Wow. Now I am having serious Vespa envy. A slower one on side streets sounds just about my speed! I could even probably learn to shift the hand clutch, as I, too, drive a stick!

As for my hubbie. . . he was riding a new, very large bike (a Kawasaki VTX 1800, I think?) and hit some loose gravel going around a curve. Lost control, and the bike slide a long way with him on it and then hit a curb and went up and over into a field. Sigh. He is very fortunate in that he came away with only a badly sprained ankle and lots of road rash. His bike was pretty much totaled, and he decided to hang it up. I think that long slide on the bike was a little too close for comfort, and since he likes plenty of other slightly dangerous hobbies, he decided to eliminate that one until our kiddo is an adult.

Geez, sorry to everyone else for having hijacked this post!
My vote for the next bubble is alternate energy sources.

EDIT: I meant a Kawasaki Vulcan. Shows you how much I (don’t) know about motorcycles! I think Honda makes the VTX. In any case, it was big, it was new, and now it is gone.