Modern Vespa

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Thnx John. I am really happy with the exhaust. Lots of torque down low. I was expecting it to be a bit of a "sleeper", but thankfully it "wakes up" pretty quick. I'm still having a bit of a trouble dialing in the carburetor, but it's getting there...

Where are you at, with your build??? Has the clutch cover arrived?? We're waiting for updates...

you win the sausage skin then....... start the 100th page n you'll get it with meat in

I was on a vacation, will get back at it shortly, the cover arrived and fits with the banded clutch just fine. Stay tuned!

Dammit John, fire that thing up and make some music for us!

Meanwhile, my motor only runs in the stand, and the bike still needs more work. More changes too... Here's what I'm up to, took it all apart again to finish body work & paint. Maybe gray hammertone.




brackets cut off Stella fork column and lock housing ground back severely






will be getting old stock type wide aluminum leggy trim and abbreviated original floor trim


new panel will be spot welded to body, seams on the sides filled & the metal horncast is removable for access. Thanks to MJRally for this nice little touch!


the last welds still to grind in, ugh...

Today I had a unexpected day off due to electrical failure at work today. Then I weeded the garden, rode the ET3 to lunch with a friend and played with my bikes in the backyard. Nothing too exciting but it is always nice to enjoy some unexpected time off lazily.
Hope you are all doing well.....

Today I was within 3 miles of Scooters Originali, at the America on Wheels museum in Allentown. Just a brief stop on my way to see family in Hamburg, PA. Totally spaced out on the fact that Scooters O is here, and it was too late to re-arrange plans to leave earlier. Hoping to squeeze it in, but failed. I can always order parts, but was looking to get some motivation as I'm getting back on my Rally project. Oh well...

Washed all the bugs and dirt off the rally and changed the clutch cable that was down to ~4 strands.

New clutch for the gt!

Changed out the flat spare on the rally.

I was curious what killed it so inspected the tube, there was a slit half way up the sidewall section of the tube. No damage could be seen in the tire at all.

I had hit a really bad pothole shortly before, and near as I can figure it pinched the side of the tube. I'll have to put that in the negative column for tubes, but given that's the first flat I've had on a tube since 1989...

Grabbed a beautiful, complete, 6lt. BMW Bellino fuel can for 60EUR on eBay.de...
Shipped it to my cousin in Germany and he will bring it to me, at the end of the month, when he'll come to Greece for his vacation...

Nice! I've been watching that thread too.

So tell me, which is more likely to burn? Something that is "highly inflammable" or an item that is "highly flammable"?

extrement inflammable!





bottling 23L of lager while drinking lager

next barrel will be an extrement strong stout

There, fixed that for you.

Although they are synonyms I believe the correct term is "Highly Flammable". The "extremement" term is French according to Google...

topped up the air in the tires, ready to go for Three Peaks Challenge in the morning.

attaching pics with a slow wifi

Serviced and changed tyres on my beloved, but neglected Fazer 600 s2. Made a promise to myself to "neglect" my P for at least 2 weeks and only use the Fazer (damn you Piaggio for making such fun to ride scooters )...

New tyres, Dunlop Sportmax RoadSmart III...

love the plate!

Haha. Me too...

I just checked out this entire album - great stuff there!

put my puch up for sale

http://www.ebay.com/rcm/v1/Puch-SR150-vespa-lambretta-classic-vintage-german-austria-scooter-geared-/?itm=232447668327&_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m1843


ginchy would you mind putting it on face space for me as im no longer on the bookface..

WOW... My fav scoot (Puch SRA 150 Alpine).
This looks like one I used to have!

glad u like it, here's is the latest java rongsok (madmax) extreme party..

have a nice day and cheer mate

if only i have a bigger drive way

yes NZ got the SRA, AU got the SR the difference being A for starter motor

Josh the link is not working... at least it says the item has been withdrawn or something.

yeah i got the same thing a few times..any idea whats wrong?

No idea at all. Perhaps contact ebay to ask?

You have set it up on .com rather than .com.au

Started trying to replace the cables on my smallframe last night and I have no idea what I'm doing, despite reading through every post and informational page I could find. We just couldn't get to the headset end of the throttle cable - everything is way too tight, not enough room to get pliers in there to grab it, and it bends under a metal bracket. I really don't want to have to take the bloody headset off, but oh well.

Got out the smallie for a ride, headlight circuit is shorting though. After some digging I see that it shorts with throttle cable movement and I can turn it on/off with small movements of the throttle. I'll have to dig in later to find it. I pulled that circuit from my junction block so I can have nice brake lights anyway.

sorted. Speedo bulb wire stuck against the throttle pulley. Rerouted and good.

Well spotted... here's the correct URL -
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Puch-SR150-vespa-lambretta-classic-vintage-german-austria-scooter-geared/232447668327?_trksid=p2052191.m2338

Today we added some more scoot themed decor to the home. check out our new dining table lamp shade! its a dented fender from a small frame fork that we bought. Threw a couple coats of clear on it and a edison bulb. Way more light than the old lamp provided there.

thanks m8,

This morning while putting on my shoes, I noticed this and figured that I must have stepped on a piece of hot metal while welding.

The kickstart shoe? ^^^^

"Lads! I've just seen Spider outside, he's taken a kicking! Some rockers 'ave 'ad 'im!"

Rcvd this today. Used to have rallies in '84 just to ride and see it at the Ken cinema in San Diego.

Up to date and no grainy VHS version anymore...wasnt there a remake being tossed around? In which they are all old scooter farts like (most of) us?

About to put on my winklepickers, pop some blues and wheel the scoot into the living room.