Modern Vespa

My wife hates those boxes.. between those and Vorfreude boxes from SIP, it's bad news.. good for me! bad for relations!

Looks great bitz, you can almost taste that orange-y goodness. Nice work!

I like that orange.

thats it im cutting it tomorrow n goin mat black

Aye, I was quoting the good rev Ian. He would of course love it.

I love an orange scoot. What colour you gonna do the trim and such kid?

chrome?

That's funny.

Love the orange Bitza.

Scored a Shoei full face in good shape at the thrift store for $2.99. Even had scooterworks stickers on it





These stickers look pretty old...

Maybe the pendulum is beginning to swing back?

I like that Ginch.. I hope so Mack.. you need a break.. nice score.. full face and 2.99 HARD TO BEAT!

Got the carb on last night, and got out to test it today. Adds lots of pull in the low and mid range, but not so much up top. Acceleration is even faster now, but little gain in top speed. I can quickly get to slightly over 60 indicated now (stock it was a struggle to get to just below 60, with just the pipe could get to 60 with some time), but it just stops. Solid pull up to 60, then nothing.

Put that underseat helmet hook on. Why don't these come stock? So ingenious. There's even slots in the seat pan for the hook. Haven't put on the new seat cover, but it is nice, thick vinyl, well sewn, too.

On a helmet note, what's the opinion of the Nolan N20?

60 on a 150 with the aerodynamics of a toaster. I wouldn't complain. Ideally we would want the 200cc bike, right? Willie B is another legend around here who put tubeless rims on his bike and he said it really "livened" the bike up. He has 12 bikes of various caliber, one of which is a Stella with a 221 big bore kit.

They do. On Vespas.

Do people often take them off? Seems like most pictures I've seen of under a P's seat, it's missing. Still perplexes me why LML wouldn't include one, it's a cheap enough piece and would be a good selling point. In other spots they went beyond what Piaggio did.

Well... I wouldn't say often, per se, but I've seen a few. My Bajaj actually came with a locking helmet hook. Now that was handy. Come again??

he means they ruined the p by stuffing a 4t in it

Surprised your new seat cover didn't push you to 70...

My wife won't even bring them in from the mailbox. She just grumbles something along the lines of, "You have a box." Sometimes she'll add that it's heavy. She's gonna kill me when the box(es) from Hodgespeed show up.

Vader, I thought you had a Parts Tree outside your garage that all your parts grew on!

Now that my VBA is on the road again, my wife is asking when I'm going to get her Smallie painted and put back together so she can ride it.

Must be nice...

its nice just to get away n leave them at home

Agreed. It has it's downside. Mostly she stays home. But since she does enjoy riding, and we have a good time together, so I don't get much grief when the boxes show up. She doesn't hear me complain when a box of shoes turns up either.

Aint that the truth.. I'm glad my wife doesn't ride.. I just could not bare the thought of something happening to her.. even if she could ride, we don't ride in a bubble and it's all the numskulls on the road that worry me.. Shoes are much safer!

The one spot I can think of right now is the mirror brackets. The ones off P's are just cut out from plate. On LML's, they are formed heavy gauge sheet metal, with a reinforcement plate spot welded in and a weld nut for the mirror stem. But the finish is so so on the brackets. LML's fit and finish is still below Piaggio's.

Oh, damn... I'd Better chuck my Rally n grab a 4t stella

Granted, I started riding on a 4t Bajaj... But that was kinda a bold statement to back up w/ mirror brackets. Not tryin to be a dick, just sayin...[img][/img]

I wasn't trying to say the whole scooter was above Piaggio's level, just a handful of parts. Not quality wise, but more design/concept wise.

And really, all this started because of a stamped metal piece held on by one bolt under the seat to hook your helmet to. Not really a shining example of manufacturing extravagance on Piaggio's part. Not trying to be a dick

And if you're getting rid of your Rally, I'll take it.

got her pissed tonight n its the true love that got her ....... ive told her before I love me scoots more than her ..... it dont complain when I ask for a ride .... n it dont brake down as much

shes more mixed up than licorice allsorts

love me love my scoots

Start messing with Piaggio, you'd better realize that you're messin with the Mack Truck, mate...




Nah, I'm just havin a laugh... cheers!

Well found out two things today and a new record.

First, I finally checked the timing mark on the ground strap of the plug... and determined I need a higher octane gas. Poured in a dash of octane booster, checked the mark again, octane is a little high. Will run this tank dry and fill with 89 rather than 87 next time. With the stock set up, 87 was actually too high of an octane.

Two, did an actual plug chop and determined the 100 main jet is way lean, no color at the base of the insulator. Which is weird because the 100 seemed to give me better performance than the 102, but that was before the octane booster. Went up to a 104 and will do another chop tomorrow.

Third, I got it up to 63~4 indicated, highest speed yet on flat ground. This was also with the 100 main and before the octane booster, too.

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Way to blow the whistle Alex!

Sorry I couldn't ride.. had too much to do at home.. glad you made it out w/ the guys.. and on a shifty!

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Nothing feels as nice as a lean engine.

Until it seizes.

Yeah a bike never runs so good as when it's about to shit itself

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I actually went all the way up to a 110, and it's still slightly lean. Unfortunately, 110 is the biggest jet I have currently, but I placed an order for a 112, 115, 118, and 120 from Treats. Hopefully one of those is good, I predict the 112 or 115 will give me the correct mix. In the meantime, my tank was almost empty so I filled up with non-ethanol to compensate for the lean jetting.

filled up this morning n what a bell end ....
took seat off n put it on pump .... took cap off n put it in air hole .... filled ... added 2% put seat on n went to pay then rode off to work ..... it was gasping like fuck .... ahhh bollox whats up now ... it was ok in 3rd n 4th but slow was crap.... got to work n turned tap off n it was wet through ... id forgot to put the cap back on .....
its been a bit of a bell end day today

radio alarm went off this morn n heard the news .... thought gary barlow would be in bits n they might [hopefully] cancel xfactoff .... got downstairs n put the bbc on n it was robin not robbie ... i need to listen carefully

Iv done that one bitsa. More than once

You don't always use non-ethanol?