Modern Vespa

From my anecdotal experience, the Bajaj switched over from round tail to flat tail in '67. I could be wrong since my sampling is only 2.

I have a '66 Bajaj, it's round tail and I have a friend who has a '67 Bajaj, and it's 3-speed but it's a flat tail.

Also it seems I was mistaken about the headset. It looked round with the black trim around the speedo.

Thanks for the info, that really helped to improve my confusion.

I have yet to see a square tail 2-stroke Bajaj apart from the "vintage Vespas" that Scooterworks sells.

I'm not saying that it is impossible, just that we have worked on dozens of original, unrestored, stock Bajaj scooters over the years, models spanning production from the '60s to the late '90s, and have never seen a factory square tail.

Well that's reassuring, ahh I think.

nice vbb, the fin look sweet for an old metal
rebuild for sure if i was you, strip the paint till the metal and start from there

good luck with the bike and cheer mate

I've got paint in the plans and its looking better as I probe the chassis but won't know for sure until its cleaned up on the underside.

before you repaint get them indicators filled n fit some bar ends

Indicators will be gone and holes filled but what are bar ends?

Again, paint only after you sandblast the entire chassis and all other painted parts.

Definately if its going to be painted it will be sandblasted. If it doesn't get painted it will at least have the underneath of floor boards ground down to check for good welds especially now that I've been informed that it has P-series floor runners, who knows maybe I got lucky and the guy that welded the pseries front end on actually new how to weld.

I'd put money on it being an Italian VBB. There's no way it's a Bajaj. Indicators are wrong and personally I'd get rid of them.

OK. That's it. We give up. A lot of people on this board have given you great advice and you refuse to heed it. Instead, you're ordering parts for a bike that you really don't have a clue about and that is showing no signs of being road worthy. Now you're saying you may not blast it to see what's under the paint?

Play on, player. We are out.

Bar Italia Classics I really feel you are jumping to conclusions, first off the parts I ordered are for the mechanical safety aspect of the bike like brakes and cables bushing etc and second of all what I said was I was going to grind the bottom clean first before I decide if its going to get painted and to also be sure there are good welds and then only only then I will decide whether I will sink 800 bucks into a shop sand blasting and paint job and if I decide not to sink money into a paint job I will at least know that the bike is safe and will prime and rattle can the bottom that I grind clean.I see no reason to blast the entire bike just to see whats under the paint as I've seen no indication of a deteriated surface other than a bit of surface rust so far . Whether I decide to sink 800 bucks into a paint job is totally upto me it has nothing to do with the advice I've received. Third off all the advice I've received I've excepted with an open mind and have utilized every bit for moving forward. This is a discussion forum and I really feel that it has been a very good gentlemens discussion with alot of really great knowledge shared.

Lynn, I think you may still be missing the point here. You got a bike that has a potentially unsafe patchwork quilt frame. What people are trying to tell you is that your FIRST step should be to blast down that frame to see if it's been pieced together. If the frame is an unsafe jigsaw puzzle, making safe all the other mechanical systems will not change that.

Ahh I see, very cool thankyou for the info. I notice on the mirror that its mounted off a flatbar, is that home made or can it be purchased? I really should get a mirror even though the mechanical doesn't call for one. I'd prefer a mirror off the bar rather than off the cowling.
Lynn

Screw all this other noise

Hey Bitsa.........that's what appears to be a et3 with the bar ends and fo sho an et3 in the back.

Are those your mates?

Got better pics?

Me loves some et3s

Nope I got the point and working it through

your scooter looks nice.removing the turnsignals or replacing with a vintage styled turnlights will increase the looks of ur vespa

Thanks I thought the same thing, they are in the trash and body shop is filling in the holes.