Classic Scooter From Denmark to Italy and back

In late May 2024 I was part of a group of 10 classic scooters, who took the long trip through Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy and back. All classic two-stroke Vespa and Lambretta's. This is my story of the ride, the challenges and the adventure.
This is also the first time I have done my own voice-over on a video. There was just so much to tell.
I will likely make some smaller videos with music from some of the great pieces of road from the trip.
Feel free to comment or ask any questions if you have any.
00:00 Intro
00:37 Day 1: Start from Peters Garage
03:40 Norther Germany
07:47 Day 2: Bad Brückenay / Germany
08:35 SIP OpenDay ‪@SIPScootershopTV‬
10:12 Day 3: Landsberg am Lech / Germany
13:05 Trouble in Innsbruck?
15:21 Day 4: Innsbruck / Austria
18:53 Reaching Italy
20:34 Going up a mountain
23:21 Day 5: Visiting Egig Performance
25:14 Day 6: Leaving Gudon
26:50 Passing Lake Garda
30:16 Day 7: Leaving Bergamo
34:32 Ending

[@3goldfinger]

You have more fun on a small bike, and when you break down, you meet the most friendly and helpful people. A Dane watching from Australia.

[@Jack908r]

Canadian here. Used to own a 1961 Lambretta Li150 when I was younger, which I got for $90 because a flatmate owed me money for a phone bill. Restored it, rode it for a bit and got hit in an accident. Didn't have the heart to restore it again, so sold to a friend. This really got me rev'd up for my old Lambretta though. Thanks for the video, and the memories. Looks like an awesome trip.

[@steve1962]

This is what it's all about........riding bikes with your mates, it's the journey, not the destination. Ride safe. Steve

[@user-hf6ok2tj5h]

Fabulous video! Made me long for the TV175 I had as my first ride back in 1965 in Norfolk, UK. Scooter folks are the best! Couldn't get over how help materialised from nowhere to get you back on the road. Cheers from Alabama.

[@il_ninja_di_vaaa]

By an italian motorcyclist what a beautiful trip and nice footage. Amazing. I would like to come to Denmark by motorbike one day

[@lieutenantsvince9476]

Hi Your subscriber from Pondicherry india . My applause for your work!

[@marupek]

Wonderful trip! It's hard to find any classic motorcycle that is more reliable than yours. Maybe Hondas are more reliable. I myself ride a Honda Super Cub and a Honda PCX, but they are new machines that repay the absolutely reliable ride so far. I noticed that you do not have motorcycle clothing, which is a prioryet for me even on such a small motorcycle, but a fall in the rain at 80km/h can be tragic! Stay safe and be sure to visit Poland! you are kindly invited!

[@mikehewitt5137]

Epic tour-vodeo and the best shots from your vespa. Sad for broken twice bit things happens. Thank you for make me forget my Vespa's problems and imagine things that i couldn't do cuz of my vespa. God bless you 🙏 all guys.

[@WongIndoasli]

Awesome lambretta. Awesome nature road😊😊😊😊

[@williamjmansfield8768]

Had TV175 in 1965 while in military. Wish I still had it. Great ride guys!

[@malnatt1715]

Grande avventura, sono contento che alla fine sia andato tutto bene😉 Saluti dall'Italia 🛵😎

[@MilesNauticus]

Adventurous ride with a touch of emotion, something reminiscent of the epic bygone days of Vespas and Lambrettas.

[@Battlefieldchaos]

What a supercool adventure! And super the guys from Austria who helped you getting up and running again! ❤ Your community!

[@ianwarden3352]

UK scooterist here realising scooterists across the world are truley amazing people keep on scootering and stay safe

[@nealeburgess6756]

What a fabulous idea. I love old 2 stroke bikes (and cars). I learnt to pillion ride as a young teenager on a Lambretta Li 150 from about 1960. A couple of years ago I did the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride in Málaga on my Suzuki T200 Invader. I was very impressed by two mature (fairly well built) ladies that did the run on an old Vespa. The scooter never missed a beat, and it was very skillfully ridden by the ladies. (Quite difficult conditions, extreme heat, hundreds of bikes and very slow progress. That made the ladies performance all the more impressive).

