Modern Vespa

Nice reminds me when I painted a small frame Corvette Yellow around 1990.

Looking good mate!

love the yellow Brother Safis, look sunshine to me

You know I’m a fan. Great choice!

Thanks guys!!! A few more...

im loving this

awesome! Looking forward to hearing this thing run.

BTW would love some feedback after you run with it for a while on that Kong brake backing plate thing. I know you guys were talking about it a few months ago and i just noticed you installed it.

Keep up the great work!

Thanks Sean! Page 4, near the end, you can hear it on the stand...

ah yes I missed that when I scrolled quickly through that page! Sounds great. This thing will look great on the road!

I like...a lot!

LOVE.

LOVE

My T5 is a two tone yellow and black, so I had to spray the yellow first. Your T5 just reminded me of what mine looked like for only about an hour (since I sprayed the black color over most of the yellow).

Are you spraying it Chris or do you have a shop doing it?

A friend did it. He has a shop...

Started assembly...

oh gosh it's like medicine or beer or tequila or whatever it's good thank you.

Day 2...

Better than brand new! Looking sharp!

Going to be a shame to get it dirty. Not a fan of the square tail but another quality build from Safis. I would be happy with a scooter looking half as clean.

The postman brought me this today. A nice touch to the build...

Love your work, Chris. Front end is glorious.

This is arguably one of the sexist rebuilds I have seen in quite some time. I LOVE your choice of colour. It reminds me of my Corvette. Looking forward to seeing the final assembly and ride notes.

I agree with this big time! What a beautiful build, beautiful color. And thank you for all the pictures. I've gone through it a bunch of times just because it's really nice to see such a cool build taking place!

Safis not messing around! I love that you're getting right on it. Nice work Love the yellow! Looks fast Happy to see one of these being brought back so beautifully.

Thanks guys!!! Small update. Legshield trim is on (what a PITA job) and finished with the mono cable gear system. Had to fab a new gear roller cause Cosas use 22mm tubes and have a different travel. Now the gear positions align correctly to the PX/T5 marks...

Looking so GOOD, the yellow really pops!

Looking great Chrys! Those studs in the hub are super long, what's with that?

How does the single cable work? I guess it's much thicker to avoid bending when it's in 'push' mode?

Thanks guys!!! Michael, long studs were the solution to mount the wheel discs on the tubeless rims (page 2). No one tried it before
Cable is solid wire so it can’t flex. Outer is also robust compared to the stock cables...

Yeah, it's like your choke cable on steroids. I have this in PK50XL2 and it is a dream to adjust(just tighten one set screw on mine when gearbox and handle in same position) AND to shift, snick, snick, snick w zero slop!

That solid cable wire is intriguing.

Is that an aftermarket goodie or what ... not familiar with the T5 set up.

Anything like this available for a regular lardy? It looks infinitely more solid and slop-free than regular cables.

@Mike: Not aftermarket. Cosas (2nd generation) came standard with it. Since I have a Cosa 200 for parts and they share the same handlebar design (stamped steel), I decided to go for it. Selector boxes are difficult to find nowadays. There are a few on the German eBay but pricey. What is almost impossible to find is the cover (although you can always fab one) and the small "stop" plates you can see front and back of the rubber that holds the cable into place. The selector box comes also with a neutral indicator switch but since my T5 is a non battery model I took everything out...

Ahh ok, gotcha thx Chris.... solid cable requires a late Cosa selector + assorted other Cosa parts ...

What about in the headset, how do the solid cables hook up?

Very interesting. Must be a huge improvement in shifting precision.

Cable is held by a circlip attached to one (the rear) of the two original cable holes. Gear roller is different cause Cosas and PKs have 22mm tubes and their travel would give me a wrong gear position at the handlebar end (if I could use it). So, I fabricated my own with a bit of trial and error to achieve the correct indicated gear position. Great thing is that everything is reversible and I can always go back to a two cable system...

Original Cosa / PK...


And mine...

Pro job, as usual Chris. Thx my friend.

Single cable shifter seems like a worth while upgrade. Nicely done, and clean too!

Lovely work. Can't help thinking the wire (rather than cable) system ought to be possible to adapt... in theory.

was wondering about the choke cable too.

Why’s that Andy?? Is it about the length?? Well, the BGM cable set I got was meant for a PX with an autolube that’s why it’s longer. But since it works as it should, who cares??

everything is looking terrific nice attention to detail example the red and gold Piaggio foil sticker excellent!

Where can I find the fuel valve ON <----> OFF sticker?

Your choke cable looks different to anything I have seen before is it T5? Notice a wire clip at the tube entry never seen one like that seems to engage the cable housing? Also the tension clip. I just installed a choke cable on my P200 and mine does not have either of those clips maybe I am missing something?

The shifter upgrade looks amazing.