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Do you have tubed or tubeless 8" tires?
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Definitely tighten up the suspension. And if you don't already have them, get some Heidenau K75's. Amazing 8" tires, can't say enough good things about them.
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And if you don't already have them, get some Heidenau K75's. Amazing 8" tires, can't say enough good things about them.
I second this! Great tire.
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I've seen Heidenau 4x8 tires mentioned too a few times. I think they end up having a larger outer diameter, so maybe a nice little upgear and kind of the best of both the 8 and 10 worlds. Seems hit or miss whether people have issues with them rubbing.
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Definitely tighten up the suspension. And if you don't already have them, get some Heidenau K75's. Amazing 8" tires, can't say enough good things about them.
I already have K75's on it, but tubed. Tubeless rims and newer rubber is on the list, but I have other costs to cover first.

I fabbed up a bracket out of aluminum today. It actually works well because the mirror presses against the headset and I put a little piece of old inner tube behind it to prevent vibration.

I'll pull it off and get measurements in the next day or two. And it needs the end cut off past the mirror.
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Why does it go all the way across? I didn't understand the sketch.
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I already have K75's on it, but tubed. Tubeless rims and newer rubber is on the list, but I have other costs to cover first.

I fabbed up a bracket out of aluminum today. It actually works well because the mirror presses against the headset and I put a little piece of old inner tube behind it to prevent vibration.

I'll pull it off and get measurements in the next day or two. And it needs the end cut off past the mirror.
Let us know about tubes VS tubeless in 8's. I've been slowly collecting parts for Allstate.
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Why does it go all the way across? I didn't understand the sketch.
It has turn signals attached and I still need to cut off the section past the end of the mirror.
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What kind of mirror is that?? Any links?? Looks really nice…
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It has turn signals attached and I still need to cut off the section past the end of the mirror.
DOH - now I understand - it's more than a mirror mount, it also does the signals. My bad. Those signals are tiny!
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DOH - now I understand - it's more than a mirror mount, it also does the signals. My bad. Those signals are tiny!
Tiny, but really bright and they're also white running lights. I'll get some pictures with the lights actually doing lighty uppy stuff next time I get out to the workshop.

I'm still not sure how I feel about the overall effect, but that may be partly a function of what a pain it was to fabricate.

SaFis--the mirror comes from dime city cycles. I have them on all my scoots and they're really good.
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It's been a couple of Those Weeks. Just not feeling great, work kicking my butt, had a great time in Asheville for the weekend, but now I'm even paying the price for that.

On the bright side, I made it back successfully from North Carolina with a couple more scooters literally in tow. Ryan, Tierney's connection, did right by me with the Smallstate and Stella. Both of them actually start and run--the Stella's electric start even works, even if the kill switch doesn't.

They'll get their own thread in due time, and the workshop is pretty crowded right now. I need to get the white one turned around and on to its new owner so I can get back to my project.

While I was gone, my repop Cushman legshield badge from Shapeways arrived. It looks great and the holes line up with the legshield perfectly, so full of win. Except. I've somehow managed to lose the legshield rivets. AGAIN. I spen almost an hour looking for them, and the workshop was already pretty clean, so I'm at a loss. Maybe they're in a shirt pocket and went through the wash, because as it stands, I'm going to be ordering more legshield rivets...again.
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CM - I think this is what that badge looked like stock.
You are probably fully aware - those stripes were painted.
Had some experience with the lathe restore - where I sprayed the tags - then used super fine sandpaper and flat surface to take the edges back to metal.
Such a pleasing outcome - very clean look.
Are you planning same?
Such a nice detail
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I've somehow managed to lose the legshield rivets. AGAIN.
Until the rivet snobs see this... pop rivets actually look really nice on badges.
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I was thinking about about it. I was originally thinking I'd black out the Cushman lettering and a stripe, but now that I've seen it in all its glory, I think I have to repro that.

I wonder if I can get away with nail polish or need to track down some enamel. Blick Art Supplies, here I come...

Anyone know the color of that lefthand stripe? (Or any of the other paint codes, for that matter)
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Until the rivet snobs see this... pop rivets actually look really nice on badges.
LOL! I have no issues with pop rivets, but now that I have my technique and tooling down, I can do hammered solid rivets about as fast and also let me avoid the wrath of the rivet snobs.

