By Emily Gill
VESPA 90 SUPER SPRINT (BM-267)This is one of the rarest of all Vespas. The 90 Super Sprint was made to look fast. They added a spare tire in-line with the frame and a glovebox to hold the tire in place. These had a 90cc motor with a four speed gearbox and were significantly more peppy than a standard 90cc Vespa. They were not a sales success, mainly appealing to a niche market of scooter racers, and scooterists who wanted something different.
The Vespa SS90 is much sought after by collectors due to its extreme rarity, just over 5000 were made between 1965 and 1971, and most of these have been lost to the ravages of rust, time, and overly ambitious riders. Vespa is Italian for “wasp”, a well-chosen name for a company that started out making buzzy little two-stroke scooters in 1946. The two-stroke 88.5 cc engine used in the Super Sprint is a single-cylinder, air-cooled unit with a bore/stroke of 47/51 mm and an 8.7:1 compression ratio. The original 1966 Vespa SS90 you see here was imported into the US from Italy and subject to a full nut and bolt restoration at the hands of Joe Casola – the founder of Saint Cycle Works based in Tennessee. The completed SS90 is valued somewhere in the region of $15,000 USD due to its rarity and originality – and it’s now shipped to its new owner.
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