Modern Vespa

It finally stopped raining here. Had been raining for at least a week.

So I left the house.

With my Vespa. Really, I did.

Finally.

Man what a view!

There are postcard views around every corner here in Vermont and miles and miles of twisty empty backroads. The only real downside is a short riding season. I'll take it though. Quality over quantity and enjoying every ride.

I can't believe this was on the 2nd page, is no body outside?
Get out friends!!! It's gorgeous out there!


After having the brake switch too close to Bear after my light debacle, I finally got it sorted thanks to Ray8. Went out for a ride and got dang it this thing is an absolute monster.

Grace Kelly would be my guess?

Winner winner

Big Red Barn. With third gear fixed and running on tubeless now I took advantage of the weather.

Yep, me too! Sunny and in the 70s, my last few days here and a few errands to run. The PK is running nicely. So nice I may have done a few jackrabbit starts but also dawdled a little along the way

Those wonderfully bright purple jacaranda trees are in abundant bloom here too.

The trike thing with one front wheel is notoriously instable through corners unless silly long ´chopper´ long wheel base.
Have a look at Reliant or Bond Bug cornering videos.
This tricky aspect also caused the concept for ATVs to be prohibited in favour of quads in several countries.

Sidecars are btw prone to the same thing in left corners with the chair mounted right and vv. Not as pronounced but go quick or tight enough and hoppa! I had an anti dive skid bar fitted under the front of my last MZ sidecar.

Last weekend I took my 150 Super (brazilian market, with stock trap headlight and 10in wheels) to enjoy the beautiful autumn sunset here in Niterói, a suburb across the bay from Rio de Janeiro.

Went over to my Mother-in-laws house to fix some stuff stopped at Woahink lake for a photo op.

My Sprint is going to be the raffle bike for Band Camp, so I went and took some pictures.

Solid stuff boys!

FM: Do you have a link to how you refinished this scoot? Looks spectacular!

There's one of those weird cars here in Philly too. It might actually be a 4 wheeler, next time I drive past it I'll double check and take a pic

It's all in My 1958 Allstate Super Cruisaire project. however to save you having to read through all of that…

Stripped off the paint that was put on with a paint brush by using orange peel paint stripper and covering it with plastic wrap (SaranWrap) letting it sit for 24 hrs then removed. I then use Sharkhide a bare metal protectant. It's held really well for 2yrs now. May have to do another wipe of it next year. I think if I originally did more than one coat it would have lasted much longer. Next time I put it on I'm gonna do 3-5 wipes and see how that does.

Thanks for the compliment!

Looks like a nice survivor bike w/ lots of original paint and the coveted turn signals & USA tractor rear light. BTW Is that a locking curry hook? Just please replace the booties.

My last day here, down to get my favorite gyros.

Couldn't add the pic!



The hole in the wall place is right across from our other public 'square' although this one is actually a long skinny triangle blending 2 one way streets into 1 two way street so a lot more traffic. Still a nice place to sit in the sun & feed pigeons

Gracias.

It's all original other than the motor, which I have a moderate tune on (60mm cut crank, BGM177, RoadXL, Vape, 24/24). The guy I bought it from had had it since the early 90's and never did anything but the most basic maintenance.

I kept the autolube, so it's a good multi-role bike which will keep up with traffic but is also a first kick start, even after sitting for a while. It could stand to come down a jet on the main, but I think I'll leave it that way just for an added safety buffer.

Yes, it's a locking curry hook. It's the SIP version and I put them on all my bikes with hooks so I can lock my helmet if I don't want to take it with me when I park somewhere.

I know this is a "photo" thread but I figure most of you guys will appreciate. Here is my video recap of the MopedGP East round 1 race. I only put the starts to my races because I end up passing everyone by the end of the first lap and then there's nothing to look at. I swept the entire weekend getting 1st in every race, in the geared scooter class and the unlimited class.

I'm also putting together a 6hour endurance race at the same track if anyone is interested in coming to race, join a team, or help out with the event! It's in Syracuse, NY Aug 1-2. I'll have a flyer in a few days.

So much fun. Very relaxed atmosphere! We've been to a couple of kart tracks but they all seem to close down.

Yeah the kart tracks get less and less or they have a bad experience with some
Scooters and ban them all together. The bigger tracks are usually not as keen for scooters to ride either. We are pretty lucky to have this track. The owners are extremely cool.

I don't normally venture into downtown nightlife, but my buddy had out-of-town friends, so we crossed the river to Printer's Alley. We had a good time and I got a pretty cool picture out of the deal.

Cool shot. That tracks. (For a second I thought it was foreshadowing an explosion clock reset.)

Nope, GL is absolutely crushing it. Of course, that's often the foreshadow of a clock reset, but as of right now, all is well.

It seems like many machines are moments away from explosion just when they're running at their best.

Great shot! Love that smokey goodness.

You can see the broader setup here. That thing smokes like crazy, even mixed just 3%.

He's also a better judge of what to include in the frame/background

It's not my fault they were just standing there when I only had a moment to grab a picture!

Ok this may be sacrilege but had to post. Saw this at anthropology and found it funny but on closer inspection am impressed by the creativity of the construction. I think it's canvas and wicker haha they paid attention to some parts.it was much sturdier than I thought it would be.

Down by the river

Been warped by the rain,
Driven by the snow
I'm drunk and dirty,
But don't you know,
I'm still …

Sunny day trip out to the coast with a fellow Slow Roller to check out a seafood joint that was recommended to me.

Nice to see yellow on the road again Mike.

Thx b, the dang thing was born to run

Little Feat! It's been a time since I've heard them. So awesome to see Yellow rippin it up!

ha, "Little Feat" .. good name for yellow

So good to see Yellow back on the road!