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2019 - 2020 Vespa GTS 300 HPE

The GTS gets its second major update in ten years and it's a doozy

The Vespa division of the Piaggio Group expanded its footprint in 2019 with a brand-new powerplant for the GTS scooter line with the GTS 300 HPE. Fans of the brand rejoiced at the news of the most powerful engine to make it onto a Vespone descendant, and for many, this is the engine they've been waiting for. Safety comes standard with a few traction-protection subsystems as part of the stock package, plus it features LED forward lighting to help you see and be seen. Best of all, it remains faithful to the design progression that began right after WWII, so it has that classic look that really seals the deal.

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Vespa GTS 300 HPE Design

Nothing says old-school Italian scooter quite like a Vespa , and the new GTS 300 HPE is certainly no exception. The sheet metal presents a familiar face to the world with a redesigned tie that divides the front fairing and doubles as a horn cover. Recessed turn signals ride near the outboard edges for a much cleaner installation than the whisker-style lights, though due to regulations in the U.S., whisker lights are still a thing. The housing for the new headlight flows into a handlebar fairing and serves as the instrument housing as well. No windscreen on the base model, but the GTS 300 HPE Touring model comes equipped with a short flyscreen and rear luggage rack.

The chrome surround pairs with the instrument-panel trim to bring some bling to the top end, and the revised front fender sports a chrome dorsal crest that makes a nice offset to the large passenger grabrail out back. Inside the fairing is a small storage compartment with a USB port so you can charge your mobile devices.

A short tunnel interrupts the step-through somewhat but it comes with a flat top complete with non-skid treatment for that 'tween-feet storage. Under the seat, you'll find room to stash a couple of brain buckets, a bookbag, or a decent amount of goods for your grocery-getting missions.

Out back, a new LED taillight and recessed blinkers finish off the rearward lighting, and the license plate pulls double-duty as a mudguard extension. As for the seat itself, it comes with new padding and a new cover to increase both pilot and pillion comfort .

Vespa GTS 300 HPE Chassis

As ever, the GTS rocks a monocoque build that uses the sheet-steel body panels as stressed units, like an exoskeleton, and that replaces the underframe to provide the structure. The front end is a solid arm with a trailing link and a coil-over shock for the actual suspension . Dual shocks tame the motion of the swing-mount drive unit and support the rear end with the obligatory spring-preload adjustment, but nothing else .

I'm not a fan of the 12-inch rims , but they do fit with the overall look, and the tubeless 120/70 up front and 130/70 out back provide generous contact patches. Said patches get their first layer of safety net in the form of a stock, two-channel ABS unit, as well as traction control . The binders work on symmetrical, 220 mm stainless-steel discs to slow the GTS, and bless the factory for leaving the old drum rear brake where it belongs: on the shelf .

Vespa GTS 300 HPE Drivetrain

The real selling point on the GTS 300 HPE is definitely the beating heart. Its potential is reflected right in the name “ High Performance Engine ,” and it lives up to that moniker with a grand total of 23.8 horsepower on tap at 8,250 rpm. Torque measures in with a claimed 19.17 pound-feet that comes on fully by 5,250 rpm for an output increase of 12 percent and 18 percent from the horsepower and torque , respectively. This turns in an actual top speed around 78 mph though the speedo seems a little on the fast side with a displayed 87 mph at the top end. Naturally, loaded weight, elevation, and ambient air temp play into the equation, but suffice to say you can keep up with legal interstate traffic , and that opens up the potential for use as a commuter .

The 278 cc engine is mounted to the revamped CVT transmission -- that has a tougher drive belt -- as a stressed unit to make up the swing-mount drive. It delivers the twist-and-go operation to make riding a near-effortless endeavor. A dry centrifugal clutch divorces the tranny from engine power at an idle to wrap up the mechanical equipment in the drivetrain, but that's not the whole story. Vespa chucked on its ASR traction control feature to prevent wheel-spin if you give it more juice than the rear contact patch can handle. Even though Vespa has done so for a while now, it's still a rare treat to find traction control here at the bottom of the two-wheel pecking order .