[@HollaenderDK]

@@nealeburgess6756 Slow parade rides like DGR is never fun with old manual gears and clutch 😀

[@linusadventurestravels6092]

Hi from Germany! It is a nice footage-THANK YOU for taking us all along your roadtrip. I truly can imagine how bad your feelings must have been leaving your scooter back in a foreign country...not knowing how the story will continue...?!It also reminds me of my solo-VESPA-Trip with my little tent last week to the "European Vespisti Week-2024" in Montenegro Terme in Italy. I drove within a 5-days-trip from Northern Germany to this small city right under Padua - a nice little town near Venezia, which i rode for and visited too...and some other day-trips with the local "Vespa Padene"-Club in their region. These guys are reaaly great people - thanks for their great hospitality! I headed back on monday to the Lake of Garda to the small village "Gargnano" for a night to sleep in a small hotel before heading northwards the day after. Passing the "Gampenpass" and "Timmelsjoch" with such a little scooter was an adventure and a fantastic ride.After 2.600 km for such a short time i was really "blasted" and this memories will probably last forever...!? Wishing you all beautiful and safe rides allover the world and hoping to seeing someone of you on any road... Best regards, Linus

[@HollaenderDK]

@@linusadventurestravels6092 sounds like a fantastic trip

[@espenbgh2540]

A FIVE STAR tour into the unknown with the old scooters, meeting friends that share the same passion, that help when needed.

[@impulseridechannel]

Nice to see scooter travelers)) Good luck from 🇬🇪

[@Piotrekwrocpl]

Scooter Brothers!!!

[@johnboysuffolk]

I enjoyed your film it and said what I have been thinking about is how simple is being complicated

[@paulchurchouse4585]

Amazing trip. Inspirational.

[@user-fz5mb9mv6d]

A truly wonderful story. Thank you for sharing it.

[@Freebird1765]

Nice journey, I live in California and ride a Piaggio Fly 150.

[@vinyldown8490]

Nice video man! you really made me wanna buy one even more

[@peterhabel]

I do not drive a scooter, but another classic old vehicle, and I have never had any of my long trips go totally without some sort of breakdown 😁 I even had a breakdown in Innsbruck 5 years ago when my clutch slave cylinder decided to leak and give up. But never the less, being on these very long drives is an adventure, so I keep venturing out on very long drives every year. Call me crazy, but I love it...

[@hmishin843]

Awesome ride,. In this life, you only go around once, make it count.

[@boboneleg]

What a fantastic journey :)

[@user-xm7vj9it7s]

Really enjoyed this!! Well done Guy's hope you make another. Cheers😊❤

[@mattmclafferty6265]

Epic run! Hare Krishna 🛵

[@firmans1509]

Really enjoyed to be scooterist!!! Pride 🤛 #Respect

[@dmitrydmitry7933]

Hello from Ukraine. Very nice adventure trip🛵🛵🛵🛵🛵

[@KURTLEMViGH]

SO TRUE BEAUTiFUL NATURE FROM THE YOUR TRiP!! 😉👍😏 WAAAOOO!! 😉👍😏 REALLY GOOD ViDEO!! 😉👍😏 GOOD ONE FOR YOU!! 😉👍😏

[@ShowYou-yw6ki]

It's the way I wanted to travel the most. I'm satisfied with the video.😊

[@ShowYou-yw6ki]

Great scenery and Vespa's appearance go well together👌

[@allanb52]

You guy have the right idea lads, I am 72 and have done a few trips on my Vespa, I bought it in northern Norfolk, England and Rode it down to Portugal with wife on the back. GREAT FUN. You trip on old bikes sounds better, if a bit smelly. I have a SIP screen on my scooter, didn't know it was German.. You LUCKY BUGGA!!!...but then you need a little luck...yours wasn't great, but great video, thanks Danska.

[@wanderlostduo]

great long ride, i love it regard from Bali scooter club

[@GlobalTune]

godt at se det her. glæder mig til fremtidig rejser

[@nomad90125]

What i wouldn't give to ride with you guys, Scooter mania.❤

[@nicktownsend2125]

Great viewing Cheers Nick Lambretta Club of Australia.

[@PeterHolland-mu7yn]

What a blast mate, Vespa px 125 rider now living in France, what an adventure would love to do something like this on the px, she has been all over but in 5he back of our motorhome then my wife and I go exploring on the px she has been rock solid for 13 years only requiring services, but now have a vibe which I’m hoping is not something bad but only the timing being a little out must get it sorted….. regards Pete 🇫🇷

[@HollaenderDK]

@@PeterHolland-mu7yn A PX just works. 😁

[@sonofabeach8631]

i want touring like that

[@darrenreadings1294]

I love riding in europe on my GP200 electronic or my series 1

[@typhoontim125]

Really enjoyed the video....great views...very well filmed...respect from Ireland ☘

[@MangScoots]

love this video man! i plan on taking my 80 cc scooter all the way down to west verginia from new york here soon, its 1 state away but on an 80. its gonna take me a few weeks lol

[@knuttekl]

Awesome

[@lesrouessurlaroute7694]

Nice story and trip. Thx to share this !

