Modern Vespa

And that's the crux of the problem right there. It's not a trivial change, even if you know what you're doing

This may be my problem…

You have it under control. Disconnect the front brake and speedo;, drop the fork; new mudguard on; re-install.

At least it's not a front disc. No bleeding required. Blood sacrifice optional.

Yeah it wasn't awful to drop the fork. The painting of a mudguard is more my sticking point but it can be done. I have one.

If I trade the mudguard I'm keeping the crash bars too

Your bike, your rules.

They go together!!

fools! blood sacrifice is NEVER optional!

in the grand scheme of things, a fork drop sans disc isn't the worst thing in the world. painting the fender is a low key PITA, but you can bang that out over the week in nightly increments and then just blow it all up on a Friday night while you listen to the game.

leave the tat with the bike unless you have another P to put crash bars on. otherwise you'll be sentenced to a life of crash bar management. they fit no where easily, they're always underfoot or in the way, you'll lose pieces or scratch them up making them near worthless. samesies with pipes.

it's like having more than one girlfriend. it's cool in theory and all, but the management sucks.

…But she had bangs!

Judges: we'll allow it

Yeah, the mudguard…

Ok, but it's not much more work to do 2 I suppose.

I did that once in college, and they were all named Jenny, which seems like it'd be easier until you're getting Post-It's from your roommate that "Jenny called."

I asked a local friend his take, and he was more on the side of the 125 factor being a problem vs the fender, but I'm guessing that with some buyers it's the displacement, and with others its the fender. Probably either one opens up some more buyers to the bike.

+1 on fender/mudguard

Fender inner gets fast etch and owatrol oil. Owatrol isn't on yet. Fender for the VBB looks ok on the inner, I'm leaving it.

Changed my mind, I can prime and paint the fender inner at work today…

Good enough for me.

The vbb fender definitely has a bondo factor going on. It's off a nam bike. I don't really care that much though. I figure if it didn't flake off and rust yet, it's probably a decent substrate. The bike is going to be an even harder sell someday than this px was. It's not worth doing the frame up with a proper paint job, and it's a bit rough. I'm going rat-casual on that bike, even more relaxed than what I did on the PX. It's going to be obvious that it came from a pile of parts, which will likely make people think its SEA, even though the frame is not. Oh well, I can always send them to this thread later . Maybe my allstate fork will convince them it isn't SEA .

2 coats primer on the VBB fender

2 coats on the p fender

Johnny Mule, I got you man. we can fix that easy:



8" vbb or 10" rally/super

or you can go full on choose your own adventure!!


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You said I got all your 8" stuff back in the trade, you were holding out!

To be fair you did force a spare motor into the van though!

it was hiding in Kajit warehouse east!

if I knew I had it, I surely would've sold it to you!! and foisted even more stuff onto you!

I will probably rebuild the Allstate fork as it is complete and your forks there look bare. But Kajiit can be persuasive.

Wet sanded and ready for paint

So I'm thinking to try painting one outside tomorrow. Could go south but then again if it does you just wet sand and try again. Dirt is the problem, but doing it outside at work saves so much grief at home.

If you wind up having to re-sand and re-coat, you'll get an even better finish on the final coat.

this is true - my best piece had 2-3 layers of fuck ups underneath the final coat

If it holds up, I will take it gladly. The tally so far is one run in the clear, one suicidal bug, and one small fisheye.

the weather is perfect, mid 60's, no sun for now. it will sun up for the afternoon which will help cure it well. maybe tomorrow I will do the vbb fender.

the bug is where no one will see it, the fish eye is small, and the run probably will get an Andre the Giant sticker

Quick tips:

Don't "paint" it. Spray three ugly-thin coats, waiting 5-10 min between.
Final coat can go down a bit heavier, since the first three will act as a kind of glue, to avoid runs. Don't spray in the sun.
Good luck!

yes! i did that with the base color on the thin, thin, then thicker coats and it worked a charm, sounds like you like thin, thin, thin, then thicker. will try that on the vbb fender.

i was super stoked to see the clouds today, despite us having had so much cloudy weather for the last 2 months. i knew I couldn't spray in direct sun no matter what.

It's looking good!

That's looking really good!

I think I know where my VBB cowls and headset are getting painted too

Great.
After 4 days or so, you "should" be able knock the drip down with 1000-1200 sandpaper and a block. Get it all close to wow following that with Meguiare's 110.

"Stock front fender in hand. Can be installed if preferred."

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07951B65B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm thinking stock fender on, Malossi 166 or 150 px top end, I keep the crash bars, and price it at 2400-2500. Is that reasonable?

I'm not in your market, but that feels priced to move to me.