Vyatka (motor scooter)

Vyatka Russian Вятка, (1955-1969) was a Soviet scooter brand which, with the Vyatka VP 150 scooters, Vespa made ​​a replica without a license and distribution. Thus, it is here to " Soviet Vespa".

The Russian Maschinenfabrik Vyatskie Polyany ( ВПМЗ ) was in the district of Kirov, who was called until 1934 Vyatka.

After the Second World War, consumer goods were increasingly produced by ВПМЗ. First parts were made for motorcycles in 1955 with saddles and air filters. This year, the Russian government acquired abroad a Vespa 150 GS and a Goggoroller with 150 cm ³, with the aim to copy them. The Goggoroller went to Tula in production, the Vespa was rebuilt in ВПМЗ. In 1956, series production of the Vyatka VP 150 launched scooter. In 1958 also a cargo scooter based on the Vyatka VP 150 was produced. Overall, the Vyatka VP was prepared 150-1965. Thus far longer than the Vespa GS 150, which in the year 1962 on a successor, the Vespa GS 160, decreed.