If you ever find yourself in Sabula, Iowa, this is a must visit stop. Bombfire Pizza is pizza done right. Wood fired oven and a 60s atmosphere. The van is permanently parked in front of the place.
2013 F800GT Graphite Metallic-Gone to a new home
Not a 2nd childhood, still in the 1st
Guido, those shortened busses were all the rage for a while. Some got big Chevy engines stuffed in the space and the super wide drag tires were installed.
incredible!
those busses have a wheelbase shorter than the Ape Calessino
And probably about as stable.
Richard - Current bikes: 2016 BMW R1200RS, 2018 16.6 kWh Zero S, 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Classic, 2009 BMW F650GS, 2020 KTM 390 Duke, 2002 Yamaha FZ1 (FZS1000N) and a 1978 Honda Kick 'N Go Senior.
The Piaggio Ape is the most cheap commercial vehicle in Italy. at the first time it was produced with a two stroke 50 cc engine, the same engine of the Vespa with three gears, then, in the last models the engine grown to 600 cc. (now the biggest model has a four stroke engine of about 400 cc) apparently its has not stability at all, but in fact it is one of the most stable little commercial vehicle on the market. here, in Sicily you can find a lot of Ape Calessino, they are used as Taxi in some touristic towns, or for the tour of the historic center of some cities. Piaggio still produces the commercial models of the Ape, the Calessino (which name means "little caleche" in english) version costs about 6,000 €... not really cheap, but it looks like an exclusive vehicle.
this is the commercial, basic version of the Ape 50:
p.s. Ape means "bee" and Vespa "wasp". the name Vespa should have been used for the first bike produced by the MV Agusta (Vespa 98), but this name was already registered as a trademark, so the first MV was simply called 98.
for those who didn't know it, MV are the initials of Meccanica Verghera, for the name of the place where the count Agusta (a count from Palermo who already produced aircraft parts near Milan during the first world war) made his factory to produce motorcycles.
"putenza du gibbiuni!" dissi u sceccu quannu vitti u mari... ("what a big pool!" said the donkey when has seen the sea...)
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