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.
To record my trip I used the following gear:
insta360 X3 camera attached to a the luggage rack on the front of the scooter.
This allows me to record in all directions at once, and select my desired angle in editing.
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As you cannot record everything all the time, and I cannot always reach the camera, I use a small remove attached to my wrist. You can also find that on the site.
insta360 ONE RS 4K attached to the chin of my helmet.
This one pretty much records all the I see.
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They now also have a newer better version
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My everyday iPhone 13pro
After this trip I added a Insta360 Flow Pro to get more fluent iPhone shots
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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
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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.
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.
This is what it's all about........riding bikes with your mates, it's the journey, not the destination. Ride safe. Steve
You all would feel at home in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, where there's a variety of Classic scooters and many gifted mechanics who keep them running.
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
23 күн бұрын
@@linusadventuresandtravels sounds like a fantastic trip
@artiballe
16 күн бұрын
Aqui do Brasil fico imaginando tua aventura por estas lindas paisagens da Europa. Boa viagem sempre.
What a supercool adventure! And super the guys from Austria who helped you getting up and running again! ❤ Your community!
Adventurous ride with a touch of emotion, something reminiscent of the epic bygone days of Vespas and Lambrettas.
Thanks to you and the fine group. It is so inspiring !
@HollaenderDK
9 күн бұрын
Thanks....
UK scooterist here realising scooterists across the world are truley amazing people keep on scootering and stay safe
A FIVE STAR tour into the unknown with the old scooters, meeting friends that share the same passion, that help when needed.
Hello, greetings from Brazil. Riding a motorcycle means living twice as much
By an italian motorcyclist what a beautiful trip and nice footage. Amazing. I would like to come to Denmark by motorbike one day
My brother Leif and cousin John did the same trip back in the late 1950s, from Valby in Copenhagen to the Italian alps and back on a Vespa, riding two up plus luggage, I remember them saying it could hardly make it up some of the mountain passes and the brakes wouldn't hold on the downhills. My brother had a Lambretta, I think a 125cc, that I loved riding passenger on as little child, it was responsible for my life long love of riding. Really enjoyed your trip video!!
what ride mate... sometimes trouble is a friend, cause old scooters is time, trouble, and money
Really enjoyed this!! Well done Guy's hope you make another. Cheers😊❤
So funktioniert, schönes reisen 😊! Gruss Thailand 1959.
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...
Grande avventura, sono contento che alla fine sia andato tutto bene😉 Saluti dall'Italia 🛵😎
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.
Awesome ride,. In this life, you only go around once, make it count.
What an interesting story. You are very brave to try the trip on such an old vehicle. How unfortunate to have two breakdowns. Thank you for taking me along.
A truly wonderful story. Thank you for sharing it.
Great viewing Cheers Nick Lambretta Club of Australia.
A great adventure always makes great content - thumbs up from me
@HollaenderDK
5 күн бұрын
Thanks...
Love your scooters ❤ from indonesia
@HollaenderDK
2 күн бұрын
Thanks :-D
This is a great video and record of your trip. Gutted for you. Breaking down on a long trip is never fun. Pleased you managed to get sorted in the end.
Great trip! I know your pain in the a** when your scooter isn't running any more. I did some trips with my best friend from austria to rome, monaco, zakynthos and so on... Something is always happening. And as you said, there is always somebody who helps. In my case, my best friend is an oldtimer Vespa and Lambretta mechanic, so I am really lucky every time. If something is broken, he can fix it, with or without a workshop, dependig on the damage. During one journey, 3 out of 4 cylinder screws slowly but surely came loose or were torn off. And this happened right at the start of Ferragosto. This means that everything, really EVERYTHING is closed. We really thought, that this is the end of our trip. Fortunately, my parents decided to follow us with a trailer and took us to Rimini, to Deans Lambretta Center Rimini. My friend has known Dean for several years and Dean's words were: mi casa es su casa :). There, during the Italian holidays, we got a new engine half, and my mate was able to rebuild the engine in Dean's workshop within a few hours. The best thing about it? Dean's wife cooked us original Italian spaghetti and we were allowed to eat with the family. In the end, we made it to Rome and back home again without any major problems :) But of course, damage doesn't always end so happily, and on one or two occasions my Lami had to be brought home by the automobile club (ÖAMTC). Nevertheless, it is always a pleasure to cruise over mountain passes and through the most beautiful landscapes with the Lami. Thank you very much for your great video! Can you tell us what camera equipment you were travelling with?
