On the next edition of Life as a Vet Student....

Kirsi Gove from Utah State takes it to the next level with a love of Vespa Scooters.  Congratulations to her "Life as a Vet Student" award-winning submission, and check out her cool story below!

I developed an interest in Vespa Scooters after High school, I has always wanted one, especially one of the older ones from the 50's. I liked the classic lines and being able to ride a cool bike that was over 50 years old. I worked at a coffee shop and was about to start my first semester of undergrad. I bought a repair manual for a Vespa P200 (made from the 70's-80's) after finding a basket case of a scooter on a local classified website. The scooter needed new electrical and an engine rebuild, none of which I had ever done, but I was up for the challenge and decided to take it on. One thing I like about vespas is that an engine project never takes up more space than the kitchen table and with time and practice I can now rebuild an engine in less than 4 hours. I fixed that scooter, rode it for the next summer and sold it in the fall. I made money on the sale that covered my time and then some. Thats when I decided to keep doing it and buy more and more projects. This is how I ended up paying for my undergraduate degree and it was a pretty fun side job and hobby, at one point during my junior year I had 27 bikes ranging from small Puch and Jawa mopeds to Vespas and Lambrettas.