Alaska to Argentina on a Vintage Vespa!

Meet our new friend, Alex, all the way from Germany! He stopped in San Diego for a few days on his 2-year journey from Alaska all the way to the tip of Argentina. Good luck and safe travels Alex!
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[@jimtheedcguy4313]

I love this German guy! He's so excited about his trip it's very wholesome!

[@mipatosemurio]

See you soon in Mexico all the Vespa clubs here in Mexico will be glad to help you in your travel. Great Inspiration for all!!!

[@nicolasramirez1291]

that is an old vespa from the postal service of spain, "correos", as i can read on the sides panels. great ending for that bike.

[@pericodelospalotes5738]

Yes, I recognize that Vespa as a former vehicle from the Spanish national post service because the yellow official color, 3:10 a round trumpet (bugle) and the royal crown on the left cofano and 3:25 "Correos" on the right one.

[@ScooterDaddy604]

Good riding with you in Vancouver Alex. Hope the road treats you well. Safe travels.

[@tanagornc9407]

I wish to travel with my Sprint V. like him one day! Thanks Vespa Motorsport to shared and wish him nice and safe trip!!! :)

[@AntayaS]

We loved having him at the vancouver rally in August, what a cool guy!

[@calasmallorca1183]

That Vespa is from the post service in Spain. For sure it already had thousands of km. You can see is all beat up, thats how they sell them........cool to see stuff like this

[@Lincoln94117]

Glad to see that Alex is doing so well!! The T&P sticker is an awesome touch! Too bad you can't be up here in Portland next month for Spring Scoot 20.

[@ferrazbrother]

really nice !!! so cool .

[@pingeldy]

Bin total beeindruckt.ich wünsche ne Super gute Tour,und alles gute. Gruss aus Köln Frank

[@Theophilus1968]

So cool!!!

[@pocopeloenlacapocha]

Looking forward to have you reaching your goal in Argentina!! Hope we can meet when you get here.

[@senzanjosef]

Alex!!! Greetings from WSCE and your Vancouver family!! All the best my friend

[@telcobilly]

I've been to that shop before and test rode a 4T Stella scooter. I lived about 3 Mike's away on a sailboat in a marina.

[@omarf.6780]

I'll be waiting for you right here, brother!

[@BOYVIRGO666]

that sounds like a great trip. id love to see if he finished.

[@leandrosolari7787]

Muy buena experiencia!!!

[@whimpey109]

Your doing great videos! I subscribed! Auf wiederschnitzel!!!!

[@WestMushrif]

Wow amazing

[@gibson4ever28]

Awesome!

[@kyosuke19971]

Suprisingly i saw an Vespa with german retistration. Next up have to be an Norwegian registration Vespa in the Vespa Motorsport Shop :)

[@jthaneyphotographer]

Herr Alex knows how to live!!!

[@Alex25545]

Muito legal. Parabéns

[@GoodGuyBiker]

How freaking cool is that! My videos are nothing near this cool.

[@schrauberermel1758]

Danke 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@schrauberermel1758]

super das mit wassertank gute Idee.

[@anasirn]

going towards the wrong way. Its part of the traveling hahaha He'll get there.

[@djalil5]

You’re the best ever

[@polaris33063]

100 kg is 220 lbs. There is a lot of weight on that little bike.

[@FrancescoZanet]

WOW!!! you are crazy! great! :)

[@VespaMotorsport]

Very!

[@kevinell6605]

Respect ...

[@marcosfeher3423]

That vespa comes from Spain... The logo that appears is the Spanish's state mail company...I think they still use the same vespa... If you come to Barcelona to ride your vespa I show you the town!!

[@adrianmshana8940]

going towards the wrong way. Its part of the traveling hahaha He'll get there. Hahahahaha

[@whimpey109]

That's an old former Deutsche Post (German Mail) scooter! Great! What a inventive guy...withe the watertank! Doe he ride back island hopping here in Chile? Should drop by and see me her in Puerto Montt so we can go for a ride to see some volcanos! I tried some dirtroads on my chinese scooter and even it having 13 inch wheels that is definitly very uncomfortable...not to say impossible! And big pickuptrucks push you out of their way!!! I always wait untill they get paved!!!

[@los3v]

It is a spanish postal sevice vespa! (correos) nonperfect.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/vespa.jpg

[@whimpey109]

Yes, your right! I saw the s of correos on the rightsided motorcover! Thank!!

