Monday, March 16, 2015

Razzo

With the new Vespa GT in the fold, and with Rocket being such a perfect name for that fine scooter, I can't help but to give it a name.

It turns out that it had a name.  Mike called it Felix.  I thought about keeping that but found out that it isn't bad luck to change the name of a boat, so I am changing the name of my scooter.

I had a brief history with the name Enzo.  Enzo Ferrari, namesake and founder of the fine Italian car company of the same name, died shortly before our son Sam was born.  When Sarah was pregnant with him, I took to calling him fetus for a while.  Then, when she thought it best to use a better name, I called him Enzo.  I wanted to name him that, well, a little, but we chose Sam.  It has fit him well.

But that name has stayed with me.  So I began calling the new scooter Enzo.  It fit as Enzo Ferrari was a gentleman with an edge.  The new scooter is in almost perfect condition.  Mike had kept it clean, even waxed and it looks great.  Being black with brown seat and top box padding, it has a dignified air about it.  But it is quite quick too, so it has Enzo's quest for speed.

But at a family dinner at Singleton's, and old seafood restaurant in the historic village of Mayport, Florida over the weekend, Sarah looked up names and we settled on Razzo.

Razzo is Italian for Rocket.  It felt perfect.  Everyone agreed.



Family making the important decision regarding Razzo's name.


8 comments:

  1. Razzo's a good name.

    Personally I don't name my vehicles. Can't tell you why, I just don't. Not even the Miata I owned for 17+ years, not my first Vespa, not my second, and not the Shadow 750 that Sonja and I bought but that I haven't taken delivery of.

    Sonja lost no time however. The Shadow was first Ugly Betty but now is officially Black Betty. Go figure.

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  2. ... Actually, I came close to naming my first Vespa when I took it up a sidewalk ramp at an odd angle and shaved a piece of the stand off. I thought of calling it 'Pegleg', but it was never more than a thought, so it probably doesn't count.

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  3. Hi David, I never named anything until Rocket. And that was only because it fit so well. It was actually named because it's performance was the opposite of a rocket's, but as it became faster as it got older, it fit for that. Now, because there are three GTs in my possession, I find it easier to refer to them by name. "The black 2005 Vespa GT with the brown seat" is much more difficult to say than a simple name, so Razzo it is.

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  4. Ah, the challenges of owning three GTs :)

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    1. I am baby sitting one for three years. I own the other two. They are Rocket, Vanessa and Razzo. Very easy to describe now. Boris and Eric got my 50 year old Lambretta running last weekend, possibly on the road this weekend, so it is getting more complicated.

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  6. I love the name! Very fitting. I look forward to following Bill & Razzo on the next Scooter Cannonball Run in 2016.

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    1. Shane, are your riding days over? We miss you out on the road.

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