These pics come from our guys on Motoblog.it and show a vintage BMW sidecar and a Laverda which we believe is a 1980’s 750SF model but we’re happy for someone to step in and correct us on that one. The pics come from Jego who snapped them in Italy and convince us that on seeing any sidecar, vintage or not, is like stepping back in time.

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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Either this guy took the corner too fast or he enjoys riding around with the sidecar in the air. Whatever he was or wasn’t carrying, he should consider loading a few bricks to keep the wheels on the ground. Alternatively, he could ride without the side car…

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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While at Vinitaly to go exploring the world of Italian wine, I came across this vintage style Vespa with a sidecar as a promo piece for white wines from Friuli. With a topless woman clutching a bottle, and saying “the only white I love”, it was a rather unusual thing to have stumbled across at the wine fair.

I couldn’t figure out if the Vespa and sidecar were prizes in a raffle or if they were just there as a feature piece to attract visitors. More pics after the jump

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If you love vintage objects and you want the real deal, you have to do things the right way. There are no short cuts to real vintage style. The 60’s era gave the world plenty of two wheel and four wheel lengends, but the owner of this Vespa has decided to unite two of the 60’s style protagonists: the Vespa and the combie van.

We love this shot of the Vespa with a glorious Volkswagen sidecar and figure if you want to do a hippies tour of Europe, then this is the most stylish way to go.

Source | Top Speed (thanks to Derapatajoe for the tip)

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My first reaction on seeing this was: love the paint job! At CR&S VUN they really show a passion for motorcycles with some authentic Italian design, starting with a single cylinder “milanès” rumble.

This design from Cafe’ Racers and Superbikes includes a sidecar, or PPB as an acronym in Milanese dialect meaning “to carry knick-knacks” (the guys at CR&S are a little quirky). The sidecar is aerodynamic, easily attached and is not designed for passengers, hence the name.

On reaching your destination, having carried all your gear in the PPB, you can easily remove the sidecar to get about with your VUN. It’s a genius idea, and the sidecar is made from fibreglass, sold at the price of about 9,600 euros. For more information on CR&S check out our previous posts on the Vun story, part one and part two.

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This is a fantastic little video from MotoTV on the Vespa stand at the Eicma show. As said in the video, Vespa is an icon the world over, and no longer just belongs to Italy.

The modern day Vespas have plenty of classic style, as the presenter says in the opening the lovely red model looks like it just stepped out of the 50’s. But this classic Vespa style is backed up by substance, with modern technology such as electronic ignition to keep up with the times.

Featured is the Vespa sidecar prototype, which currently has no future in production but as we’re told, you never know…I can’t wait to see that zipping around Milan!

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Piaggio presented quite a curious prototype at the Eicma show in Milan in the form of a Vespa GTV Sidecar. This is a vintage Vespa prototype that picks up stylistic elements from the 50’s.

It’s not really a new idea as at the end of the 40’s, in 1948 to be precise, that the first Vespa sidecar was created. The prototype seen at Eicma 2008 is based on the Vespa GTV 250 with a 250cc, four-stroke, four valve engine, liquid cooled and with electronic ignition. Both wheels have a disc brake system.

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This is a clip from a Slovenian sidecar race. Watch out the switch-back road!

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