Modern Vespa

3:5

Sorry Buddy, but I'm with your wife

Something different for today, but of course it's a 2 stroke. My father sold our old Yamaha 40HP long shaft outboard motor. We had lend it to a friend for a couple of years and it's been sitting under a tarp for over 6 years now, since he brought it back. Sold it for cheap (400€) just to get it of our hands. Huge ass barrel, stand, water, fresh gasoline, battery and it fired up. Carbs will definitely need to be cleaned but since it was sold as is, the new owner will need to do a bit of TLC (he's a mechanic). Will be shipping it to a Greek island. Awesome two cylinder, sounds like a freaking RD350...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnmA-mUBh04

I have the original 1962 four cylinder 2t outboard that came on my boat. I am keeping it with the intention on eventually rebuilding it even though the engineering is totally mechanic-hostile and parts are nearly unobtanium.

New cruciform, new shift cables and shimmed gears on the Beast. Also new SIP Performance front shock. Ready to romp!

^^Woot.

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Back to 2:5

You have an outboard motor?

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Which scooter is the Beast? We had a balky old Evinrude that was really a bit big for our 8' dingy when we were kids we called the BEAST sometimes...

No, but I rode through a big puddle of water once.

Playing with a duck tape on my homemade racer seat, and if u look close enough u might notice my not so normal rear light

Have a nice weekend to you all and cheer

Ebeth, you build some really nice rides. Thanks for posting.

Back up to five in your fleet, nice. They are all looking GOOD!

... Five until you sell one cheap to some kid just starting out...

Thanks Brother T, if u like more, wait till u see my next p series project, its goona be a creep

Until then have a nice sunday and cheer

Thanks Brother Terry, hope i wont have to sell it as i already give the ps150 to a kiddo from the block, as for tail light, its actually a sprint light, but i damage it so i have to cut the cracking part above and glue it back, look smaller but still have 2 bulp inside

Ps: its actually 7 not 5

Ps2: stay healty and keep the smile coming, cheer

Looking good as always! The shape of your custom seat is very nice

Today's ride must have been a little longer than I thought. Somehow I ended up in Jurassic Park.

The longest half-hour ride to the pub ever.

Let a buddy use my GT. Heard it gurgling at a stop light. Gas leaking out like a severed jugular. Somehow, the float valve removed itself from the float. A stinky but easy fix.

Start to roll after that little wrench session. Then I see the rear tire is low. Figuring it's just the outside temp, aired it up. Start to roll again, now going flat. Stop, change the tire. Finally, some lunch.

Well earned refreshments I'd say.

Oh and hey FNG... that color on your VNB is great. Very nice.

Thank you. I like it too. Unfortunately it's not paint. It's just primer that I'm pretending is paint.

The PO stripped off the beautiful original paint and primed it then lost interest.

I just assembled it and have been riding it. Some day I should do something about it.

Sadly I don't have the skills of Chandlerman. 😁

Ha! To my old eyes it looked like the putty grey they use on some mini coopers and some yotas these days.

"One man's primer..."

I call it a 10 x 10
It looks good unless you look at it closer than 10' for longer than 10 seconds.

LOL! What's really funny is that I looked at it and thought, "That's a really interesting color. It's almost the exact same gray as primer."

And my results are much less skill and much more persistence when it comes to bodywork. Everything I know, I've learned from Youtube and the mistakes I've made trying.

Just don't be afraid to get your hands dirty and be patient--the worst thing that will happen if you make a mistake is that you have to sand it down and do it over. Much lower recovery cost than blowing up motors. And if you're already primed, you just need to pick a color, get or borrow the equipment, and go for it.

The hardest part to justify is buying the equipment if you don't already have it or don't expect to make a habit of painting stuff. But the materials are fairly cheap: you can get a quart of single-stage paint and hardener (enough for a scooter) for ~$50.

If you weren't already primed, DTM Epoxy+hardener is another $50, High-build Primer is $30, Body filler is another $20-30, but that's enough filler that it'll go bad or the sun will burn out before you run out of it working on scooters.

Regardless, I dig the gray. Maybe I'll go with Primer Gray when I re-do my Stella or whatever project kicks off after the VBB.

Ma Nature is trying to take my ham!

A freeze is coming tomorrow night which means my garage and work space will become home to the wife's plants for 2 or 3 days and be basically inaccessible for scooter work.

Floated the idea of moving cowls, glovebox and fender to the guest bedroom so I can sort the trim out during the freeze. Suggestion was received coldly. :-/ May try again this evening with a homemade dinner and vino to help my case. "I am on a timeline here darling!"

some women just don't appreciate the importance of questionable ham and expired applebee's cards....

Just put the plants in the spare bedroom, tell her you were worried the garage wouldn't be enough protection from the elements.

Ha!
Could work.

I see the warlock I have on staff has been worth every penny...



thus the timeline ripples and the ham is safe another day!

in NSRC (non scooter related content) it was too chilly to work in the shop so while I was sequestered to the living room I got bored and made this:



the war department just gave me the "you are too much right now" look and walked off. and I didn't even show her the air support!

in SRC, I ordered parts that I definitely don't need, but wanted anyway. for, like, future projects.

I confess: I zoomed in and squinted to try and read titles on the spines of your records.

ha! jokes on you, they're mostly in Spanish! all kidding aside, for the most part those are the missus collection. bright eyes, the shins, cafe Tacuba, rancid, soda stereo and what not. mine mostly reside in a train case under the record player.

... I ordered an Aprilia GP125 piston because it has a really short compression height and could be useful, but may not work at all.

I have the opposite problem. My boss just told me we are "working from home" tomorrow. Which for me means scooter projects! But, my gaggle of parts are still in transit so, I can't actually do much of anything except prepping.

What temp is too cold for you? I have an old school thermometer by the shop door (shop is attached to the house but isn't heated or cooled) and if it's below 50° I won't bother as it's too cold out there even with the space heater on. We have a heat wave starting today though, highs in the mid 40's so it should be balmy back there the next few days!

I don't do cold well, so anything below 50 isn't fun. But I do OK with a space heater out there for an hour or two or three. We are expected to be in the mid to upper 20s so too cold to work for sure... even if my garage wasn't filled with her plants

in response to your cold snap, we have been gifted Santa Anas. in a show of solidarity I hung wind chimes. hopefully they shall chase off your cold.



also, you were not kidding about how bright your new shop light is! dang!

Started on another 50cc rebuild for a ride my buddy and I are planning to host in March. Staged ride with a lottery to see what you get on each stage. This one will will be #8. It's fine.


No, no it's not.

That'll buff right out.

Company called off work tomorrow too. "Icy Road Conditions". Not gonna complain but, feel free to laugh at us Texans about now.

Still enough to delay my parts... Idle hands....

I'd laugh if it was snow. Ice is not to be messed with.