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taken 18/9/10, 9:56am

so that was it, my vespa finally got too beat up for me to delay any further, especially after the little accident in august that left the front a little mangled. i brought it to the shop for some refurbishing.

$900+ and a bit of worrying later, this is what came out. yes, i do think it looks great, but sometimes when i'm riding it i feel like a prissy little ass on that shiny blue vespa.

it's too shiny, too nice, too clean, too typical. i think i'm too used to riding my old dirty, rusty, beat-up green thing that the transition came as a bit of a shock.

anyway barely a month later my friend crashed it, and that was when i realised, wow it really looks like shit when it's beat-up.

after another $400 of repairs, it's almost back to its former self, except for some cracks here and there. yea, i'd much rather have it nice and shiny.