Custom Vespa from Russia Turns Heads
This unique Scrambler Vespa PX 150 is the work of a collaboration between Butcher Garage and SIP Scootershop.
(All images taken from BIKE EXIF)
Butcher Garage is based in Saint Petersburg - Russia’s second largest city - and is run by three friends: Alex, Mitya and Miha. The trio relied heavily on the German scooter parts specialist SIP Scootershop for this particular custom model, as their full SIP catalogue apparently has quite a wide range and variety of scooter parts.
In fact, according to Alex, the workshop even refers to the catalogue as “the bible”.
How the idea came about:
Two years ago, SIP and Butcher started talking about building a custom to showcase the skills of both brands, and that was around the time where using a Scrambler for customs was trendy too.
“Following the fashion in the custom world, almost every motorcycle manufacturer presented a ‘scrambler’ at EICMA that year,” said Alex. “We saw it as an opportunity to take advantage of the trend, and build a Vespa in the same style.”
“At that time, there were also custom projects designed for cross country or desert racing. But in our opinion, they served functionality to the detriment of style. We decided to take a risk and to combine off-road qualities with urban design—to create a bike to escape from the city.”
Taking the wildly popular two-stroke Vespa 150, Butcher then proceeded to make it unrecognizable.
Decked in red and white, the motorcycle also features some black and white checks - all shades of SIP’s corporate colours.
The Vespa also sports a curved exhaust to increase the ride height and create a visual balance between the left and right side of the bike.
Just let the images speak for themselves.
This is certainly one unique two-wheeled machine.
For more information about this bike, click here.