Modern Vespa

Is that 5 pair of circlip pliers?

Gotta love HF.. The only place that I feel compelled to buy a set of 27 screwdrivers for 7.99

I have screw drivers!! But there they were!

... When in Rome...

Nice. You going out for a dance vader? Or dress sharp and lean against the wall

dammit vader. i've wanted to go to that for years. closest i ever got was to some funk night at the slippery slope, knocking back their pre-made shooters. its just never going down when i head from the Phi to the Chi.

Today I(we)... Paid for this.... Our newest member of the family. A friend of my mom's does chainsaw carvings and a while back we jokingly said wouldn't it be fun to get a bear on a scooter. He made one!!!!

Oh and I sto by a car show. There was a monster truck I had to take a picture with.

a little of both.. I had a good time.

Nice not rolling around on the cold ass floor.

That is a beautiful Rally. Congrats!

Was supposed to go for a ride with a mate but I've got my son at home sick.

Snake bite? Spider bite? Kicked by a roo?

Get well soon bobo jr

sucked a man sized dollop of Motul into my mouth out of an oil feeder line... didnt taste that bad actually... The texture however was feckin GROSS...

Still wanting for the frame to get painted. So I sandblasted and painted the rims, hubs and exhaust. Can't wait to get this scoot together and ride.

Right on T and Mack..

Keep pressing on Mack.. don't cut any corners.. and don't drop any screws down the intake!

Tierney.. what color are you going to paint the frame?

The Rally is going red - as is fire engine, can you see me, don't hit me, are you f----ing blind?, red. I'll be putting on the white stripes too, ordered them from Scooter West last week.

Sweet.. can't wait to see it in all it's RED glory!

Thanks Vader, just can't wait, but I'm not going to rush the painter (and piss him off). Still, much better off than a year ago (3/19/14) when I had my second back surgery and was laid up for 8 weeks. Building that Super was the only thing that kept me from going bonkers.

Another testament to the healing power of the scooter!

.. they can heal you.. they can drive you mad.

Amen to that.

Ain't that the truth!

Sprayed a buncha 2% mix in my face... All good tho. Most of it just went in my eye. Actually NM this is excruciating.

I clipped a junky a few years ago. They walked out in front of me despite the micron and a double blast of the horn. Had half forgotten about it. Got this today. Dear or oh dear

They want to take away your no claim bonus for a teensy-weensy little claim like that? Bastards.


Hey does anyone know for sure if SIP remove the German VAT from the advertised price when you place an order? I had a feeling they do but didn't want to place an order to find out.

Sure if I pay the 100k I can keep the ncb. Slimy lawyers probably got most of it

Fixed that for you.

showed my roommate my now running rally 200. He asked me to get this old yamaha 100cc 2 stroke running. said he'd pay me $10 an hour real time. He provides parts and tools. sounds like fun.

(And no, that's not my clutter.)

Nice! Just got asked by a pregnant friend to do the same thing except this will be for her firstborn. It was the bike her dad taught her to ride on. The things teeny.

Does anyone know if SIP remove the German VAT of 19% when you pay for your items?

Did you clip the Dude on your scoot or cage? You should have backed up and had another go. $155, 811.77 is one hell of a clip job. Thank god you had insurance.

On the scooter. You can't legally ride over here without insurance so no choice really. Talked to a guy in work today that worked for an insurance company. Said a good 20 grand or so would have went to the skag head. The rest would have been Pissed away on legal fees

So fuk it, I'll waste it here.

Ohh, & I've missed you lot!

Now back to fixing scooters & renovating th lounge (the last room), & a bit of work outside (changing a clay filled mud-pit into a grass parking space)... Here's a few pics... Not scooters for once

iunno... id /probably/ settle for 114,967 usd. i mean, its all relative but yeah.

Delivery from Virginia

Nice tat, mate. Clown goin on yer handlebars ?

Yeah, the tat is nice. But damn, what headset is that by your fireplace?
Big round(?) speedo, so for a P?
Nah, looks like something else ....
Now I gotta know.


Oh, lovely clownlite too!

Lol

theres nothing fun about clowns the deceptive bastards with their fake smiley makeup drawing you into their world of 'make believe and magic' thats just a front for getting into your drams and scaring the shite out of you in badly lit rooms ........
"my bed is wet mummy ... teddy did it"

Last weekend I went on a rally with the Wild Dog Creek SC, there were about 40 odd scooters. I was the only one with a pillion and I had a tent, 2 sleeping bags, clothes, extra fuel etc. We did about 100k's through some nice country although the roads were a bit rough at times. Coming down a hill and over a creek I felt the rear brake dragging. It didn't seem to free up as we were coming up the other side, so I pulled over to check it out.







Ended up with a bent driveshaft, wrecked bearing... just lucky I didn't end up on my arse testing the kevlar...

Looks like a nice ride G.. you already shared the hub pics w/ me, and I still think that's nuts! I'm glad it wasn't an injury type disaster.. but I'd never seen one like that.. you see something new every day..

I'm glad you had fun up until that point though!


... today I...

.. had noticed my P was acting funny.. so I inspect and find I can see little bubbles at the rear base of the reed block.. the gasket had finally failed.. So I took the block off (S&S 35mm block) and swapped it for an MRP (less parts), put new reeds in (It seems like I just did this, but the edges on one of the reeds were already fraying at the leading edge)

.. then I tapped the MPR block for a fuel pump fitting (I had planned to dump the pump on this bike, but was too lazy at this point to re-do my fuel line setup. I didn't want to pull the tank! ) Anyway, I drilled it, tapped it and put a new fitting in w/ some thread sealer..

bit of a PITA but it's all good and needed a a reed petal anyway.

Your a lucky man it fell inwards and not outwards Ginchy. Not to self. Check hubs

Ginch, that is unbelievable.