[@Bellerophon2010]

los3v u

[@sivvaersin]

Vespa hayranıyım şimdi dahada çok vespa hayranı oldum.

[@mek1sound]

Can u explain how you made lighting protection?

[@alhamelio]

hahaha Nice !!

[@marcoscruvinel4731]

Legal gostei..

[@rossydv]

Sorry, I can't see where it states the model?

[@djalil5]

What about the fuel ?

[@efedebe91]

its correos bike!! :)

[@ku41433]

Es una Vespa española del servicio postal de Correos....

[@fly32002]

Is there a follow up on this trip to Argentina? Did he ever complete the trip there? What was the outcome?

[@geraldscott4302]

He did complete the trip. I recently saw a video made in 2017, some time after he completed this trip. I believe he went through something like 8 pistons? And got robbed along the way, lost $20 and his camera.

[@2birie4life96]

I wonder how much money that's costing him?

[@luiseariza]

We can feed him for free at La Stella Pizza in Ensenada :)

[@pakitoblaster]

Vespa servicio oficial de correos de España

[@mexmex2]

ti prego beten sowohl für den Griff, was Sie die Räder gestellt, wo conprano

[@tommymoore5138]

Balls.

[@billalbion]

1000 Km = 625miles.

[@RPWaggel]

Mexico is that way ....ahahahahahahha :-D oooops.

[@v12_dante26]

1kg=2.2lb so 100kg is 220lb.

[@joseeudesbarrospinto7878]

👍🤜😎☠🇧🇷

[@scooteradventurers8752]

Amazing video! Liked and subbed, shared on scooteradventurers.com

[@adrianobonaldo8941]

All vespa and especially px model is impossible destroyed it. I got two px the first was a 150 px no electronics. With this i really do not know how much km I done.but thousand and thousand. After I sold and this is still tunnimg today . The seconda was a px 125 arcobaleno fantastic engine electronics ignition by Ducati. In many years I neve r got problem. I really use this px arcobaleno every day 365 day a years. I do not have idea when this vespa could get pension

[@themullystacheshow3610]

Don’t do math on air dude

[@jeffcornock6314]

Not really a vintage scooter it's a p range . All mod cons electronic ignition indicators 12 v lights. Luxury that is.

[@kaptinshazbat7535]

Oh dear !

[@adolfnoise4673]

indicators! that's what you need on a 90000 km straight road from Alaska to Patagonia! and with 12v lights you can easily scare away a grizzly, while 6v will only protect you from squirrels.

[@Imightberiding]

i love these Europeans casually completing long expedition journeys on old classic Vespa scooters. proof that one does not need a huge, uber expensive adventure motorcycle to see the world. I've done some fairly extensive trips around North America on motorcycles but that's the extent of my two wheeled journeys. I'm hoping to make so long distance camping trips this coming spring & summer on a Vespa of my own. 100 kg = 220 lbs. 1 kg = 2.2 lbs. 1 km = 5/8 of a mile or .63 miles, 50 mph = 80 kmh, 100 kmh = 63 mph, 100 mph = 160 kmh, 1000 km = 630 miles, 1000 miles = 1600 km. 2.5 cm = about 1 inch, 10cm = about 4 inches, 15 cm = about 6 inches, 12 inches (or 1 foot) = about 30 cm, 91.5 cm = 1 yard, 1 metre = about 39.3 inches, 1 litre is just a wee bit bigger than 1 US quart. 4 litres is therefor just slightly more than 1 US gal., 1 US Gal = about 3.7 litres, 1 litre is slightly smaller than 1 Imperial quart & thus 1 Imp gal is a bit bigger than 4 litres, 1 Imp gal = about 4.4 litres. Sorry for geeking out but when the dude who was interviewing the fellow travelling on his Vespa, looked at the camera & informed his viewing audience with authority, as though he knew what he was talking about, & said; 100 kg is about 160 lbs, I could not let that stand. *Edit: It's always good for a laugh when an American tries to translate metric into the American Standard System. They also seem to think that the Imperial measurement system is the same as the US standard system. That one is equally as frustrating as them confusing metric measurements. There are one or two other countries in the world besides the USA that still use the antiquated American Standard System. Liberia, a third world African nation basically founded & supported by the US government is one of them. Come on you American cave men, get with the 21st century.

[@djalil5]

What about the fuel ?

[@adolfnoise4673]

fuel quality was an issue, pistons had to be replaced 7 times...