Modern Vespa

http://scootermille.weebly.com/the-formula-for-handicap.html

There is also a random element where "reasonable" times are written on bits of paper and randomly assigned to a rider at the end... this part is a bit mysterious. Suffice to say you still need some luck.

today i fired 2-stroke exhaust into my armpit with such ardent ferocity that it melted through my rainjacket and put a real hurtin on my dermis. real talk.

Took the newly rebuilt ET3 out for a break in ride. Tried it the Italian break in method and found I had a gnarly air leak. Fiddled with the carb 10 times during the ride and no luck. Just sealed the slits in the carb and manifold with silicone like Voodoo mentioned.

Ugh I hate that stupid sleeve thing. I'd rock a stock carb if it wasn't for that piece of stupidity.

...remembered that I brought the scooter to work and so am now really looking forward to a ride home in perfect weather.

Froze my nuts off on the way in to work. Is it time for the Cold Weather Challenge yet?

[quote="sdjohn"] What's the recommended alternative?

Spent the 8thn consecutive day living on the floor with my cat from left leg sciatica three days after getting a just new-to-me '65 LI125 up and running. I may have lost the rest of the season ( around here the high-sodium period is proceeded by the composting foliage which can be like grease) but it looks like I may have gotten out of blowing leaves and shoveling snow this year.

Philthy Phil of motorhead died. RIP.

Gutted

[quote="xantufrog"] I'm using the Polini CP21 that clamps directly onto the intake manifold from my Primavera using a plastic bushing (Lambretta style):


http://www.treatland.tv/polini-CP-21mm-carburetor-with-pull-choke-p/polini-cp-201.2102.htm

Never leak at that manifold joint again!!

found out a bit back ..... proper downer .... he invented the double drum and they wrote overkill in half hour ..... never had the chance to see him play with them as it was pete gill on drums for orgasmatron .... now its mikkey dee .... mikkey is one hell of a drummer but phil was special ...... RIP

i always chuckle when i think of phil in the motor-headgirl-school vid dad dancing

Was enjoying my ride home on the Primavera, pulled up to a light and had the dreaded racing engine. Air leak . Probably manifold to case, came loose there before. Going to get new studs and fasteners this time.

if you guys like motorhead you all should check out Inepsy and Speedwolf

Got a package

^^^^^ Looks good, Macgerk. I hope you get it together before it gets too cold to ride.

Almost got plowed down on the way home from work by some jerk running a stop sign. Got a decent skid in...

lucky .... bet they wouldnt have been insured either

Got the ever loosening Spaco 24.24 off of my P200 - carb is indeed warped, you can feel the sticking throttle when you pull out the screws and just slide the slide back and forth. I never overtorqued that thing but the bolts just kept coming loose and it kept leaking at the carb box. Not sure what to make of that except maybe sketchy metallurgy on the part of Spaco?? The base wasn't flat at one point and I lapped it smooth but I'm done with this POS now.

Putting the real 20.20 delly back on - anyone got a genuine Delly 24.24 carb body??

Had a genuine delly that was warped to crap, such that the slide kept sticking and nothing I did could make that totally go away. My Spaco has never come loose. I would suspect your mounting bolt hole threads are loose, hence the fact that it keeps coming loose. Just sayin' - you might find the problem follows you around to a new carb

I figured this might be the case - going to do new studs and new sleeve bolts at the same time. Only problem is stud removal on M7 - can't just grab some nuts from the hardware store because of the odd size. I might have to cut down my old sleeve bolts just to have 2 nuts to do the double nut trick with. FWIW the studs are tight to the case now that I've pulled it all apart - i.e. the stud to case threaded joint looks OK.

2 Lambretta exhaust nuts did the trick!

decided to paint the replacement engine door on my ET3, because it was just the black base coat it shipped with, and that was looking rough.

Left the door to dry with some primer outside, and someone pulled into our driveway and ran the damn thing over!

Spent the afternoon with a rubber mallet trying to reshape it into something that will fit on my bike... got it back to a decent shape and ok fit, but it looks worse than when I started this paint idea

That just plain sucks. ...sorry to hear it. Of all the spots their tires could have gone, they hit that small door.

I know the feeling.

frog,
See, this kind of thing is exactly why cars need to be outlawed or severely restricted in populated areas
If it had been a scooter arriving in your driveway, this senseless tragedy could have been avoided

it was a car, right?

Bummer x-frog. I went out to the garage once and found brownie on its side. There was a little brown paint on the bumper of SoCalWife's SUV. I asked her what happened and she said "your scooter fell over".

Lol.. Sorry Mike but that's funny shit.


... sorry about your bike though.

Finally got the last part I needed to get my rally back on the road. Or so I thought. Right after I got the new crank installed I saw some catastrophic case damage on the flyside that had somehow previously escaped my notice.


So my cases are boned too. Like BONED.

Had my mind blown by this guy

shit eh. what is the damage, reed valve fix it ?

Pics!!!

I was looking for a Vespa picture as usual, and came across this one! Nice surprise... me and SEB last easter waiting to get on to the track at Broadford. Good times!

remembered that friday me scoot was low on juice so set off earlier this morning to fill up ..... didnt need to as it had plenty .....
on me way home i was thinkin the fuel light must wanna flash up n it did .... then the scoot died dead dead ... was going down hill so knocked it down to 2nd n bumped .... nowt .... again .. nowt ... so i freewheeled down the road till i nearly stopped ...
i got off kicked it n it fired up ..... havent got a clue why it played silly bollox like that

That IS a great Pic!

Thanks Alan! I was pretty pleased to find it.

back on the orange bastard ....... after checking the clutch.. piston and changin the oil .... theres no sign of anything in the oil so im riding it ... time will tell

Started putting back together the smallframe engine (finally).

New DRT tree with reinforced DRT selector spring went together with only about 10 minutes of trying. The ball installation tools are really essential. The selection is so stiff I can't get it out of 4th by hand with the gears installed. That should keep that sucker from popping out of 4th going up hills.

Spent about 10-15 minutes trying to install the new Olympia straight cut gear clutch basket. I wasn't sure if it was going in crooked or if the piece was machined wrong, but it was spinning really out of true with it 1/2 way in. A few more tries and it finally got seated correctly, looks fine with it in the final spot.

Got in the kickstart gear and spring then ran out of time. I have to break it up into small chunks or it will never get done.

washed the bastard n put some more air in the tyres n oil in the auto lube ...... im treatin it like the new scoot i never had

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Got creamed by a van

scoot felt all squidgy goin round corners so i checked all the usual suspects ... nothing .... then noticed the seat wasnt sat on the rubbers so a bit of manipulation with a rubber persuader alls good