Vespa GTS 300 HPE Pricing

MSRP for the GTS 300 HPE is $7,099. The Yacht Club model with its white and nautical blue colorway rolls for $7,049 and the Touring model top out the lineup at $7,299.

Vespa GTS 300 HPE Competitors

Ya' know, Vespa is a tough act to follow. It's got deep roots and an emotional connection with its throngs of admirers. A Chinese knock-off won't do, so I'm going to keep it in the family and look at Piaggio -- Vespa's parent company -- and its BV 350.

Piaggio BV 350

Yeah, the mill is a bit bigger with a total of 330 cc, so the power output is necessarily greater as well , to the tune of 30.2 ponies and 21.4 pounds o' grunt. That's all fine and dandy, but since the Vespa is capable of interstate travel, anything beyond that is just gratuitous , says me.

The BV 350 also comports itself with a decidedly modern look that, while it's not unattractive, lacks anything in the way of the charm that the GTS 300 HPE brings to the table . It does qualify as a maxi-scooter at the bottom of the range. I guess the main reason I pulled this machine is the fact that they both fall at a similar pricing point and the quality of the fit and finish will be at similar standards . The BV 350 rolls for $6,599, which is more bang-per-buck, but again, if you're into that classic look, nothing else but a Vespa will do .

Read our full review of the Piaggio BV 350 .

“Maybe the Vespa snobs are right. I admit, I have an affinity for that classic look, and wouldn't bat an eye at spending the extra money to get it. Throw in the traction control and ABS and you've really got something you can safely work with. Not sure I'd ever be comfortable on the superslab with it though.”

My wife and fellow motorcycle writer, Allyn Hinton , says, “In the last ten years, this only the second major update for the GTS. It's a very popular scooter in Europe, which has a larger scooter culture than we have here in the U.S. and with the HPE, it makes a good thing better .”

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Vespa GTS 300 Yacht Club is produced in 2018. Engine is Four strike single cylinder, SOHC, 4 valve, displacement 278 cc / 18.2 cub in , produces power 15.8 kW / 21.5 hp @ 7500 rpm and 22.3 Nm / 2.27 kgf-m / 16.45 ft/lb @ 5250 rpm. Vespa GTS 300 Yacht Club top speed is 129 km/h / 80 mph. Vespa GTS 300 Yacht Club weighs 158 kg / 348 lbs. Vespa GTS 300 Yacht Club has 3 photos.

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• Event: WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton
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Voronezh is a city in Voronezh Oblast , about 250 km from the Ukraine border, in the heart of Chernozemye . It is located on the Voronezh river and is an important railway junction with lines to Moscow , Rostov-on-the-Don and Kyiv . Due to its relatively large population (about 1,050,000 in 2020), it is often considered as the capital of Chernozemye .

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By plane [ edit ], by train [ edit ].

Many trains from Moscow every day. The most suitable options are the day train no. 45 (less than 8 hours) and the night trains nos. 25 and 81/83. You can also travel from other Russian and Ukrainian cities. The main station is Voronezh 1, but most of the trains going to the south via Voronezh stop only at Pridacha station, which has marshrutka connection with the city centre.

By bus [ edit ]

The cost of the bus from Moscow is approximately the same as the cheapest train ticket (and the latter provides more comfortable travel conditions). You can catch a bus to Voronezh near Moscow Paveletskaya train station. In Voronezh the bus stops near Pyramide (Pamyatnik) and terminates near Voronezh 1 train station.

By car [ edit ]

Voronezh is about 500 km south of Moscow on the M4 motorway.

Get around [ edit ]

The public transport includes buses, marshrutkas and a small number of trolley-buses.

See [ edit ]

• The monument Kitten from Lizyukova street .
• The office of South-Eastern Railways (SERW) , in Russian: YU-VE-ZHE-DE.
• The park Koltsovskiy skver .
• Monuments to such writers and poets as Koltsov, Nikitin, Mandelshtam, Esenin, Pushkin, Platonov, Bunin; to Lenin and tsar Peter the Great.
• Various Orthodox churches .

