Modern Vespa

Starting this one today.

Paint that yourself or have a shop do it? Looks great man!
Looking forward to seeing it complete. Stay posted.
Clean your shop up old timer!
I'm a like that...

Powder coated metal flake.


Clean up the shop? Hell, if I can get get to every scooter that is in there, I consider it clean.

Powder coated?

How do you fix a chip/scrape?

I have been told by several bike/auto painters that powder coating needs to be redone if you want it to look right, that it can't be retouched like regular paint.

Just giving you shit. Nice shop sir!

Yeah, nothing is perfect forever. I'll refer you to the thread a out the Vespa LX that got totaled out because it had a scratch in it.

Rally=MV porn.

Any special plans for the engine?
What kind of pipe will you be installing?

We are drilling holes in the engine right now. It will help it cool down and keep the oil from collecting inside everywhere and making the gears dirty, robbing the engine of power.

It's getting a Malossi kit. And some shit.

All depends on how you negotiate.

I got 75% of $3800 on the P200 after accident. NO Salvage Title.

Plenty to repair the damage and get a full repaint of not just the P, but another bike as well.

Drilling holes? Where at?

Do I really need to explain this?

He is taking the piss.

Well, trying anyway.

Ok. Admit I liked this. Gotta try it now... You know I think WP just fished you in. So no, probably not.

Humor

He's just jealous cause you're the one on this board to try an old school trick like 'that' and he didn't. Not to mention from the hands of Al, which you can't really argue with.

Theres an old 80's westcoast scoot around with both the front and back done.....looks good.

A buddy and I were sayin how cool it would be to build a true 'westcoast scooter boy' bike. The hub holes would be a must.

Ever try to drill a hole in a propane tank?

He's getting there.

A word about this scooter: This Rally is being assembled by a friend, Pancho K. It is the Rally from the "$700 Rally" thread. I told him I would convert the Rally Femsa engine in trade for a PX200 engine he had. I'm giving him access to my shop and tools and he's doing the rest. He's pretty stoked that the engine and a lot of the bits went together in one day. He's re-using most of the original hardware.

yep....cut one in half as well!

looking good Pancho

you got a little vietnamese in you Chris. building bikes up from the floor.

joking aside, nice projects there.

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Truth.

That scoot look is looking bomber. Good stuff

Propane tanks make great fire balls too. We use em in movies all the time. Wrap a peice of det cord around it and let her rip.

I'll clarify: Pancho is putting it together on the floor. I get to use a bench on what I work on.

There was some welding to clean up on it. We opted for JB Weld and then just powder coated over it. With the JB Weld the powder coating had to be done at a lower temperature. Sometimes, there will be slight discolorations where the JB stuff is. Luckily, that only happened at the tail and on the left-side cowl. The cowl is being done again to see if it will take better. We'll find out tomorrow.

What is that under the floor rails?

Little pieces of cardboard to keep the ends of the rails from scratching the surface.

Progress...

Looking good!

It's a bit rough looking !!

You aren't looking at what the owner is looking at.

I'm winding you up.
T'is looking good !!
Rally's are my Vespa porn !!!

Red Rally's are so pretty. I think he's guarding the finish when fitting the caps & rivets.

Guarding the finish...
Trying to understand assembling the motor in the frame, though. Definately doable, not complaining. It's like the floor ass'y vs bench ass'y in borrowed shop space, I suppose.

Can you rough guess this powder coat vs decent paint job cost please? Good to know when weighing pros & cons.
Thanks

You can't just look at a picture of an engine without a cylinder and say the engine was assembled while in the frame.

Powder coat is great because you can assemble immediately. Yes, it can be a pain to do touch-up/color matching later (in the event of accident). I'll leave that problem to those in suburbia with matching helmets and all that safety gear.

The cost of this show was $650. Can't guess what other people charge.

Sorry, meant to say ' completing assembly'. Just seemed odd... Obviously the cases weren't assembled there, I do know that much.

Pardon the pun but that is looking cherry.

Moving on...

Headset on...

Conversion tail light...

look more awesome mate, cant wait see it on the road

Yowsa that scoot is looking fantastic, sorry I missed from the start. The paint job really pops, I can't wait to see it with the fenders on.
Tell Pancho K. he is doing a fantastic job.
Can you give up a tip to a newbie about drilling holes in the engine?
Lynn

Rule #32-3
Drilling holes in your scooter will make it faster.