[@Plough78]

I used to roll around Denmark on a Puch Maxi (Green milk case) on the back.. 😂 Happy days *Plough* 🎉

[@HollaenderDK]

Classic 🤘

[@Lambrettist]

Hello from Los Angeles! I really enjoyed your film. Touring on Lambretta is one of my favorite things to do and I can relate to some of the incidents that happened to you and your scooter. I've toured twice across Europe and I hope to do it again. I've liked and subscribe to your channel. Meanwhile, for me, it's touring in California, mainly, where the lower level of development and quality of roads makes it more of a challenge to do than the journeys I've done to Italy and to Austria. I'm hoping to ride to the American Lambretta Jamboree in Oregon next year. It's about 1,000 miles each way, but will only cover two states. Stopping at scooter shops along the way is a great idea I think I'll borrow from you, so thank you. 😃

[@HollaenderDK]

The scooter shops are not very far apart in Italy 🙂 I would guess that there are not that many in the US.

[@Thebloodybanjo]

Great film. I don’t have a scooter but really enjoyed watching. Craig (England)

[@HollaenderDK]

Great to hear that it's not only the scooter nerds who watch ;-)

[@amilcaresatler6467]

Aqui de Guaramirim, estado de Santa Catarina, BRASIL. Na minha infância meu pai e primos tinham Lambretta Li...E sempre foi minha paixão... Aos 58 anos adquiri uma Lambretta Li 1963.... Show esta aventura pelas terras da Dinamarca, Alemanha, Áustria e Itália...sonho de qualquer Lambreteiro aventureiro...

[@ElwoodPDowd-ed7pc]

What a great journey and story! Thanks for sharing!

[@icecorner87]

fan vad trevligt!!

[@johnabbott4366]

great video really enjoyed,well done

[@lorenzolocatelirossi]

Fantastic ride…. Overall, your first breakdown was such a grand lesson of fraternity and fortune!

[@clivecartey]

Brilliant video and, in many ways, really inspiring........! (I am English, live in Italy and see so many classic Italian scooters still being used every day as regular daily transport - but - with the special 'magic' that belongs only to Vespa's and Lambretta's).

[@robertdederichs7707]

Was für eine großartige Reise und Erfahrung ! Danke das ich auf diese Weise mitfahren durfte !! Weiter so. Gruß Robert

[@richardstringfellow5454]

What a fabulous journey. Thank you for sharing!

[@stennerjs]

Excellent camera and editing, a really enjoyable vlog, well done😁

[@HollaenderDK]

@@stennerjs Thanks . This was the first time I tried to do a voice-over. Just too much to tell 😀

[@skipcurtin8546]

Well done my friend!! Greetings from the USA. ☮

[@bmc-freak2983]

Super god video - det må ha' været en fantastisk oplevelse.

[@kristiankrarup7439]

Man får helt lyst til at få godkendt sin tunet scooter 😊 som mc

[@jameswade4761]

Fantastic, Great story. Glad you all made it home.

[@dennisrikardtjrgensen8234]

A masterpiece 😍 - really well done Thomas 👊👍

[@Dikz.70769]

Amazing good job dude

[@allangrauenkr5223]

Masterpiece indeed

[@jamiemorse4487]

What a great video. I have got to do a trip like this from the UK on either my smallframe or px200. I went through Germany and Czech Republic and Austria on my way to Hungary a few years ago on my own and really enjoyed it but I would like to do something like this with others just in case. Luckily my old PX went from UK to Hungary with no problems apart from wrong jet installed and vespa mechanic in Berlin sorted that. As you said, the community of classic scooters is terrific and always someone to help.

[@galaxies7426]

classic scooterist brotherhood are just different.

[@gvoluto2816]

Echte Biker 👍👍👍

[@mowler8042]

Makes me want to move to Denmark and buy a Scooter, so wonderful how you all help each other.

[@HollaenderDK]

@@mowler8042 I think it's like that many places when you meet the right enthusiasts.

[@Plough78]

Used to roll on a Puch Maxi (Green milk case) on the back.. 😂 Happy days *Plough*🎉

[@madmalli]

Awesome Video! Well done!

