On the 11th of January 2011, my Piaggio “Rocinante” Fly, finally arrived in Setubal, after a long journey from Dakar. In the end, it traveled a longer distance than I did. It went from Dakar to Le Havre in France, then to Lisbon and finally to Setubal. At the time …
After a lot of pressure of my family and knowing that my wife Vanda was coming also for the weekend, I stayed the all day at Monte da Juliana, to rest from the previous day long voyage :-). I spent the day with my wife Vanda and her family. I …
The rain started to stop yesterday, and I started to prepare the luggage. This morning, before departure, I just panicked when tried to stack all the luggage on top of the scooter. The two big bags, plus the rolled carpet, the jerrycan and the Small Camelback bag were too much …
I tested the configuration: The Fly, the lugage and me. I prepared the Fly with all the lugage needed during the real trip and went to my second home in the middle of the country. As you can see average speed around 30km/h (18.5mph) but for 5h50m wich mean I …
Teresa testing the Fly. Look to her going… The scooter was a gift from my mother in law, Teresa. She won this beauty out of a poetry contest, not the first time though. Some years ago it was car! This time it was the first prize with this nice poem …
I can tell you that this is the mean machine I have chosen to carry me south. I can tell you that this logo, my friends, belongs to the iconic, to blow your mind and making you cry… Piaggio Fly 50cc sigh… And why did I choose this hot wheels? …