Vespa Desert Racer

THE DESERT VESPA

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’VE GOT ALMOST 16KMS TO COVER BETWEEN THE STARTING LINE AND THE CAMPSITE WHEN YOU’RE ON THE SALTS FLATS? YOU MAKE THE MEANEST VESPA AROUND, THAT’S WHAT.

While out on Lake Gairdner in arrive the anticipation started to build, and South Australia for a week of land we soon found that each part created its speed racing on the salt flats, a workhorse own series of problems.” This would be no was needed for PS Imports Director Paul simple stripping of parts and bolting on of Chiodo for traversing the deep desert sand new ones as the project began to grow, and and rocky terrain between homebase and by Paul Chiodo’s own admission the build the starting line for the Triumph Salt Racer. started to get “out of hand”, not that that’s While the Piaggio Typhoon 125 that was in a bad thing. use was fine for the lake, it battled against the harsher Australian landscape. An idea had now sparked, and a collaboration was created between Melbourne based Supacustom and Vespa Australia “One of the challenges of this project is finding, adapting and fitting parts that will take the The crew got to work stripping the body back to a bare shell, with any and all redundant parts being cut from the body. to create a machine that could VDR to Desert racing To make sure this Vespa tackle the tough terrain for stardom“ was good and sturdy for those all-important beer runs it’s forthcoming life of (and other jobs, we’re sure). The basis for desert abuse its body was reinforced in the this zippy desert racer would be a 2015 forward and aft, and side-to-side..... Vespa Sprint 150 I.E 3 valve, chosen for its classic look, clean lines and new 3 valve motor. “One of the challenges of this project is finding, adapting and fitting parts that will take the VDR to Desert racing stardom. As far as aftermarket scooter parts go; desert racing / off road components are not high on manufacturer’s priorities. For this reason, we have had to improvise and pick the best option that will work – often with heavy modification. As our parts started to

CORONA AID

STAY HEALTHY, STAY AT HOME, STAY POSITIVE! HAVE FUN WITH OUR VIDEO!

The SIP Scootershop GmbH purchasing department contacted Chinese business partners in mid-March to organise medical respiratory masks in view of the shortage that still exists today. After a few detours at the customs office, they have now arrived and SIP Scootershop donated FFP2 respiratory masks to the Landsberg district administration‘s civil protection, which is responsible for the centralised coordination of distribution, as required.

Pictured from left to right: Felix Hafner, Martin Holzmann from Landsberg district administration, Ralf Jodl and Alexander Barth, Managing Directors of SIP Scootershop

MASK: KN95 FFP2, Double pack Art. 76127000 10,90 €

WE ARE IN THE YEAR 2020 AD.

The whole world is occupied by the Sars Cov 2 corona virus… The whole world? No! One indomitable scooter rider is refusing to give up riding, even though it‘s banned, at least not in his garage in Kleinbonum er Landsberg. A Vespa road trip in the garage…

NUMBERS IN 2019 WE SHIPPED 245.167 PARCELS IN 57 COUNTRIES

MIXED DOUBLES

SIP ONLINESHOP

GRIPS VANS WAFFLE, FOR VESPA

The VANS Waffle Grips reflect the world famous waffle pattern of the cult VANS sneakers. Soft and pleasant, different colours, different diameters.

art. no.: CV0710BL 24,90 €

BRAKE CLEANER SIP 599ML, SPRAY

art. no.: 14235000 4,50 €

LED HEADLIGHTS JW SPEAKER

For VESPA Ø 110mm. With some modifications the LED headlight. from JW Speaker fits to e.g. a fenderlight Vespa. and provides optimal illumination of the street.

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25 YEARS SIP SPEEDOMETER

SIP customer Dome has customised his V50 special speedometer brilliantly for our 25th anniversary – Thank you!

FROM ASIA WITH LOVE

This Instagram account offers an incredible amount of Vespa content from Asia and is always worth a follow!

WITH LOVE

from St. Petersburg. The picture shows Vika in her husband Stas‘ hairdresser‘s shop „Salon Kult“ in St. Petersburg, which is decorated throughout with Vespa parts. Thanks!

HALLO PATTAYA!

@vespaestum @repostvespaindonesia @salon_kult, @vika_lantie @vintage_vespa_thai SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF

Our customer Lome from „Vintage Vespa Thai“ in Bangkok exhibits SIP own products at the Scooter Run in Pattaya and has a cool Instagram page!

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DRUM VIRTUOSO

SIP customer Specki from Berlin drums full-time in the rock band „In Extremo“ and simply knows how to dress in style! Thumbs up Specki!

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HAPPY READER!

Lome from Bangkok with the 9th CURVE edition

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LAMBRETTA THAILAND

A fantastic Lambretta shop with workshop and small bar in the heart of Bangkok and a SIP Official Dealer. Definitely not one beer short of a six-pack…

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OUR FRIEND

Stefano from Milan, Italy, on his journey through Uganda with an old Vespa. Ride carefully!

FIRST AID

We completed a FIRST AID course as a team in January 2019. Knowledge of first aid is not only important in the workplace but also at home and especially in road traffic. Copying is recommended, it‘s offered everywhere by the Red Cross!

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WEDDING BELLS RINGING…

SIP GLIMPSE BEHIND THE SCENES

We shot a video clip for our gift vouchers in autumn 2019. The idea was to show how our vouchers for Vespa and Lambretta lovers magically turn into coveted tuning or spare parts... Here‘s our video:

All the best to both of you!

Our customer Bruce from Hong Kong and his wonderful wife came all the way from Hong Kong to Landsberg to shoot wedding photos in proper style – including the photographer and make-up artist! By the way, it‘s already their 3rd visit to us…

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SIP PUSSYCAT

This cute picture was sent to us by Tracey, wife of Shaun from Norwich, UK: „My husband orders parts from you all the time and our cat loves the ANTICIPATION of boxes as baskets, as you can see …“

Anticipation in the box!