A stunning day had by all! Andrew from the Hi-Five Scooter Club organised a scooter rally that took place on voting day (GO DOLPHINS!), yesterday, which kicked off at the Waterfront Vespa Shop, next to the Caltex station. A rally that was put together to highlight the perfect match that is scooters and Cape Town, as well as the earth friendliness nature of scooters as a mode of transport, versus cars (sis!).

Everyone assembled at, say, 12ish and it was quite apparent that the reporters from Die Burger and the Cape Times knew about the leopard print thong scooter streak I had promised. As a reminder to those of you who have just tuned in, I promised (in a video that has been watched now 40,000 times) to my stunning fantastic loyal readers that I would ride my scooter through the Camps Bay Strip with a leopard print thong , should I win the 2009 South African Blog Awards *cough* which I duly did.

Lois Lane from Die Burger
Taking notes. Cute.

I must say it’s a very cool vibe, the whole thing. Sure, it’s a far cry from the hard-core Harley riding fraternity who ride en masse from time to time. “BLAAAH BLAAAAH”, we’re driving past! Versus “beep beep, hiya buddy!” So ja, we were cute. We were cool.

Rob “Big Cheeser Bob” Wilkinson
Explains his dilemma as to how his “A” bike got sidelined
for the Barbie pink “B” option.

“AND THEY’RE OFF!!”

The back of the pack get caught in a red light
Cyclists, of course, should feel free to drive straight through..

The Photographer
Very at home on his “lady”

Seth and “The Entrepreneur“
Something from an old Beach Boys sleeve

Dave from The Dirty Skirts and his missus, Kate
marvel at the wonder of The TBG (Tall Blonde Guy)
and The TBGess (Tall Blonde Girlfriend)

And so, of course, the time came for me to “de-robe.” Which I did outside (what was) Carlucci’s in Bantry Bay. The FULL rally stopped to allow me a completely non-private moment. Thank God I had a drag on a pinner earlier and the full impact of the moment didn’t set in. (And thank God I gave a little trim the evening before).

The Rotherham Diet pays dividends

The events that unfolded thereafter included a a stand-up scooter thong streak past Caprice and the rest of The Camps Bay Strip.

Good day!
Note the strategically places mirror

All was captured on video, which will be featured in Friday’s 2oceansvibe Weather Girls Show, featuring Sports Illustrated Swimsuit and FHM model, Genevieve Morton.

So you’ll just have to wait until then to see the spectacle that was.

We cruised on past parliament (giving the obligatory election day toot-toot) and ended up at Speedway Cafe in Gardens where the van der Spuy brothers supplied generous pints of Jack Black beer! It was all just too wonderful to behold!

And so, for now, quietly enjoy this little sunset on the night of the scooter rally. The day I wore a leopard print thong. The day of the South African General Election, 2009.

Camps Bay – 22 April, 2009

Well done. Well done, all of you.

And of course a massive thank you for Rynier and the rest of the team at Vespa for all there help and support. What a great brand for the Cape Town lifestyle.

What a great fit for the vibe!

Check out the full range of Vespa’s HERE

GO DOLPHINS!

[thanks shawn b and brandon g for pics]

ps. there are mentions in today’s Die Burger and Cape Times on pages 3 and 5 respectively.

I trust you enjoyed the use of the word “respectively” back there.