Milestones of our journey
Our story – from the beginning
A brief journey through the development of scooters and services.
within the last 25 years - from the founding of a passion-driven mini-workshop to the world's leading Vespa customizing company.
Milestones of our journey
Our Vespa history at a glance
2000: The beginning of a passion
With a small loan and armed with two accordion-style toolboxes, "Wolle" Riehn ended his career as a rock musician in 2000 and founded Scooter & Service in an 8 square meter...
2001: Move to the Schanzenviertel district
...the move to the new premises in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel district now offers approximately 200 square meters of space for setting up a professional workshop - the equipment acquired in this context...
2004: The workshop expands
The Scooter & Service workshop, now located in Hamburg Bahrenfeld, finally offers the opportunity to professionally set up the individual work areas with approximately 600 square meters of space:
2007: A milestone
It is done: The Scooter & Service Demonstrator Vespa 250N is the world's first Vespa with over 50 hp rear wheel power - the trade press is raving!
Simultaneously, during this time...
2009: Creative Vespa concepts
The newly developed technical solutions during the creation of the matte black Vespa 138N, such as the Superlow fork, the seat tank, and the radially mounted 4-piston disc brake...
2013: Vespa tuning and customizing
The name Scooter & Service has long been a nationally and internationally renowned name in the Vespa scene:
The handcrafted exhaust systems, Superlow forks, seat tanks, radial 4-piston brake systems...
2014: The Vespa PS 240
From a used Vespa PX 80 body and a wrecked VNB frame, the Vespa PS 240 represents another milestone in the company's history:
This is created over hundreds of hours of work...
2016: The Custom Vespa Configurator
Wolle has been captivated by the idea of building individually configurable custom Vespa projects in the vintage style of the 60s, based on a readily available, brand-new Vespa PX body, ever since the creation of the Vespa PS 240...
2017: A vintage Vespa experience
The Superlow Series is the hottest topic at the Scooter & Service workshop: In the in-house sheet metal workshop, new individual body variations and solutions are constantly being created; the 4-man team is continuously working on various...
2019: Shop demonstrator SLS 300
The SLS 300 is a true scooter and service demonstrator: Based on a Vespa PX body, a custom Vespa is being built with a 306cc BFA engine, reinforced frame and a wheelbase extended by 75mm...
2021: A groundbreaking conversion
For the first time, a Vespa Smallframe engine is being installed in a PX Largeframe frame: This ambitious project requires weeks of sheet metal and bodywork, as well as the time-consuming manual routing of the necessary components...
2022: The high-end moped
A very special tuning project of my own: Based on a Piaggio Bravo moped from the 80s, a virtually completely new vehicle was created through months of development work and hundreds of hours of labor, ...
2024: The first electric Vespa
The first electric Vespa from our workshop, with 125cc registration and a top speed of 100km/h, is finished: Based on a Vespa 50N from the seventies in a state of severe need for restoration...
Custom Vespa Gallery
Learn more about our work
Our history is marked by unique projects and individual custom builds. Our Custom Vespa gallery showcases over 150 selected Vespa projects that we have completed in the last 25 years.
Questions about our custom Vespa projects?
Contact us and start your personal Vespa project
Do you have questions about our concepts or would you like to realize your own individual Vespa project? Our team is always available to advise you and work with you to bring your vision to life.
