Modern Vespa

A fine tradition!

thats odd as it works for me ..... just had a quick peek through n most scoots have the 80s cut or a hugger muddy ..... i like the shape of yours so far

are you leaving it with marios factory tank or something special?

off n 2pairs of lammy end caps and a lammy legshield rubber will safety up that leggy .... it sip do a trim that you cut to length ....
shame youre not near as ive got a hugger a seat a trim n rear lights even a bellypan in glorious gloss black

not sure what to do with the tank yet, depends if i can find a nice mc tank localy

i cut the muddy like how ive drawn it in the photo but im not keen on it, reckon a T5 one would look better

nope i put a t5 one on my cutdown n theyre just too wide .... cant find a photo but theres one somewhere on this site ..... all standard muddies are too wide in my eyes

Not trying to butt in to this Cut-down fest, but if you need Josh / Bitza, I'm in the UK mid August until mid September and can always be a parts mule, as long as they do not need to travel, ahem, internally

bit confused who this belongs to? you need banning from vespa forums!!!

now I want a lambretta!!!!! one of the best I've seen,have a drink on me

Here's what I've cut on the muddy

Fronty. Might round off top of leggy

Oops too many

take the crest off and make it shorter it looks flaccid ...... you can always weld up the hole thats left or add more n put some dome head nuts through

I like what u'r doing Josh.. I didn't even know you had this bike.. Your leg shield cut looks great.. I'd do a T-5 horncast but that's just me.. And maybe use a fender crest off an oldie.. I'll shut up.. And let u work.. Good stuff brother

Drop bars!

You scoot looks killer!

Harsh, but you do have a point. I know it's not mine! Anybody know for sure who's it is? I've heard rumors, but never seen it ridden...

Thanks Scooterist..
Voodoo.. I do ride it.. I've got wide angle gopro video putting down the streets at the Jammy but it's boring.
On my xmas list is a little "stedi-cam" / gyro-rig they make for iphones and gopro.. Helmet mount.. I'd be better off w/ the iphone on a rig like that because I could zoom in and it's still be "steady".. Pet peeve w/ gopro is the wide angle.. You have to be right on somoen's ass to get a decent framing.. Otherwise it's just tiny scooters and boring..
I would like to do a run w/ the camera mounted all around the body of the bike to get some intersting angles at least , but I sold all my mounts including the useful suction cup mount.
Some day.

Speaking of cutdowns.. I'm still collectng parts for my P re-do but just blew what was the beginning of my stash on registration of lammy 2 (not all that interesting.. Just a white Li150 Special.

Problem with buying a bike that's already done is it's no fun for me.. In hind sight I should have bought another basket case so I could start my build from scratch.. That's the majority if the fun.. The build. For me anyway. I may sell it in the near future and buy a project instead.

^^^ I know you do! Sorry for any confusion Let me rephrase that Unlikely in my case, given your proximity, until you do a nonboring video & post it

a go pro fuxache ive got a chineese copy .... think its called a stop amateur ... it says 1080p but if its 720 ill eat my helmet ..... err maybe not .. if i could do that i wouldnt be here ... its screwed to the cointray n makes for a good conversation starter when someone pulls out on me

Today I finally received an LED headlight from China I ordered weeks ago. First impressions are good, almost exact same diameter as the old one. I'll have to wait until the weekend to fit it.

Josh, I like the look of that project. Interested to see where it goes.

I'll be watching this one with interest Phil! I hope to be enlightened by the result...

Can you please take some photos of the beams of the two lights side by side... or at least illuminating the same objects separately?

Yep, will do. I'll write it up in a thread once I get it sorted. I changed to all dc last weekend so just need to work how to mount it.

Looking forward to it. I did the conversion a little while ago and put a battery in the glovebox. I also put in a switch to isolate the battery... but I keep forgetting to turn the switch on, and it runs fine without the battery.

Little bit done after work. So far put some bog on the headset holes I fibreglassed last night. Cut more offv muddy and test fit an old fender crest . And my tt guage is somewhere in wa

I like how that front fender is progressing Josh, the bottom picture is looking good. I'll fess up to never being a huge fan of the chopped down scooters overall, but what your doing there I think will look really good when your done. Just glad you're doing to to a P rather than a more rare "classic" scoot

Looks good. But I think it needs to be narrower towards the tip. Tapered like you had it the first time.

are you going to use it as a spotlight? after seeing how well led spotties work on a car i like the idea of a small one on the leggy

No, just fit it where the old headlight is. It claims to have high and low beam. We'll see.

i agree, i cant cut any more off the side near the hydraulic line though so i might cut just i bit on each side at the front making a faster taper? that make sense? ,,hold my beer ill be back

Just wanted to say today I went through these two threads again and I am AMAZED at how nicely these two newbs are doing! These both far surpass anything I've done so far & you'll notice they started with 'crap' scooters too, so I admit it 's a fair fight and I am losing. Badly.

What have I bought ?

VLB1 Restoration

Scooter newbies maybe, but look out - these guys have been around.

I can't wait to see a wide shot of what you're doing Josh.. it's looking cool from here.

the secret to a good cutdown is to make it look factory to the unknowing .... ya get the right comments then .... 'is that right or you done something to it??' ..... and you get the hate from the nut n bolt restos ..... fun

I got my new velocity stack back from anodizing (one day! ) happy.

Looking sweet V! That pipe also looks good... like a crocodile that swallowed a whole goat or something.


I just saw this... really like the idea.

http://www.scooter-center.com/de/product/CMDSH0011

Thanks G.. I've got one of those Snakeheads in Red.. he sent me one of the 1st 10 for friends to test some months ago.. it's great. I'll get a few more for my other bikes..

Cut of an ugly bit. Otherwise edged acres of lawn all day


Oh yeah. Welded up some holes too

I once did that then did a fork swap with a mate ...... he was a little pissed when he finally noticed

Rode down to 'BackFire' gathering in Ballard last night(monthly in the Summer). Hundreds of iron motorcycles, most modified, a few dozen plastic Japanese or Italian rockets, maybe a dozen scooters and only half of them shifty Vespas. Big Harleys of all stripes prevailed, with lots of old Brit bikes and cafe builds of all kinds.

Still a great show with 3 blocks of the curb spaces full of eye candy. Some of the design & workmanship was incredible, regardless of what kinda bike it was on you had to admire. Here are two I think fit in here and I wish I also had a pic of the Monkey Ward 'Riverside' 125cc motorcycle made by Benelli in superb original condition with a couple of hundred miles on it.

the chopper is good.. I like his shift linkage. pretty cool voodoo

Wouldn't that chopper burn up without a shroud over the cylinder?
I mean he rode it there, so there's that but seems like it'd run hot.

Nope. I asked & it's out in the open w/ no side cowl over it so gets lots of fresh air in addition to what's coming out the blower. The TT CHT confirms w/ a max indicated in the mid 200's.

That chopper's a hoot.. is that a bicycle pedal on the kick start?

Yes it is. Meanwhile, this was spotted in my neighborhood today