Do [ edit ]

• Visit the Puppet Theater and the Kamerny (Russian for "chamber") Theatre.

Buy [ edit ]

• The shopping centers include Grad (one of the largest in Russia), Mezhdunarodny (in the very centre of the city), Arena, Maximir, Yugo-Zapad, Tvoy Dom, Metro, Moskovskiy Prospekt, Armada, Solnechnyy Ray, Petrovskiy Passage, Aksioma.
• Souvenirs can also be bought on Prospekt (e.g. in Liki Voronezha shop).
• Apart from matryoshkas etc., a good local one is the Kitten from Lizyukova street .

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You can find an appropriate restaurant or fast-food, but (if you don't eat everything) it requires some time. If you need a supermarket in the center of the city, you may go to the Soviet style Utyuzhok, modern Poisk shopping center or Tsentrtorg supermarket in the midway between Utyuzhok and SERW.

The well-known restaurants are:

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• Dolce Vita , coffee

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Lipetskaya Mineral Water discovered by Peter the Great (you can find it in Moscow as well, but here it would be an almost local drink). Fair vodka is produced in Voronezh and the small city of Buturlinovka. The local beer is not very good. Some grapes grow in the area, but there is no wine industry, some people make small amounts of home wine.

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• Ramon castle of Princess Oldenburgskaya.
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• Khrenovoe stables.
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• Earl Venevitinov Estate.

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• Belgorod , centre of an oblast.
• Tambov , centre of an oblast.
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June 24, 2023 - Wagner head says group standing down

By Helen Regan , Andrew Raine , Sophie Tanno, Hafsa Khalil, Tori B. Powell , Adrienne Vogt and Kaanita Iyer , CNN

Our coverage of the Wagner insurrection in Russia has moved here.

Kazakh president to host emergency Security Council meeting

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Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will hold an emergency meeting of his Security Council on Sunday, his office has said, hours after he called for "law and order" in Russia.

"The head of the government will hear reports from the prime minister (and) heads of the security forces about taking course measures connected to the situation in Russia," Tokayev's office wrote on Twitter, adding an "action plan is expected to be adopted to neutralize possible negative consequences linked to the situation in the neighboring friendly country impacting the security of citizens of Kazakhstan and the economy of our country."

The announcement comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tokayev to brief him on the situation in Russia. 

Tokayev noted the events are an "internal affair" of Russia and called for the resumption of law and order.  

Putin "has suffered a mortal blow," says retired US Army general

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suffered "a mortal blow," according to a retired US general, despite the apparent deal that will see Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin leave for Belarus.

"There are two existential fights going on in this Russia-Ukraine war," said retired US Army Brig. Gen. Peter Zwack.

"One is the viability of the survival, the existence, of a free-minded Ukrainian state. The other is inside the Kremlin and the viability of the Putin regime."

He called the events that unfolded on the streets of Russia over the past 36 hours "extraordinary," adding there is a "narrative getting out to the mainstream population that this invasion of Ukraine was wrong."

Zwack said: "And I think in this aspect, the information is that Russia's Putin's bodyguard of lies is collapsing as we watch."

What's next for Wagner fighters?

A retired major in the the US Army said there are many questions to be asked about the future facing Wagner fighters after their short-lived uprising.

"They're an independent fighting company. They were given better rations. They dressed differently," said Major Mike Lyons (Ret.) US Army. 

"I don't think they'll be easily assimilated into the Russian military and sent back to the front there. So I think there is going to be an issue."

He added: "Maybe some will splinter off. Maybe some will decide to defect and provide information to Ukraine. Those people are loyal to the man, Prigozhin, not to the country, not to the mission. I think we've got a lot more questions that are not answered right now."

Earlier Saturday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Wagner fighters will not face legal action for taking part in the march toward Moscow, saying that the Kremlin has "always respected their heroic deeds" on the front lines in Ukraine. 

