Modern Vespa

Ran into a picture someone posted on their FB page - owned this back in the day. way back in the day...

This was a fun bike....Build by Vince at WCLW.


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That's bitchin'! What'd you have in it motorwise?

had a 190 in it. Fast as hell on the street. Was definitely most powerful bike I had back then. Ran across it a few years after this pic was taken and i talked with the dude. Never met him before but he told me to go take it out for spin - who was I to say no?

That's awesome, Are you still racing?
I like your small frame racer.. got my wheels spinning for a trade, but I don't know what I'd do with it... Racing takes more time than I could commit (and spousal approval good luck here).. I'd love to go do some laps on a propper bike, but I'd need to find someone who wouldn't mind a laydown or two!

You got the 80's P, you're looking for another street bike? What kind of street bike are you looking for?

No more racing that I plan on. Raced last weekend and had a blast. Decided that I will not race any more for competition. If I dont get rid of this bike I would probably bring it out to a couple track days sometime just to screw around - but nothing serious.

Since you migrated to the west coast you are around a fair amount of tracks. There are some good riders down your way that have been active in this years races - Fabio at Vepsa Motorsports, Kirk from LA, and Brooks from central coast. There are some good associations that are bringing scoots in to help them build rider count.

Yup - another street bike would be cool. What am i looking for? Vespa or lambretta - something to screw around with and on. No small frames and no p125's. Other than that - pretty open.

Here is an action shot from last weekend.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=511595405526469&set=o.176633152368214&type=1&relevant_count=1

Nice shot airfin.. I'd love to hear about your race experience... see if it's something doable... something an old fart to get into!
Don't be surprised if you get a call (pm) soon!
Cheers
I'll think about a bike for you.

That Lambretta is badass! Thanks for sharing!

looks like the coca cola racer thats back on the road over here

Are these mini moto fairings or are they custom fabricated?

I think Vince used a combo of YSR and TZ125 parts but I'm not sure which was from what. A friend up here in Vancouver had a track bike built by Vince in the 80's. It had a custom ported 240cc water cooled cylinder, hydraulic clutch, custom expansion chamber with power valve and twin Toomey silencers. Still has the motor, only now its in his full frame track bike.

No way, I owned that bike waaayy back in the day, too! Did you trade it for 2 P125's in Santa Cruz? That is how I came to own it. It had a 225cc kit on it and accelerated like crazy. The small end came apart on me one day at a race in Sacramento and I decided that was enough fun and sold it. The guy I sold it to painted it in Italian flag colors! I think that was '92-'93...!

Oh ya, the bike was called "Ghost"

i think i was at that rally/show...berkley? '91 or '92? go scoot go?

I actually have no clue if I sold it or traded it. I almost think i did trade for 2 p's. One was a burgundy one with gold stripes and I have no clue what the other one was. Back then I only owned a scooter so that bike sucked to commute one. 225 makes more sense. Some reason I thought it was a 190. I bought it straight from Vince when I was down at a scooter rally in SD. I still remember the reg was close to $400....that was 20 years ago and I had no cash - that sucked to pay for.

last time I saw it someone painted it flat black and it was beat to shit.

I still think go scoot go were the best rallys. Every years was stacked with 300+ bikes - easy!

Yep! I think one burgundy and one grey P...Delivered to Santa Cruz, a white pickup...That bike was fun, but I couldn't keep it and pay for school...!

Crazy how small of a (scooter) world it is!