Luckily, they're pretty cheap, so I'll just throw another batch or two of 'em into my next Mercato order.
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Looks to me like the emblem is also filled with white.

For the love of everything holly.
Just let the damn thing fully cure! before you sand...
Ask me how I know.
With that deep geometry. you are going to get kick ass results.

Have to admit - I'd be tempted to take it a little custom and do it in the Italian flag colors.
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I was thinking about about it. I was originally thinking I'd black out the Cushman lettering and a stripe, but now that I've seen it in all its glory, I think I have to repro that.

I wonder if I can get away with nail polish or need to track down some enamel. Blick Art Supplies, here I come...

Anyone know the color of that lefthand stripe? (Or any of the other paint codes, for that matter)
mannn... blick in Pasadena. so many enticing bits and such. yes, am *totally* taking up screen printing now. and rubber stamps. I was lucky to escape at sub $200 with Dr. The Mrs. Greasy in tow (she likes the pens, and of course the expensive ones) only to go from the frying pan into the fire at Vroman's

anyway, I'd do model paint. like hit up Michaels or the local and just brush it on really careful.
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That badge is a piece of great graphic design…!

Great font and layout, I'd be tempted to do the Italian colours like CM2 mentioned…

Didn't know some Vespas came with that.

You say you managed to get a small frame? Envious…
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Until the rivet snobs see this... pop rivets actually look really nice on badges.
Cushman Badge looks great! What a time we live in, where we can PRINT things - in METAL.
HOW METAL!!!

Rivet snob here - please use standard rivets on the badge.
Pop rivets on floor rails, I can let that slide; but on badges - just nope.

And... next time order about 100 of those badboyzz for when you inevitably and 1000% guarantee loose some of these again
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It's been a couple of Those Weeks. Just not feeling great, work kicking my butt, had a great time in Asheville for the weekend, but now I'm even paying the price for that.

On the bright side, I made it back successfully from North Carolina with a couple more scooters literally in tow. Ryan, Tierney's connection, did right by me with the Smallstate and Stella. Both of them actually start and run--the Stella's electric start even works, even if the kill switch doesn't.

They'll get their own thread in due time, and the workshop is pretty crowded right now. I need to get the white one turned around and on to its new owner so I can get back to my project.

While I was gone, my repop Cushman legshield badge from Shapeways arrived. It looks great and the holes line up with the legshield perfectly, so full of win. Except. I've somehow managed to lose the legshield rivets. AGAIN. I spen almost an hour looking for them, and the workshop was already pretty clean, so I'm at a loss. Maybe they're in a shirt pocket and went through the wash, because as it stands, I'm going to be ordering more legshield rivets...again.
How about using a syringe and thinner paint and filling each stripe of paint?
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anyway, I'd do model paint. like hit up Michaels or the local and just brush it on really careful.
Good call, g. Hobby Lobby and Michael's are dime-a-dozen in the South and Testor's enamel should work just fine.

And for execution...I have a little experience in that department. I was a total scale model nerd growing up, to the point of winning competitions. Mostly armor, but a few combat jets, too. Sadly, all before digital photography, so it's now lost to the sands of time (or the landfill).

A quality detail brush and some high gloss enamel will be just the thing to paint all of that.

I'm still not sure if I'll go with Italian or US flag stripes. I kind've feel like US is more appropriate, but also have another idea that I need to think about a little more.

The worst thing about losing the rivets is that there were two little baggies, each with 10 rivets in them. And they're both missing, along with the original bag that they were replacing.

Even stranger, I had the same thing happen with the legshield rivets on the GL. It's like there's freakin' Rivet Gnomes hiding out in my workshop.
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Careful, those rivet gnomes like Applebees cards and ham…
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Sounds like you have many ways to get it done.
RWB will also be very nice.
The method I was mentioning is what I used on my machinery label.
Soaked it in evaporust until all paint was just wiped off.
Then masked the red area and sprayed blk - rattle can.
Then did same with red area to blk.
That was the only masking.
Next - I put it face down on fine sandpaper and all the high spots go back to metal.
Don't have a before - but here is the after.
Gives super sharp edges.
(I did have to use a razor on edges where they had a low spot).
Just a thought to add to your other method options.
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That's outstanding results, CM2! That thing looks practically new!