@HollaenderDK
17 сағат бұрын
Hi, Fantastic story :-) It's these thing that make it an adventure. I have added a little info on the cameras in the video description.
What a wonderful trip and video, I love the music that was not loud and obnoxious like so many videos I have started and quickly moved on. I am Sorry that you could not complete the voyage with the group, i have a small scoot myself where I love going places with, and several motorbikes, but the scooter is just another level, when you are on the road it is just like the soft music that paves each mile with peace and calmness, not like being on a motorbike where you have to be alert and focused for any danger that is presented in front of your horizon. Thank you for sharing this video, cheers from California.
@HollaenderDK
10 күн бұрын
@@at2mango Thanks 👍🛵💨
💡👍Brilliant!!
@HollaenderDK
13 күн бұрын
Thanks...
Thanks for a great video, very well done! I’m glad for a happy ending, The backstage music also very cool✌️
@HollaenderDK
11 күн бұрын
Thanks
43.3 PS is incredible.
Nice journey, I live in California and ride a Piaggio Fly 150.
Hello from a suburb of Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. I really enjoyed your video, narration and music. If you did the editing, well done. I have a 2020 Vespa 300 GTS Touring. I have never made such a trip here, but maybe one day I will be able to start on my own adventure. That is such beautiful scenery; I hope to see it with my own eyes some day. Thanks again for doing it. Safe travels.
Ride safe always ✌️
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.
Assistindo vocês aqui do Brasil , por aqui temos bastantes Lambretas. Abraços e boa viagem.
What a great journey and story! Thanks for sharing!
Nice story and trip. Thx to share this !
Really enjoyed the video....great views...very well filmed...respect from Ireland ☘
Fantastisk film 👌
@HollaenderDK
2 күн бұрын
Tak skal du ha 🙂
Nice Move !
Fantastic, Great story. Glad you all made it home.
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).
Nice to see scooter travelers)) Good luck from 🇬🇪
Nice report! It seams, that that the breakdowns are the real adventures with this classic scooters 😅.
@HollaenderDK
17 күн бұрын
Maybe... I could do without that part though ;-)
Hello from Innsbruck - what an amazing documentary and journey 🤌🏻
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.
Excellent camera and editing, a really enjoyable vlog, well done😁
@HollaenderDK
20 күн бұрын
@@stennerjs Thanks . This was the first time I tried to do a voice-over. Just too much to tell 😀
What i wouldn't give to ride with you guys, Scooter mania.❤
Great film. I don’t have a scooter but really enjoyed watching. Craig (England)
@HollaenderDK
28 күн бұрын
Great to hear that it's not only the scooter nerds who watch ;-)
Was für eine großartige Reise und Erfahrung ! Danke das ich auf diese Weise mitfahren durfte !! Weiter so. Gruß Robert
Awesome lambretta. Awesome nature road😊😊😊😊
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.
Great video Cheers
@HollaenderDK
15 күн бұрын
Thanks...
We are a crazy bunch us scoterists. Going crazy distances on Italian shopping bikes. Would never change a single thing.
@HollaenderDK
17 сағат бұрын
Exactly! 😀
godt at se det her. glæder mig til fremtidig rejser
It's the way I wanted to travel the most. I'm satisfied with the video.😊
@ShowYou-yw6ki
22 күн бұрын
Great scenery and Vespa's appearance go well together👌
A masterpiece 😍 - really well done Thomas 👊👍
Very Good Video. Riding a Classic is surely exciting.
What a fabulous journey. Thank you for sharing!
