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Looks like a nice bike
Any ideas?
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Hard pass on that one.
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What it's worth or what it will sell for? Because that bike could rake in a cool $16k (USD) over at BaT.
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So $4800 USD is a deal
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A deal for the seller. The buyer should know there is no deal to be found here with this obvious Southeast Asia restoration. Which we know is anything but restorative.
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woah, gear down big shifter.

I don't mean to get all "gatekeeper" here or anything, but I want to point out the obvious here: you don't know *anything* about these bikes and you got very fortunate with your first purchase.

I get it, you're excited and have the bug and already want another, but you really need to lay back and do some research before you wind up buying something willy-nilly and getting burned hard.

think about it, would you purchase something that you ostensibly know nothing about for nearly 5K?

take some time, read up, gain some knowledge and ask questions to make informed decisions. use the search function and wiki here on the forum there is an absolute goldmine of information available.

good luck with your journey, we'll all be here along the way!
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He's lucky he asked about it first before buying it. So many (of us, as I was a victim) poor suckers just plunged in for the buy.
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So $4800 USD is a deal
Yes, $480 is almost a good deal
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Yes, $480 is almost a good deal
You're missing the decimal point. This might be better $4.80.

Being paid $4.80 to haul it away might be ideal.
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Wow, yellow feet too. Had I found one of these when I first started looking I may have ended up buying one…well maybe not, they are priced way high and up close I would have spotted any tell tale use of body filler or wonky seams. They do look great in photos.
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Worth A LOT to a seller.
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Hot garbage.
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"Driven 300 km" doesn't necessarily mean under its own power
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The money you havent spent on this could be wisely invested into go faster bits for the 90.
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I wouldn't even pay money to drive that POS into the river
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Yoeman wrote:
Looks like a nice bike
Any ideas?
Yoeman - its a "bodge".
Google Vespa Bodge - or search bodge on this forum.
World of trouble under the candy red paint (which will soon be bubbling with rust in any event).
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Buy it! ROFL emoticon
Kidding obviously.
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When I was shopping for my scooter, this page (in addition to the fine folks here) helped me a lot:

https://vespavirgin.com/how-to-tell-if-a-vespa-is-from-vietnam-22-ways-to-know-for-sure/

I would definitely spend time with your small frame, get it dialed in and running perfectly, while you research and "casually" shop for another ride…then hopefully when the perfect one comes along you'll have the knowledge and the dough ready to go and can pull the trigger on something you won't regret.
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Anybody else notice that ludicrously low mileage is always part of these dodgy, bodgy ripoffs? All these two-toned, yellow-booted vintage scoots sat under a tarp in some climate-controlled garage for 60 years, it seems.
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Anybody else notice that ludicrously low mileage is always part of these dodgy, bodgy ripoffs? All these two-toned, yellow-booted vintage scoots sat under a tarp in some climate-controlled garage for 60 years, it seems.
I thought is was because that's when it stopped running and motor couldn't be fixed among other problems.
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Anybody else notice that ludicrously low mileage is always part of these dodgy, bodgy ripoffs?
Yeah, that always gets me. Like that's a good thing....
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It's just missing some words.

If you are super lucky, it could be ... Driven 300 km ... before completely falling apart.
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Ahhhhh...what the fuck is that?

Seriously though, are you just trying to fuck with us or were you seriously asking about this monstrosity?
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Buy it! ROFL emoticon
Kidding obviously.
Nice.
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I didn't buy it or even look at it but clones are a big issue in everything and I was asked about it
I got trashed for posting but thanks for the input!!
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better to take a thrashing than be out 4800 on a piece of yard art, no?

too many folks come on here either having just bought one or trying to sell one and get their nose all bent out of shape when they get told what turd they just acquired.
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Yes… no harm no foul. We are all happy you asked and avoided calamity!!!
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I didn't buy it or even look at it but clones are a big issue in everything and I was asked about it
I got trashed for posting but thanks for the input!!
It's like having a dog you love - that bears its teeth and barks at other passing dogs - as a means of introducing itself - as you keep assuring the other owner:

"honestly! he's really friendly!"

(yes - I'm the walker and y'all are the teeth bearing dog in this analogy 🙂 )

Don't mistake the crowd's distain for bodges - for distain for you.
Bodges they take personally.
Sounds like you are familiar with an analogous from what ever world you have experience in.
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Ahhhhh...what the fuck is that?

Seriously though, are you just trying to fuck with us or were you seriously asking about this monstrosity?
Sorry.
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Us .. when we see an overpriced, Vietnamese scoot
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That's a good one
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I didn't buy it or even look at it but clones are a big issue in everything and I was asked about it
I got trashed for posting but thanks for the input!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOE, MAN...

Today is your 8yr anniversary of joining MV... Happy Birthday, may take all the tippets you have learnt with you.

We got together and wrote a novel for you.
I know it's one of them new-fan-dangled electronic types, but hopefully it will be helpful and resourceful.
Bodgespotting

Also, here is one from The Great SLASHY...
Ita bit of a real-life, honest mystery/slasher/thriller, with a heart-warming story of 1 guys struggle, and the necessary support from his extended family-friends-frienamies alike, all somehow coming together to a somewhat deluded outcome for the whole family.
Slashy's Bodge (6,000 km)

Didn't get a cake, as think you had enough cake already.

Please stick around longer and enjoy a wonderful, bodge-free future.

Lots of love,
Your somewhat crazy & cynical MV Family
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