US has not seen a change in Russia's nuclear posture during insurrection, two officials say

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The United States has not seen a change to Russia's nuclear posture since Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin began his insurrection challenging the Kremlin's leadership, two US officials told CNN. 

"We have not seen any changes in the disposition of Russian nuclear forces," a State Department spokesperson said, adding that the US has "no reason to adjust our conventional or nuclear force posture. We have long-standing, established communication channels with Russia on nuclear issues."

President Putin has repeatedly engaged in nuclear saber-rattling over the course of the Ukraine war. Putin said earlier this month that the first tactical nuclear weapons to be stored in Belarus had arrived. US President Joe Biden called the move "absolutely irresponsible."

The US has continued to monitor Russia's nuclear posture throughout the Ukraine War despite Russia this year suspending participation in the single lasting nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia. This has meant that the two nations are no longer sharing   certain notifications with one another which were required under the treaty, including updates on the status or location of treaty-accountable items such as missiles and launchers. 

"As a nuclear power, Russia has a special responsibility to maintain command, control, and custody of its nuclear forces and to ensure that no actions are taken that imperil strategic stability," the State Department spokesperson said. 

And as the US continues to monitor the situation in Russia the US diplomatic presence in the country has remain unchanged. 

“Our embassy in Moscow remains open, we are in regular communication with it, and its operating posture remains the same at this time,” the spokesperson said. 

"Bloodshed could have happened,” says Chechen leader Kadyrov

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, condemned the actions of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in a Telegram post on Saturday, saying, “bloodshed could have happened." 

Kadyrov added that "extreme measures" would have been needed to stop any Wagner rebellion requiring "harsh suppression and destruction of anyone who encroaches on the integrity of the Russian Federation.”

Condemning Prigozhin for his actions over the last 24 hours, Kadyrov said: “The arrogance of one person could lead to such dangerous consequences and draw a large number of people into the conflict,” he added. 

Kadyrov blamed Prigozhin for “mixing business ambitions with matters of national importance.” 

Some context: Chechen State media Grozny reported earlier Saturday that “3,000 fighters of elite units were sent from Chechnya, and they have been holding their positions since early morning ready to fulfill any order of Russian President Vladimir Putin.” 

"Putin doesn't forgive traitors," says former CNN Moscow bureau chief

Russian President Vladimir Putin "doesn't forgive traitors," said former CNN Moscow bureau chief, Jill Dougherty.

Even though Putin has told Prigozhin to go to Belarus, according to the Kremlin, the Wagner chief remains a "traitor," Dougherty told CNN's Anderson Cooper Saturday.

"I think Putin will never ever forgive that," she added. "I think it is a real dilemma because as long as Prigozhin is acting the way he does and has some type of support, he is a threat. Regardless of where he is."

Dougherty said the turmoil and chaos that transpired on the streets of Russia did not make Putin look like the strongman leader he has positioned himself to be.

"Why are average Russians on the street cheering people trying to carry our a coup? That means that maybe they support them but they might like them. Whatever it is, it is really bad news for Putin."

All restrictions on highways in Russia lifted 

From CNN’s Sahar Akbarzai and Josh Pennington

All restrictions on highways in Russia have been lifted, Russian state media TASS reported, citing a Sunday statement from Russia’s Federal Road Agency.  

On Saturday, Avtodor, the company that operates Russian highways, had advised drivers to avoid the M-4, a major highway in southern Russia, as reports swirled that convoys of Wagner fighters were using the road.

Earlier in the day, TASS reported that car traffic had been blocked on the M-4 highway past Rostov-on-Don towards Aksay.

Canada's Trudeau closely monitoring security situation in Russia

From CNN’s Paula Newton

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened a group of key senior government officials Saturday to discuss the evolving internal security situation playing out in Russia, a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister reads.

The Incident Response Group “discussed ongoing coordination with international partners, and assessed the implications for Canadians and Canadian personnel,” the statement said.

Trudeau’s office continues to monitor the situation in Russia very closely and maintains contact with the country’s allies and partners, the statement added.

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