Modern Vespa

Since it's winter I decided to remove the screws I had holding the floor rails in and use rivets instead. Only took about an hour total. Added bonus I got to re install the center stand relocation bracket and now it's actually straight! I had noticed the screws weren't letting it sit flat against the bottom of the floor so needed to remove them.

Nice work!

Aces.

Winter project. Aux. tank for my thirsty GL.

Are you going to use a fuel pump? how does the gasoline flow uphill?

I haven't decided whether to use it just as a gas can, or plumb it in.( I do use a fuel pump). Either way I need more than a 50 mile to the tank range.

Looks great! Any idea how much it will hold?

I'm hoping for 2.5- 3 gallons. That should just about double my range and add some much needed weight on the front end.

This is rad! Keep us posted

Finally got this back. Only took about two years.

All you need is a NZETA

I thing I need one of those!

There are some amazing weird 50's and 60's scoots out there. I want them ALL.

e.g. this Maico-Mobile.

Things and stuff that I've been documenting on MB.

Itching to get started on Dave, but the fire only services so many irons.

I really like the last of the Heinkel Tourists. Bit out there.

You gather no moss my man! (Dave may be doing it for you. Poor fellah.)
Seriously, good stuff. Tell Dave hello for me.

I plan to spend quality time with Dave next weekend. He's in the shop and covered, unlike most of my other scoots.

Overlooked parts and shipping delays affect all scooter projects. And I will seldom bitch about a vintage Vespa's electricals because EFI brings about whole new circles of hell to loiter in.

Warning!!! Extreme p0rnographic images following 🔞🔞🔞

I need a cigarette now.

Hahahaha


SaFiS that is the cats pajamas

When that five minute cable adjustment becomes an hours long odyssey…

Yeah, that qualifies as "bollox". Maybe even "bugger".

Hope you at least won in the end?

Well... its back together, but I still need to finish adjusting in the cables.

I had to replace the inner selector cable and it turned into a battle royale. When I finally got the new inner through the outer and into the box, the temps had dropped to the 30's and my old arthritic hands said "no mo".

The outer was kinda fused by crust and debris to the cable guide and the old cable had frayed and some was snapped off in said cable guide. I had to undo the guide/adjuster to clear the path for a new inner. (hence why I took off the KS lever). Then, one of the outers slipped from it's top-hat in the headset and I had to rescue that shit show.

I was so annoyed when I came inside afterwards my wife looked over at me and said. "Oh. Sorry... that didn't go well huh?"

Lolz

I put a yoga mat on the floor that I nicked from my lovely wife when doing "5 minute projects" like that. It has a twofold purpose: 1) it makes the concrete floor a little more comfortable and 2) if the project is going badly, I can lay on my back for as few minutes, reconnect with the universe as to realign my aura.

I opened a fuel tank that I know hasn't been opened for at least eight years today.

God, the smell...

Dang, nasty! I reflexively shut my nose off looking at those pics ...

Blow those photos up & sell them as art!

Those photos look like the quantum realm or shit you see under a microscope…

I was thinking of Evolution with David Duchovny. I've never seen a fuel tank become a legit biome before.

My buddy got this scoot eight years ago and never messed with it because the gas cap was stuck back then. He got it from a colleague who bought it in Japan when they were teaching there. It's possible it hasn't been fuelled since then, which makes this stuff almost two decades old

Leave it just like that! It's only original once you know.

I can see it now, Blue Ribbon 1st place prize for internal tank patina division competition.

It's turning back into a dead dinosaur.

If you leave it long enough it will come back to life!

Art.

… or maybe Shart.

Well gents, you've left me with a quandary. My options seem to be:

1) Seal it with Perspex and install blacklights. Charge for viewings to offset the cost of a replacement Dio tank (~$220). Maybe donate it to science.

2) Channel my inner Opperheimer, quote Krishna, " I am become death, destroyer of worlds." Drop in a funnel and pour in a gallon of acetone.

There is a third option. Send it to Greasy for the cement mixer of death, tank cleaning service. 😉

VNB work... (Hours long odyssey becomes a days long odyssey.)
Of course my cable adventure did not end where I thought it would.

Shifter was still crazy sticky after my selector cable work, so I pulled the shift tube out. It had a weird grey film that was very tacky kinda smeared all over the tube. Best I can figure is that some of the clutch outer had sheared when shifting and worked into the tube? I really don't know what else it could be? *scratches head*

Cleaned up with steal wool and felt like a winner. (This feeling was short lived.)

I'll spare you all the ensuing horror story and it's grisly details. Short version: I had to pull the tank and run a clutch cable with no cable guide. Hours of fun I tell ya. Although... when I finally saw the cable at the front of the tunnel (iphone pic) I actually let out a yip of joy.

Of course, standing back a few moments later assessing the scoot with the fuel system out and headset in pieces the yip seemed like a small consolation.

gah! I can smell the picture!

*gags*