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    Show us your Scoots

    Apr 23, 2019 5 minutes

    Saigon Special

    Name: Kenny Woods

    Home: North Wales

    Time in Vietnam: three years

    Job: importer of Atlantic sea foods

    Scooter: Vespa VBB 1964

    “I had scooters back home in the 1980s. Saigon is the ideal place for a two wheeler, anything else doesn’t make sense. I use a twist ’n’ go for my daily ride but love this little VBB. It’s in original specification apart from the 12-inch wheel conversion which is a must-have given the state of the back streets here. Unusually for a Vietnamese scooter this has a full provenance going back to first registration in the Mekong Delta. I look at it and wish it could talk.”

    Name: Tania

    Home: Australia

    Job: teacher

    Time in Vietnam: six years

    Scooter: Vespa VBB 1964

    “We’ve always had motorcycles and when we moved here I told my husband that we should buy

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