I won't have to do anything so dramatic. The ridges are a couple millimeters high, so I expect I'll be able to just enamel. Assuming I do white in the area with the small lettering, I may need to use your method to clean up the small letters, but that's it.

Regardless, I'm looking forward to getting that, plus the turn signals sorted and some carb tuning this weekend. Other than the afore-mentioned Rivet Gnome losses, I think I'm in good shape to put a fork in this one for a while in the next few days and get the Stella sorted so I can send it off to its forever home.
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That's awesome.
Looks like you have some nice riding weather this weekend!
You may need a shed next to your workshop for scooter parking.
The wife can thank me now.
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The little baggies…I don't know where they go. I have also lost much larger parts.

I sucked at models, but did them anyway…model rockets especially; paint and fly them before the glue was dry…and the D&D lead figures…It's wonder I ever fathered children…

Since you're throwing down the nerd gauntlet…
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The little baggies…I don't know where they go. I have also lost much larger parts.
I think the biggest thing I've lost to date is one of my snow tires, so as compared to that, i don't feel too bad about losing a baggie of rivets.
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I sucked at models, but did them anyway…model rockets especially; paint and fly them before the glue was dry…and the D&D lead figures…It's wonder I ever fathered children…

Since you're throwing down the nerd gauntlet…
Yeah, I did all those, plus playing (and later designing) both RPG's and tactical games, as well as writing some video games, but mostly stories, some poetry, and even a novel, though I never got anything but short stories.

The only thing that kept me safe growing up in Exurban Texas was the fact that I was pretty big and fought back HARD when messed with. Which I think is where most teenage punk rockers came from back then, at least in the "be a jock or suffer the consequences" parts of the world.
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Lol…I played football for a season in middle school. I remember everybody banging their heads against the locker and playing that Quiet Riot song. Then I joined cross country where boys and girls all had flock of seagulls haircuts and life got a lot a lot better. Plus I could run really fast and there was no ball to drop.
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While life is good in Smallie Land, over in Plaid Land, things took a turn for the worse today. I put the venturi that was originally on this motor back on it (stole it off the Sprint/200), went out to run a couple errands, and on the way back, it seized up hard. Like, flywheel totally stuck.

Got home and the screw holding the venturi on had worked its way loose and made its way into the intake. Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon

So depending on how far into the motor it made it, I'm either going to be pulling my spare BGM out of the box or going reed. Maybe both.

I'm not even going to worry about it until tomorrow, though. At the earliest.
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Oh man, that SUCKS!!!!! Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon

So sorry brother....
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Thanks!

As strange as it may sound, I feel better that I got downed by a loose nut than bad jetting. It sucks about equally, but at least I didn't just screw up on the jetting (CHT was only about 200f when it blew up). I had some tweaking on the carb and gears, but now I *really* have some tweaking to do.
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Damn!!!

That was a main concern for me too, that's why I decided to secure everything around the venturi (plus red loctite)…
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Yeah, definitely will be some safety wire in my future assuming I stick with the si carb...
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Maybe I should just swap in the P200 motor for the time being...a Malossi 210 on 8's could be kind've fun...
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As strange as it may sound, I feel better that I got downed by a loose nut than bad jetting. It sucks about equally, but at least I didn't just screw up on the jetting.
I hear you. I've been stressing about B-62 acting like an air leak, but knowing there wasn't one, so watching the temps to ensure no catastrophe and just riding easy. I did figure out it was the slide, or so I think. We shall see ..
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That sucks. Vespa rotary intakes just seem so hungry for steel. Of all the things that can rattle loose and fall off a bike, it always seems to be the stuff right next to the rotary intake. I bet if you rode a Vespa down the highway with the cowl and filter off it would suck broken backing plates, rusty nails and steel belted retreads right off the pavement.
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Ossessionato
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chandlerman wrote:
Maybe I should just swap in the P200 motor for the time being...a Malossi 210 on 8's could be kind've fun...
What textile pattern comes after plaid…paisley? Going paisley on 8's at 70mph…
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Hooked
1960 Allstate VNA, 1962 VNB
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orwell84 wrote:
What textile pattern comes after plaid…paisley? Going paisley on 8's at 70mph…
Oh please no.
I don't want to have to try to go 70.
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62 VBB1T Round Tail W/ leaner sidecar
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Nedminder
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Oh no.
Been there...
Its a horrible seize.
Everything just, well,
stops.
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