OmegaRacer

One thing leads to another. If that happens, who should be and who will be blamed? All I'm saying is that it would be extremely simplistic to declare one to be "good" and the other "evil". That's just a shortcut of the mind to process complicated issues in a neat and easily understandable little box. Plus, what we hear in the news, from one side or the other...how much do you trust those sources? What vested interests that we know nothing about underlie and fuel the narratives we are ultimately exposed to? Whichever way you look at it, it's a big mess, that's for sure. The consequences are wide-reaching, complex and hard to predict.

The world is a little more complicated than that. Don't let your emotions cloud your judgement.

You may not be aware that there have been protests in Russia (St. Petersburg) and thousands have been arrested. I have a good Russian friend who lives in Moscow and who has a large part of his family in Ukraine. He told me it's not possible to protest against the government as you would be arrested immediately or worse. People are scared.

Yes, he's for real and quite right. There have been agreements in place to keep countries as buffer zones between Russia and the West (Churchill to Stalin at Yalta and Potsdam in 1944-45 first and NATO to Yeltsin in the 1990s in return for accepting the reunification of Germany). However, these concessions have been pretty much ignored, leading to Putin to lash out. Not that I condone any of his actions, but it would be wise to consider all points of views before pointing fingers. The world ain't all neatly black and white, despite what some people think. And making the Russian tourists here scapegoats for their president's action is exactly the shortsighted and irrational-emotional reaction that got us in this mess in the first place.

I'm not saying it's impossible (everything here is possible with the right connections and money), but I highly doubt you can do it for 10k. I don't know how it is with Vespas, but for other vintage bikes (old Honda CB's and Yamaha SR's), books start at 30-35k. It also depends where you intend on riding. No book in Bkk or Pattaya is a big NO, but if you live somewhere in the countryside, that's different. Good luck with your project.

I wouldn't. Why putting in the money and work, only to have a big headache and hassle trying to register it? There are many Vespas in all kinds of conditions for sale that have a legal green book. Check out Pong Motor on FB (https://www.facebook.com/PongMotorKhlassikh). They have Italian and Indian Vespas for sale, with and without books.

Aren't these India made Vespas? And if so, do they come with a green book?