[@HollaenderDK]

Thanks 😀

[@andrewdrogin]

What a beautiful journey!

[@stefanm67]

Hi from the UK. I was in Innsbruck a couple of weeks ago on a 1970 Honda C90 and parked exactly where you did... 😂😂 Great video. I really enjoyed it and thanks for taking the time to make it.

[@HollaenderDK]

We actually got told of by the traffic police, that we could not park there.

[@stefanm67]

@@HollaenderDK Ha ha.... I did not know that it was not allowed. I stayed there all day. 🙄🤣🤣

[@skyridercommendor6303]

Epic trip ❤ thanks for sharing.

[@soggybawsmoto]

New sub, great bit of story telling. Biker, but huge admirer of hard-core scooter riders.

[@76AERDNA]

nice video and nice adventure, congratulations. You passed through the province of Brescia while you were on the lake. I'm sorry about the bad weather and the breakdown. If you pass through the province of Brescia again, I have some beautiful mountain roads to recommend that they take you to visit many lakes and mountains.

[@HollaenderDK]

The breakdown was in Breno, Brescia - so I saw a little of Brescia :-)

[@fwrdr]

Epic ride! Thanks for sharing!

[@ianhearn9655]

Fantastic ride 👍

[@ChunLee-gu1br]

Very Good Video. Riding a Classic is surely exciting.

[@chisokcheatv]

Safe trip brother ❤

[@georgebamforth7372]

Great video!! All the best from NZ

[@anthonypickering5371]

I enjoyed the video, commentary and tail. I would love to carry out a journey such as yours on my GP/DL. 👍🛵✌️

[@marciocleytonoliveiradossa702]

Aventura belíssima

[@frankboff8185]

Very good and interesting video, thanks for sharing.

[@maurizioc3515]

Congrats. That was evidently quite an experience. Bravo/i!

[@KWlion]

An excellent video, from a Boston scooter rider.

[@HarrysVlog864]

This was nice to watch. Making a video like this takes a lot of time. Thank you! I also dream of going to other parts of Europe to ride.

[@tomolitravels2276]

What a great video….well done a superb watch.

[@HollaenderDK]

Thanks

[@robbbertonestips]

I own a 2016 continental gt 535, and I can still feel that the frustration had to be big! But you really saw and let her see some amazing landscapes right? That's what counts, and a bit of "luck" with bringing her back home!

[@MrBeboopman]

Hon the lads... 😊 subbed

[@clauslindemann7191]

Jeg har da aldrig set dårligere gruppe disciplin! I er sku' da direkte livsfarlige at køre med. Mere held end forstand at ingen blev skadet 😮

[@SAM-zt2uy]

Awesome video your accent reminds me of Survival Russia. Cool to see the SIP meet I’m in the uk but ordered loads of bits from them.

[@srenbildt9080]

I er kun lige kommet over med færgen. og jeg er allerede 100% på :) Great video

[@B.B-jd5vm]

You must have Iron butts for sure.....great video! greets from Germany ✌️

[@anyway00001]

Det superedt, sjovt at de holder så mange kilometer, næsten alle😜 Har personligt selv elsket køre mc scooter gennem årerne.....nemt, letkørt og charmerende, god vind

[@neilurquhart8622]

First time watching your channel, great trip even with a few breakdowns. I’m assuming you take your own two-stroke oil with you OR is ready mixed 2T petrol available at petrol stations in Europe? 🇬🇧

[@HollaenderDK]

@@neilurquhart8622 No, we bring our own and mix when refueling. Some places also sell two-stroke oil.

[@peterrau7473]

Very nice pictures and a nice adventure. What was the total petrol consumption for the route? How many km in total. Thanks from a Piaggio Nrg Mc3 driver, 25 year old Vespa

[@HollaenderDK]

@@peterrau7473 I don't know how much total. I ran about 20km/l. The Vespa PX ran longer per liter.

[@davidearaldi]

Great trip, great bikes. A question, I noticed a small strap on the right of the handlebar where you placed the GoPro remote control. Did you make it yourself or can I buy it online? Thank you.

[@ghosthunter216]

salam satu aspal dari Indonesia

[@ohwell2790]

Break downs do not add to the adventure.

[@HollaenderDK]

Good point 😀

[@thebikegeekandmore2448]

Kan du vara snäll och göra en video om hur du har förberett dig inför resan?

[@MrHAMANN777]

почему сразу сам не отправил мопед траспортной компанией?

[@HollaenderDK]

I think I was to exhausted and didn't think it would be a problem