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Yesterday, I found this part in my driveway. I do not know what it is but I'm worried that it may have fallen off my 2021 Vespa Gts 300 Hpe. Please let me know if this is a Vespa part. Thank you.
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That looks like a rubber “bumper” of some kind, possibly off your suspension. I wouldn’t ride until I found out where it came from.
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At first glance that doesn't look like a metric bolt - but as you've given no clue as to scale it's impossible to say.

If not metric, not Vespa.
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That looks suspiciously not vespa.

Maybe from a roof rack or bike carrier on a car? Heck, even a lawnmower?
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Looks like an expansion plug of some sort.
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Is the black tube rubber or metal? Looks like some kind of rubber from here, but can’t tell for certain.

By any chance does it have a threaded hole in the head of the bolt, where a smaller bolt could be attached?
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Lawnmower belt tensioner?
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jess wrote:
Is the black tube rubber or metal? Looks like some kind of rubber from here, but can’t tell for certain.

By any chance does it have a threaded hole in the head of the bolt, where a smaller bolt could be attached?
Yes it has a threaded hole and the black tube is rubber. Thank you.
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Some really good sleuthing in this thread! I'm glad you are all on my team!!

I occasionally find bolts and parts on my garage floor and its always a chore to figure out what it came from. Since I do virtually everything on my machines (motorcycle, bicycles, woodchipper, pressure washer, three different power saws, small tractor, electrical, plumbing, gas,..., there's always some mystery part. (Today, I'm fixing my gas furnace. I'm almost positive its the gas valve and I hope I don't end up with any mystery parts at the end of it.)

Thumbs up to all.
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windshield mounting hardware?
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windshield mounting hardware?
That's what I'm thinking. Looks a bit like it might be an expansion anchor for a windshield mount. If there's a threaded hole in the top of the bolt, that would make sense.
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That’s exactly what I was thinking!
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That's what I'm thinking. Looks a bit like it might be an expansion anchor for a windshield mount. If there's a threaded hole in the top of the bolt, that would make sense.
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Though now that I think about it, even if there isn't a threaded hole in the top of the large bolt, it could still be an anchor -- just flipped around from the direction I was mentally envisioning it. The bolt head could be up inside the headset, with a barrel connector attached to the end of the exposed bolt.

But, dunno.

OP: Was there ever a windshield on this bike?
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Though now that I think about it, even if there isn't a threaded hole in the top of the large bolt, it could still be an anchor -- just flipped around from the direction I was mentally envisioning it. The bolt head could be up inside the headset, with a barrel connector attached to the end of the exposed bolt.

But, dunno.

OP: Was there ever a windshield on this bike?
Yes there is a Vespa windshield mounted now. It is solid and appears mounted correctly.
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Yes there is a Vespa windshield mounted now. It is solid and appears mounted correctly.
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Yes there is a Vespa windshield mounted now. It is solid and appears mounted correctly.
Is your windscreen the Vespa brand? I ask as, while that looks like it could be an expansion bolt, it is not the one used to mount the Vespa brand windscreens.

I thought Jim's question about whether that was a metric or an SAE bolt was a good one.
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In sailboat racing it is considered dirty but amusing to hurl a random fastener at a competitor's sail while in close quarters. The part soon falls into the cockpit with a clunk, making the crew wonder if the boat is falling apart. Usually, just a nut will suffice, but one old salt I knew collected broken fasteners from his car repair shop in a jar, for extra drama.

Do you have a nemesis trying to mess with your head by tossing random hardware into your driveway? It seems to be working!
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Is your windscreen the Vespa brand? I ask as, while that looks like it could be an expansion bolt, it is not the one used to mount the Vespa brand windscreens.

I thought Jim's question about whether that was a metric or an SAE bolt was a good one.
Yes it is Vespa brand.
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Any chance we could see a picture of the top of the bolt?
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Any chance we could see a picture of the top of the bolt?
Here it is...
Forum member supplied image with no explanatory text
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I see a hole, is it threaded?
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I see a hole, is it threaded?
Yes, it is.
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Really looks like an expansion anchor to me.
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may be from shipping crate. ask robot
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may be from shipping crate. ask robot
Care to explain that? A shipping crate? And what would robot have to do with anything?
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Really looks like an expansion anchor to me.
Thanks to all...I'm confident that this part did not fall of my bike.
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may be from shipping crate. ask robot
That was my thought.
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One way to know would be to see if you can tighten/loosen the windshield mount on both sides. If one side is filled with air, then you'll know.
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Care to explain that? A shipping crate? And what would robot have to do with anything?
the only place on bike that could be from is windshield mount. but threads dont look metric.

if its not that and it fell off the bike it is then most likely from the shipping crate.

robot is the man and has likely uncrated more new vespas than anybody in the usa. he does the scooter west videos from the largest vespa dealer in the usa.


I thought everyone on here would know who robot was.
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We know who robot is - but why FFS do you think that item came from a shipping crate? In some random member's driveway? Where would it go in a shipping crate? And do you mean a Vespa shipping crate or something else?
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jerryd wrote:
if its not that and it fell off the bike it is then most likely from the shipping crate.
We don't know that it fell off the bike. That's what we're trying to determine.
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I thought everyone on here would know who robot was.
Yeah, we know who he is. But he has SFA to do with this topic. You might as well say "Ask Matt Damon".
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I asked matt Damon, whatever I’m in LA and he’s a friend of a friend.

He said I don’t think it’s vespa and to please stop texting him.

That is all.
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I got nothing.
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He said I don’t think it’s vespa and to please stop texting him.
Dude, that motherfucker never returns my phone calls. What do you got that I don't got?
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Dude, that motherfucker never returns my phone calls. What do you got that I don't got?
He speaks fluent Esperanto?
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Dude, that motherfucker never returns my phone calls. What do you got that I don't got?
*insert shimmy shake gif*

Oh and I told him that I’ll send him a sandwich with sweet potato fries.

(I will not be sending said sandwich)
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Madison Sully wrote:
He speaks fluent Esperanto?


Ah ... is that Esperanto? That's why I was having a little trouble understanding it ...
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Madison Sully wrote:
He speaks fluent Esperanto?
Oooh, ouch.
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jerryd wrote:
... ask robot
I have been known to take a photo of a found part and send it to Robot
I'm lucky that I got a response. But if we all ask him to identify our random parts, he might start treating us the way Matt Damon treats Greasy Laughing emoticon
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[Matt Damon] said I don’t think it’s vespa and to please stop texting him.
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Dude [to Greasy]What do you got that I don't got?
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