04/28/09
Born To Be Wild: On Vespa's Two Wheels for the Green of It

These 50-cc bikes are simplicity itself, with a fuel-efficient continuously variable automatic transmission and only an accelerator and brakes to worry about.   The Fly 50, weighing 220 pounds, has only one cylinder.

With an encouraging “Go!” Lee pushed me off and I made my wobbly way through the cones… by the third time around, I was confident and imagining a two-wheeled commute.

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