having looked at the lovely Bimota DB7 Nerocarbonio at Milan’s Design Week, on display was also a Nerocarbonio Vespa in carbon fibre. The vintage Vespa GS has been completely restored with carbon, which you can see in the photo below.

This Vespa is a truly special model, with the classic Vespa beauty dressed up with the modern and futuristic clothes of carbon fibre.

We are completely enchanted, and given the success, it looks as though the model will have a limited production of about ten units. The carbon fibre Vespa pic is after the jump.

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With more news and pics of Vespa Day in Milan to come, a new Piaggio Vespa model presented is the Vespa LX 50 4Valvole (four valves). It’s a zippy city scooter with plenty of Vespa tradition and style to boot.

In the pics below we give you the full official gallery of the new Vespa LX 50, with its 50cc, four-stroke engine. The new model has the response and speed of a two-stroke, with the efficiency and reduced emissions of a four-stroke. Full press details below.

Vespa LX 50 4Valvole

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