Modern Vespa

it forced your hands, what else could you do????

Safety third.

narrowly avoided a "Gincident"!

luckily your lizard brain muscle memory took the controls at that moment and operated accordingly!

My brother and I often wonder how we are alive.

My Dad used to play a "game" with us that involved knives and a test of wills. We would start out facing one another with our feet together. Your opponent would throw a knife as close to your foot as possible. If you moved your foot you lost, if you didn't flinch you'd pull the knife out of the lawn and put your foot over where the knife came out of the lawn, progressively moving your legs wider. The winner of the game was the person who didn't flinch or who caused the other to fall as your legs became further and further apart. This was of course all done shoeless while drinking hose water. Good times.

Something's gotta be third. Why not safety? Good instincts in the moment of crisis are what separate the merely good from the Great.

Still in therapy over the gincident.

😒

Welp… don't bury the lead… how many toes do the two of ya have combined?

All toes have remained firmly attached despite a few hubris powered close calls.

I did that for years. Now that I have been retired for a bit over a year, I still have at least 3 more years ahead of me of home maintenance that I put off. Still working on scoots, though.

HAHA! I remember that game! Good times....

Stator plate and flywheel fun in the already too hot garage. Uppers 80's today and like 100% humidity. Woof.

Going on my third t-shirt.

As best I recall, Hot and 100% Humidity Season in Houston runs from mid-April to late March, so hang in there for a little bit longer.

Meanwhile, here in the climate paradise of Nashville, I got a personalized box from Scooter Mercato. Dave must be sensing a new project starting to percolate (and he might even be right... ).

The GL is back in action. It wasn't the CDI, it was a worn wire from the stator.

Now I can maybe finish getting the carb tuned for the Malossi box I put on it several months ago.

Still a heck of a bike. Pulls wheelies in 2nd with a flick of the throttle, but a lot quieter than the BooBadge. I'm glad it's back in the rotation.

Good catch, Chandler. Just part of owning these beautiful old machines.

I caught it by getting to push it a mile home, but yeah.

Discomfort is good for the character.

If that were true, I'd have character in spades.

but you do!

character in spades

Aww, shucks...thanks, John!

Usually I settle for just *being* a character.

both are good

Anyone close to LA this weekend…this is going on

This is happening on Saturday starting at Scooterspeed. I may also check out the swap meet on Sunday.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/190097109559725/permalink/917018193534276/?mibextid=S66gvF

My non-scooting buddy found this book at a thrift store and gifted it to me. Its frickin amazing. I'm down the rabbit hole for sure on this.

Hope to meet you there! Pm me and we can trade numbers??

Today, I finally went to the Dark Side...

Li150 Series 3. All stock. Started second kick after we unloaded it off the van. Other than new tires and some cable greasing, I'm riding it as-is for a bit to get the feel, then J.J. and I are going to Do Things to the motor.

Wow may need to sell a Vespa or 2 or refinance the house to afford the parts for the Lammy seem twice that of a Vespa. Congrats time to renew the LCUSA membership.

I know where it could go, but for now, I'm just testing the waters. My plan is for it to be a fast tourer and Lammy-specific rally bike.

And I actually probably am going to sell a couple of Vespas, but that's just to make room in the workshop.

Right on brother! Looks like fun!

Godspeed.

Cool looking scoot!

Keep that cell phone charged and your uber app updated!

now you too can sit by the side of the road during rallies, kicking furiously to clear the flooded engine again!

Next you'll tell me to make sure the brakes work. Where's the fun in that? I can finally live the Lammy Kicking Dream!

You'll have a right leg that is like Arnold Schwarzenegger or the Rock!

I really like the look of this. it almost looks like you got it Army Surplus somehow. I'm glad you're leaving it as-is, only motor stuff, suspension etc and not gonna mess with the outside. Right?


So are you paying for this new distraction by renting out well behaved dogs???

Absolutely no external changes! I love the Army Surplus look of it. And since I was running low on rat bikes, this fills that gap nicely. That's a great idea! Now I just need to get some well-behaved dogs.

Safety Third!

I tried to take the Oi! Mobile to the liquor store and got a block from my house before the left side cowl fell off.

Put it back on, kept going. Went another block and it died. Had gas, but wouldn't fire. Pushed it home, took the BooBadge to the liquor store

Came back and Oi! had pissed varnish smelling gas all over the workshop floor. It'll get some proper attention this weekend, but jeez...

Welcome to lammy world!

Oh man, that's classic!

Yeah, I'm looking at it going, "way to be a stereotype, there, Mr. Oi!"