Hoʻopili i ka mea maikaʻi

ʻAe, ʻo kekahi o lākou he scooter, akā ʻo Vespa GTS 250ie kahi ʻano kaʻa ʻelua huila.

A ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no nā huakaʻi pōkole, kūʻai maʻamau, a me ka hele ʻana, no ka mea maʻalahi loa.

Lele, wili a hele. ʻo ia wale nō.

Nui ka lumi ma lalo o ka noho no ka waiho ʻana i kahi kapa komo, nā mīkina lima, a me ka mahiole maka hāmama, a ma ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home, hiki iaʻu ke waiho i kekahi mau mea mai nā hale kūʻai a i ʻole kekahi hana mai ke keʻena e pono iaʻu e lawe i ka home.

He mea maʻalahi hoʻi ka hana. Ma kahi o 3.5 lita no 100 km, he 10-kilomita ka hele ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā i ka hana a ma lalo o $50 i ka pule.

Maikaʻi, akā maikaʻi?

Pili ʻoe. ʻO ka hoʻolālā retro Italia a me ke kala ʻeleʻele.

Akā no ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea ʻala hou aʻe, e hōʻike i ka hoʻoilina Italia a e nānā hou aku, ua huli hou mākou iā Karl Merz o Performance Decals & Signage, Moss St, Slacks Creek e hoʻolālā, hana a hoʻokomo i nā decals ʻono.

ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻōla hou ʻo Mertz i ke ʻano o ka Yamaha XTX660 holo lōʻihi no $200 wale nō, ʻaʻole ia he hewa no kahi hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa.

I kēia manawa, makemake mākou i ka mana ʻItalia, kahi hōʻailona o ke ʻano retro a me kahi mea e hōʻike ai i ka palaualelo i kēia manawa.

No laila, aia nā hae ʻōmaʻomaʻo, keʻokeʻo a me ka ʻulaʻula a me nā kaha kala GT e hōʻike ana i ka chrome lokomaikaʻi i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ke kaʻa.

No ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻili o ka scooter, ua makemake ʻia nā decals, no laila ke kumukūʻai o kēia hana he $300, he waiwai maikaʻi ia no kahi hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa.

Hana ʻo Merz i nā mea hoʻopaʻa no nā hui heihei ma ke alanui a ma waho o ke alanui, nā hale kūʻai kaʻa kaʻa, nā mea holo pilikino, nā mea hoʻihoʻi kaʻa a me nā poʻe makemake i kahi mea ʻokoʻa a i ʻole kahi hopena haʻahaʻa i kahi fairing scratched.

"Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopili i nā mea a pau e hana ai nā hale hana, e komo pū ana me ka pale a me nā ʻano maʻalahi," wahi a Mertz. "He nui ka poʻe e hoʻihoʻi i nā kaʻa, akā ʻaʻohe decals.

"He mea kupanaha ka hiki ʻana i kahi pūʻulu decals ke hana i ke kaʻa me he mea hou lā."

Piʻi nā kumukūʻai ma kahi o $700 no ka hoʻonohonoho holoʻokoʻa o nā decals kaʻa kaʻa alanui a me $350 no nā decals motocross mānoanoa, pale ʻole.