YOU HEAR A RUMBLE approaching from a distance - the angry buzz of motorcycles - giving you reason to turn your head.
You see not just one but a whole swarm, maybe 40 scooters easing up to the traffic lights. They look stylish and immaculate. The riders wear cool shades under vintage helmets, their fashion a pick and mix of classic vogues.
The Vespa Motor Scooter, the legendary Italian transport choice for generations of young people since its 1960s heyday, continues to be an object of worship in the SAR - despite going through a rough patch in recent years.
A group of fans of the fashionable bike have re-formed and multiplied, rapidly attracting new members.
Wilson Tsang Wai-shun, organiser of the revived clan, says the response to a Web site he set up three months ago has been 'unbelieveable'.
'I knew there were a lot of people into Vespa in Hong Kong just from seeing them on the streets, so I put an ad in a newspaper about the site,' Tsang tells Sunday Young Post.
