Vespa GTS 300 Connected: Twist and shout

Singapore

JUST the other day I asked the wife (I only have one) if she thought I could look manly riding a Vespa. "What do you want to look manly for?" she replied, somewhat unhelpfully. "You're a married man."

"Anyway, I thought you'd long given up on manliness," she went on. "I mean, you drive a Prius."

Times like these, I'm glad I only have one wife. But I'm even more glad that I have a motorcycle licence, because it means I can hop aboard the mighty Vespa GT 300 and reclaim some dignity.

These iconic Italian runabouts might be some of the most recognisable machines in all of creation, but the GT 300 is no ordinary scooter. It's nothing less than the Don Corleone of Vespas, not because it mumbles and will sort your enemies for you if you ask on the day of its daughter's wedding, but because it's the most powerful machine the 74-year-old company has ever…