October 11, 2012
Vespa -- Bought!
People talk about motorcycles or motorscooters are or are not Freeway Legal. So let's talk about the LAW... the California Vehicle Code.
Here (left) you can see the sign at the entrance of the freeways. The law that enables the prohibition is, and I quote:
CVC 21960. (a) ... with respect to freeways, expressways ... prohibit or restrict the use of the freeways, expressways ... by pedestrians, bicycles or ... motor-driven cycle....
See?? The law prohibits a "motor-driven cycle." The defintion of exactly what a motor-driven cycle is also in the law:
CVC 405. A "motor-driven cycle" is any motorcycle with a motor that displaces less than 150 cubic centimeters.
In the law, a freeway legal motorcycle one that has 150cc displacement or more and a not freeway legal motorcycle is a motor-driven cycle, one of less than 150cc displacement.
So now let's talk about my dark blue 2012 Vespa, pictured to the left, with a light blue 2013 Vespa: 
with the specifications for the two scooters from Powersports Network or any other site that specifies the size of the motor:
As you can see, in 2013 Piaggio made a *small* change in the motor on a "150cc" Vespa -- it is less than 1cc smaller. But that change is in the difference between a 2012 Vespa LX150 Freeway Legal Motorcycle; and the not freeway legal 2013 Vespa LX150 Motor-Driven Cycle.
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Posted by Paladin at October 11, 2012 06:02 AM