Motociclisti da Bar · 12 September 2025
Season 1Episode 1

Motociclisti da Bar – Episode 1: Peppe Pagano and Betto Scaccianoce: Albania under water and Uncle Pippo in Bulgaria

A bar still quiet, the smell of coffee, two lifelong friends and the first real departure: the one where you do not know where you will end up. Peppe Pagano and Benedetto “Betto” Scaccianoce open the podcast with laughter, travel memories and the kind of irony only motorcyclists share.

In this episode

  • Albania under water: twelve motorcycles submerged in a hotel garage, exhausts spouting water like geysers, and the satisfaction of getting every one of them back on the road… to go and have a coffee.
  • Uncle Pippo in Bulgaria: an unbending policeman, an improvised lie about Pippo Baudo (a famous Italian TV host) and three Soviet military jeeps arriving to look for “the nephew”. An absurd story, but incredibly true.
  • Travellers, not tourists: what does travelling by motorcycle really mean? People met along the way, mishaps, friendships born by chance and a few thrills on the road.
  • The coffee ritual: every trip ends and begins the same way, with a steaming cup on the counter.