Modern Vespa

That's right under "too uncomfortable to ride more than a block after stealing."

An old colleague of my father who has a motorcycle shop, called him and told him he has some Vespa stuff he wanted to get rid of since he never worked on them. They were left there by his late uncle when he dismantled and scrapped his rotten P. I went to see what he got and returned home with the following and 100€ less in my wallet...

Complete P200 lump, rear hub / wheel, FAR vintage exhaust and a complete 16mm front fork...

Wow!

Nice steal!

That IS a great deal, even for there so I'm jelly and that motor would be in pieces in my luggage USA bound! Greece - the land of plentiful old P200 motors, many in old junky scoots w/ no papers nor hope of ever getting legally .

Well, P200 motors are becoming rare here too, cause our German "friends" are buying everything they can. I know a German guy who lives in Katerini, who buys P200 / PX200 motors for cheap and flipping them for 1k on the German market. Advertised as "Rare 12PS" since the Germans got the "muffled" 8PS versions...

The "no papers" thing is a painful story thanks to our stupid Greek laws

its a great deal Brother Safis, my latest purchase a year ago is a p150 engine that i buy for $33 but end up spend $100 fixing the rotary, clutch, new piston, cruciform, seals and bearing along woth othet tiny parts

we learn to go with a style from you Brother T

Rally is all prepped for the Moto Melee. New tires, gear oil, cleaned out the carb, installed a high flow fuel tap, and new fuel line.

Picked up a ts8000 with two tanks for just 25 bucks .

Time to burn stuff

Fire!!!!
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Rode a scooter for the first time in about 10 weeks today. First time pain free in about 6 months.

Not supposed to ride for another 3 weeks or so, but couldn't help it. The shitbox needed to stretch her legs! Was good.

tsk tsk tsk...

(just be EXTRA careful please )

Congrats, Birds... just don't overdue it. You got to heal up fully so you get get all those projects done.

I finally figured out what the spring in my glovebox is for.

Took 0.74mm off new dogleg levers to bring them into spec, but they are now installed and feel great

dropping this here for reference:
'74 Rally 200 front brake cable housing is 1155mm long.

Was a grade B part, now it's a grade A as it fits.

SIP grades itself on a curve.

To be fair, the Buzzetti levers that SIP copied also had this issue, but SIP gives themselves an "AA" rating on these. seems like they could have used the design time they used to add their logo to fix them so they actually fit.

The Buzzetti design does have the best dogleg with range of pull and ergonomics... may have to design and make my own sometime.

Version 2.0?!!

Wasn't it you and .... Glasseye that designed a run a few years back?

Whereshaldo... I added a PVC pipe, sealed at the bottom, to hold a pen, glasses and, as a sign of the times, a face mask. There's also a $20 stuffed down in there in case I find a Roadhouse and am underfunded... but don't tell anyone.

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Dig it!

Self edit above.
Time and place and all. Yeah, this is the time, but not the place.

… will visit a welder and ride the 250 miles home. Well that's the plan anyway.

Plan B: check into a cheap motel and have a new pipe overnighted.

Plan C: give us your coordinates & someone'll run a loaner pipe out to you.

TRUTH- if you are in/around LA or OC I got a pipe I can lend

If plan C I can overnight one hanging around here in LA.

Welder was there at 8am. Patched back together and halfway home now.

Weld held to the finish

Great pics. Helps me motivate to crack the SS180 cases and get everything right.

Modifying my new pipe before it even goes on the bike

Installing a CHT/EGT on the rally, pulled to head to check things out and started cleaning up the worst of the carbon barnacles. By the time I was done the head was polished...

The most valid comment ever. Stated as grade A, comes as grade B, ends up as grade A.

It's always a Slightly Imperfect Part.

After surviving years of torment and exposure to the elements, finally succumbed and fell of in my hand.

Alas poor Yorick...

Did new tyres and longer studs for a friend's P200. So easy changing the tyres on the 2.50x10" SIP rims. The 2.10x10" are a pain in the ass...

He's a Dunlop ScootSmart guy. Rear tyre is different (reinforced)...

What did you use for metal wire for spring holder? Want to put those on my Polini exhaust.

don't overthink it. it's a nail

I don't know why I find that so funny. I was thinking I'd just grab some small diameter steel rod, like 1/16" or so next time I was at the hardware store, so Patrick is way ahead of both of us.

In the past I've bought a large baggy full of those weld on stainless exhaust spring hanger clips off of eBay.

Finally getting back on track for garage time and parts acquisition. Lost some shop space due to a tenant taking over the small space on the back side of our space, so all the junk is piled everywhere now. Chasing down some of my Compact parts from a shop in Deer Valley. May have to drive up and get them...adios one tank of gas.

Trying my hand at sight glass replacement. My crappy Kymco motorcycle needed a new one. Yay Arizona UV!

Oh, and my buddy's $100 C70 Passport. Because variety.