Modern Vespa

sneakin up on seven o

Supah Spoed!

Ol' Yeller is movin'!

So, what's beyond plaid? Gingham? Houndstooth?

Might I proffer Crushed Velvet as beyond Plaid

I say, ding dong.

Are you Leslie Phillips or Terry Thomas?

Over 70 will put hair on your chest.

last time it put melted aluminum on my piston

10? Pffft. That Supah goes to 11!

I mostly need fire and explosion safety measures, but I've been getting better. Like, consider that when I made the Lammy fork spring compressor, there was tons of cutting, grinding, and welding and I didn't burn, cut or kersplode myself once; I just destroyed my sh--hold on...let me come in again...

You're killin' me Smalls...

Needs a new sticker.

Vape for the Minarelli arrived today. No bonus tax charge. Woohoo!

So... what... oh yes the GeekLion is alive, and still making progress in life. Apologies for all those curious minds who have been waiting with anxious anticipation for my next update. Your patience will be rewarded.

The latest with my 1959 F100 'junk truck'. It's not so junky any more! Well, it still is; but atleast it looks a bit less so. I have with the help of a friend we polished the existing paint, repainted some parts, new tires, and fixed a bunch of little things to make it more road worthy. Just some initial things to get it cleaned up and on the road half way presentable. The original color of the truck was "Indian Turquoise", so the wheels and a few bits were painted in the color to pay homage. I think it looks great with the polished up maroon; which is very close to '59 Edsel Velvet Maroon.

Of course there is still always more to do, but this one's purpose is not a project; just a fun ole rig I can cruise around and haul junk and scoots when needed.

Looking sharp!

Though now you might feel a bit guilty using it for dump runs.

It'll definitely rock as a scooter hauler!

I made sure to keep the bed extra junky, so I wont feel tooooo bad... It still has enough rust to not have to care too much

Good god that's hawt.
Well done man.

That thing is awesome, GL!

Outstanding work on getting it looking sharp and on the road.

HOLY SMOKES! That came out rad! Nice work!

Burberry Tartan

DAN FLASHES!

Super nice my friend! And it'll be even nicer when it pulls up into my driveway with your P in the back.

That's gorgeous!

Love this truck ! Well done

Looks fantastic! Your friend nailed the color.

Maiden voyage on the Supah-Cub.

A blast for sure.

Still figuring out smooth feathering on down shifts. But, early returns on the fun meter are all the way in the red!

That looks interesting and fun!!

Someone let a box of finishing nails fall off their work truck on my route home from work yesterday. I saw then scattered all over the road, and found one I picked up a souvenir when I stopped at that corner. I still need to check if my tires picked up any souvenirs of their own.

Finish Him!!

Half an inch to the right and it would have finished my foot, at least for a while.

You're lucky. Years ago, being young and ignorant, wearing flip flops in the shop. Stepped on a Yamaha Townmate speedometer securing wire clip. It went through, thankfully between two bones...

It's the one next to the speedo in the pic...

Got another couple of puzzle pieces for the Indian project in. Working with my machinist buddy to make some new bearing cups for the tapered bearing conversion.

Now looking into 320mm rear shocks to help compensate for the longer forks. The increase in height will help if I want to go for 17" wheels and make it look less like a kids bike.

The wheel set I was tentatively planning to buy has adios'ed, so now I'm looking at aftermarket supermoto options for Surron. There's something satisfying about pillaging the e-bike parts bins to restomod a little old 2T dirt bike.

who has 2 thumbs and had the needle bearings on an xmas tree slip past a zip tie that wasn't quite zip tied enough? *This guy*


mmmrph

The washer-dryer combo died full of water.

Probably the pump.
Manually drain
Quick search on internet - yeah, probably pump.
Order new pump
Install new pump
Back in business.

Pfft! I could do that with one thumb.

Pretty sure I did bc I was all thumbs.

I absolutely despise having to drain those when they clog. We have the same machine. Love it aside from that though!

Welcome to the NSM Washer rebuild club, Scott!

Up your main jet for full on wash mode!

National event is over and vacation too. Tomorrow I go back to work and return to the usual routine (heads down as we say here). New patient on the lift. Friend's T5, needs new tires, steering column bearings, battery and electrical tests (possible overcharging from regulator), replace the current mirrors with a pair of old school Vitaloni Ferrari type ones and some general TLC...