Fantastic ride…. Overall, your first breakdown was such a grand lesson of fraternity and fortune!
Greetings from Indonesia! Scooter connection 🤜🏻⚡🤛🏻
Nice and so cool guys😎
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...
Makes me want to move to Denmark and buy a Scooter, so wonderful how you all help each other.
@HollaenderDK
25 күн бұрын
@@mowler8042 I think it's like that many places when you meet the right enthusiasts.
@Plough78
24 күн бұрын
Used to roll on a Puch Maxi (Green milk case) on the back.. 😂 Happy days *Plough* 🎉
What a great video….well done a superb watch.
@HollaenderDK
24 күн бұрын
Thanks
great video really enjoyed,well done
Well done my friend!! Greetings from the USA. ☮
Had TV175 in 1965 while in military. Wish I still had it. Great ride guys!
Hello there, have a wonderful safe ride, God blesses you always ❤❤❤❤❤and enjoy your safe ride ❤❤❤❤❤ your halogen headlights are very visible ❤❤❤❤❤
@HollaenderDK
17 күн бұрын
Thank you
@ashoksinghnegi5415
17 күн бұрын
@@HollaenderDK my pleasure have a wonderful safe ride 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
New sub, great bit of story telling. Biker, but huge admirer of hard-core scooter riders.
What a beautiful journey!
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
20 күн бұрын
@@nealeburgess6756 Slow parade rides like DGR is never fun with old manual gears and clutch 😀
Many years ago in a small village called Dorken (between give & thourgouy ?) the big town Vilja mom and dad rode a 1952 Nimbus
@HollaenderDK
8 күн бұрын
Classic old Danish motorcycle... :-)
Great watch.
Fed video, og super fed historie👍👍..
@HollaenderDK
10 күн бұрын
@@mortengommesen1517 tak
Awesome Video! Well done!
@HollaenderDK
Ай бұрын
Thanks 😀
Hi Your subscriber from Pondicherry india . My applause for your work!
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
19 күн бұрын
The breakdown was in Breno, Brescia - so I saw a little of Brescia :-)
Amazing trip. Inspirational.
I would love to se the exact route. It seems you managed to find the perfect twisty and adventurous way to get to Italy from Denmark.
@HollaenderDK
4 күн бұрын
@@Holmbendtsen The was a lot of straight roads going 80-100 😛 I just didn't include allot of that.
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
18 күн бұрын
The scooter shops are not very far apart in Italy 🙂 I would guess that there are not that many in the US.
@Lambrettist
18 күн бұрын
@@HollaenderDK No, not many, but in California there are in the major cities and some smaller ones: Scooter West in San Diego, Deanspeed in Carson (Southbay, Los Angeles) Planet Lambretta in Carson, Scooter Speed in Azuza (San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles), shops in San Jose and San Francisco. After that there's not much until Portland, Oregon with a couple of shops including Scooters Originali.
Epic ride! Thanks for sharing!
wauw cool come to Spain next time 🙂
What a fantastic journey :)
Amazing good job dude
Good scooter
@HollaenderDK
7 күн бұрын
Thanks 😀
Jeg ville elske at tage sådan en tur en dag! flot video.
@HollaenderDK
15 күн бұрын
tak 🙂
I enjoyed your film it and said what I have been thinking about is how simple is being complicated
I enjoyed the video, commentary and tail. I would love to carry out a journey such as yours on my GP/DL. 👍🛵✌️
Epic trip ❤ thanks for sharing.
engine failure is 1 of my worst nightmares... btw, it sux... but this could be good for planning another trip. salut biker.
@HollaenderDK
8 күн бұрын
Yes, It's one of the harder things to fix on the spot.
Congrats. That was evidently quite an experience. Bravo/i!
Great video!! All the best from NZ
I love riding in europe on my GP200 electronic or my series 1
An excellent video, from a Boston scooter rider.
Fantastic ride 👍
Really enjoyed to be scooterist!!! Pride 🤛 #Respect
Very good and interesting video, thanks for sharing.
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.