Landsberg, Germany, Saturday 20th May, 2023
German scooter specialist SIP Scootershop is staging its Open Day again this year on Saturday, May 20th at its 6,000 sq m of recently remodelled designer loveliness facility at Landsberg (near Munich).
Last year, some 2,000 or so scooter riders came from near and far. There will be a warm welcome for all with hospitality, food and drinks from its Italian SIPERIA Café-Bar, parts sale and used scooter market, dyno testing, photo wall, music (vinyl of course), tech, tuning and performance talks and much more.
Every year the attendance grows and sees scooter enthusiasts young and old coming from ever further afield.
Massive race fans as they are, the SIP Scootershop team has a plan for mid-season too - in July - "a scooter cross race on our own small, lovingly self-built Vespa and scooter cross track, directly at our headquarters in Landsberg".
Matscho Karatscho #2 on 29 July, 2023, the official Vespa Cross Race 2023, will feature four classes. "Our goal was that everyone interested can participate without having to dig a financial grave".
The classes will be:
Class 1: Scooter Classic - "Large Frame" ≥ 125 cc (e.g. Vespa Largeframe, Lambretta 1-3 series LI/GP or Heinkel Tourist - 10 inch wheels, engine capacity from 125 ccm, driveset swingarm in original position and design, fork and frame must fit/belong to each other and be of original construction.
Class 2: Classic - "Small Frame" ≤125 cc (e.g. Vespa Smallframe, Lambretta j-range or Simson SR50). Also 10 inch wheels, but unlimited displacement. Class 3 will be a 'Run what you Brung' - so long as it is, or once was, a scooter of some kind (max. 13 inch wheels) and a fourth class for mopeds - the vehicle must have been delivered with a pedal drive and a maximum speed of 25 km/h, frame and engine must be from the same type of vehicle and tyres must be of original dimensions.
So crazy that it cannot fail to be awesome fun!
