We were working on restoring the 1997 Vespa PX150E of actor, comedian and host Jeffrey “Epy” Quizon when he dropped a bomb in July 2011 – he decided to sell his beloved but battered all-steel Italian-made scooter! When asked why, Epy said that he went into business with some partners and he needed to buy a scooter for the messenger/rider ...
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1997 Vespa PX150E Part 3: The (Epyc) Saga Continues!
After Euro Motors Corporation lost the Philippine distributorship of Piaggio and Vespa products to another company in late 2007, we also lost their sponsorship for the restoration of the 1997 Vespa PX 150E entrusted to us by comedian and host Jeffrey “Epy” Quizon. We lost a bit of momentum and it took us a couple of years to get our ...
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We recently revived our old 1997 Vespa PX150E, one of our old Project Bikes from our old MotorCycle Magazine, which we got from Jeffrey “Epy” Quizon, the versatile actor, TV host, and son of the late King of Comedy Dolphy. Please allow us to turn the clock back by 16 years to when we first started the restoration of our ...
Read More »1997 Vespa PX150E Part 1: Getting Epy Quizon’s Scooter
We recently revived our old 1997 Vespa PX150E, one of our old Project Bikes from our old MotorCycle Magazine, which we got from Jeffrey “Epy” Quizon, the versatile actor, TV host, and son of the late King of Comedy Dolphy. Please allow us to turn the clock back by 16 years to when we first started the restoration of our ...
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