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'Everybody's got a story': Vespa riders hit top speed in raising funds © Red scooter parking on road under Road Up sign in urban street. Travel, journey, stop, freedom conce... A team of scooter riders are currently travelling from Cape Reinga to Bluff in an effort to raise $200,000 for the Mental Health Foundation. Riding mainly Vespa scooters, which are by no means designed for long journeys, the Motorally Aotearoa 2021 is anticipated to take 10 days and will probably come with its fair share of breakdowns and sore bums. RNZ chatted with rally organiser Perry Sansom as the team stop for b...

Sansom said a group of 16, 13 on scooters and three people travelling in a support van, are taking part. He got the idea, after buying a new Vespa which he describes as "a superb machine but it is designed for city commuting and cobbled roads in Italy". However, they are all riding on the most powerful model so the Vespas are capable of cruising along at 100km/h. The group pictured on day one at their starting off point at Cape Reinga. Photo: Facebook/ Perry Sansom The reaction from fellow New Zealanders has been enthusiastic, he said. "It's just been great - we've had such incredible suppor...