{"id":169,"date":"2017-01-21T18:29:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T02:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2017-01-23T21:39:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T05:39:02","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to VespaArt site &#8211; i am a classic Vespa enthusiast and wanted to share my collection with you. &nbsp;I grew up with a Vespa in our house from a very early age &#8211; although my father had a VW Bug, he preferred his Vespa for inner city access. &nbsp;I loved rides on the Vespa and grew to love Vespa as something that possessed a soul.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Being of a mechanical mind, I started to tinker with dad&#8217;s Vespa at an early age and then apprenticed at a local Vespa repair shop after school &#8211; I learnt from a Vespa master trained in Italy and that knowledge has stuck with me. &nbsp;I never have worked as a scooter mechanic but my learnings have stayed with me.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years I have owned many motorcycles but my love for Vespa continues. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I lost my dad a few years back and am living some of my fondest memories through my Vespa hobby.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a clip from my collection &#8211; a 1977 Vespa P200 in original condition with only 217 miles ! This unit is a true barn find !<\/p>\n<p>This was a first engine run after taking it out of the crate. &nbsp;Check out additional images <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/?page_id=70\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-169-1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/014b5050affdfa75f3d4cdc6aff884d56060090578.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/014b5050affdfa75f3d4cdc6aff884d56060090578.mp4\">https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/014b5050affdfa75f3d4cdc6aff884d56060090578.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01a2b6a87a1246b205629616073e7cd3b809c70937-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01a2b6a87a1246b205629616073e7cd3b809c70937-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01a2b6a87a1246b205629616073e7cd3b809c70937-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01a2b6a87a1246b205629616073e7cd3b809c70937-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01a2b6a87a1246b205629616073e7cd3b809c70937.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to VespaArt site &#8211; i am a classic Vespa enthusiast and wanted to share my collection with you. &nbsp;I grew up with a Vespa in our house from a very early age &#8211; although my father had a VW Bug, he preferred his Vespa for inner city access. &nbsp;I loved rides on the Vespa &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Home&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-169","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169\/revisions\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vespaart.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}