Not exactly “news”, but last year I broke down and purchased my first motor scooter. It is a Vespa GT60. It’s design is a tribute to the original Vespa design released back in the ’60s. It’s a limited edition model in that only 250 were made for the U.S. market. Needless to say I love it. It is my daily driver up to Glendale from Manhattan Beach. (60 miles round trip.) It cuts my 1 hour commute through downtown L.A. into a 33 minute commute. It has a maximum speed of 80mph, but I usually like to coast at a lovely 70mph. My only regret in buying it is not buying it early when I worked at Sony Pictures Imageworks in Culver City.