Your best bet is to find a scooter shop that works on or sells parts for vintage scooters, such as Vespas, Lambrettas, etc., which are the most common vintage scoots in the U.S. Depending on where you live, you may have a few shops in your area to choose from. Try searching for scooter shops online, but please do NOT take chances with sketchy fly-by-night operations, your vintage scooter is too valuable and precious to trust it to an mechanic who isn't properly trained to work on it! If you can't find a good local shop that way, you might want to reach out to a local scooter club, to ask who they would recommend.

Ultimately, you have three options when it comes to getting your scooter fixed:

• pay to have your scooter repaired by an established, reputable scooter shop
• ask a trusted friend to help you with the repairs
• learn to fix it yourself

If you happen to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, here are some shops you might want to contact for help with either classic or modern Vespas, as well as many other types of scooters:

• San Francisco Scooter Centre, 127 S 10th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 558-9854
• SF Moto, 275 8th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 861-6100

Some VCLG members, along other southbay scooterists, occasionally meet Tuesday evenings, for pint night at Trials Pub, 265 North First St, San Jose.

We also meet for our monthly ride on the first Sunday of every month at 10am, at the 5 Spot Chivas Grill, 869 S 1st St, San Jose, CA 95110. That is, unless we are all at a rally that weekend, in which case we'll see you at the rally!

Many of us are daily riders, clocking more than 10,000 miles per year. The rest of us ride as much as we can, and as far as we can!

Membership in the VCLG is by invitation only, and all club members must own and/or ride a Vespa. We are a family and we want to make sure that everyone gets along within our club. In order to join the VCLG, a club member must first offer to sponsor you, once they get to know you well enough. Hanging out and riding with us are strongly recommended. After you are sponsored, a vote will be taken among all club members. If we decide that you're a good fit for our club, you will be voted in and you'll receive our club banner and jacket.

No, our members do not exclusively own Vespas, most of us have other makes of scooters and/or motorcycles. Members are required only to either own or ride a Vespa. Of course, we always encourage anyone with any kind of scooter to ride with us!