Modern Vespa

Safis—just scrolling thru your thread for the first time. You are a lucky guy, it seems. Congrats on your newest acquisitions! Fun to see.

Got me a pair of LED headlights (dual beam with DRL) for the project. They are meant for Harleys but I've seen similar (EVOK single beam with DRL) sold in Italy and SC. Unfortunately nothing ready made for a PK so it needs an adapting rim. Took me a couple of hours in Fusion 360 to design one and I need to print it to see if I got the dimensions right...

Slowly gathering hard to find parts. After the free unobtainium ETS horn cover, I found me a cheap (60€) handlebar bottom on the Italian eBay...

You doing exactly what I wanted to do with my PK 50 S.
But then I looked at things rationally and decided that it would be too difficult and expensive for me to make my S looking like ETS.
I have only two ETS correct parts - handlebar cover and glove box. So I left my S as it is.
For some time.
Better to throw some money into engine. And original rear light is in very bad shape and I'm constantly fighting the temptation to buy a new ETS style one
Anyway ETS is one of my favourite Vespa and I watching your thread with huge interest.

P.S. Maybe you have dimensions of ETS side panels and mudguard stripes decals?

This came in for some TLC. He will ride it for at least a year more and then we'll talk price. ETS Elestart…

I'm now convinced the PK gods are watching over me…

Jealousy...
ETS! One of the Vespas I dream to have.

In the land of the smallies??

more like land of PKs

Love a white pk myself…

Well.....

I bit the bullet before the promo discount ends. It was the last one at 10Pollici...

Very interesting how it will be! Did you know about what exhaust you will be use?

I already have the new Polini Original on the shelf. Decided to not go crazy with it. It will be an everyday scooter...

Personally I really like Polini Original.

And about your cylinder - it seems like alloy version with extra 10cc of this one? Piston seems very similar.

VMC Kappa 58 is here. It's pretty well made. 10Pollici also sent me some Malossi stickers instead of VMC

Great!
MD Racing gear selector link is one of my favourite part.

Wow Chris, so that's THREE PKs added to your stock and you have dibs on a fourth , another ETS Elestart! You guys got me convinced, I too have always wanted an early PK125XL without so much plastic like my PK50XL2 has. So I pulled the trigger on this low kilometer '87 and I LOVE it! I don't want Elestart & battery etc, so this one is perfect for me.

A pretty good deal because needs a rear axle seal and few other little things, but it runs like a champ and so easy to handle w/ my bum back. '78 P200 I sold weighed 238 pounds, PK125 only 182.

I love my older smallies too, but this is so much easier & better to RIDE.

Nice score Terry! That one looks exactly like mine did (back when it was in better shape). I really liked everything about it when it was still stock. Easy to pick up and move around, very nimble at low speeds, and since they're so narrow, they don't take up very much space when parking it somewhere. It's one scooter i would trade a P200 for.

The last time I ordered from 10 Pollici, they shipped my part to some bloke in England.
He somehow found me on here, and then out of pure goodness of heart - shipped the part to me.

They have good prices and sometimes only place to find a part in stock, but their shipping can be a little, well, creative.

I do now. Give me a few days, I'll scan them and then work them in CorelDraw...

Q for the crowd. Would you spend 140€ for a NOS Polini UTAH spoiler???

Heart says yes, a tiny voice inside my head says NO YOU IDIOT!!!

if you do it you need to take the time to scan it and be able to make more

then sell them for 100 euros

That's a great idea, something I didn't consider…

Well, I bit the bullet. I also got some NOS center stand spring tensioners (as pairs) the seller had. SIP has made repros...

I had one of those spoilers on my primavera back in the 80's with the fog /marker lights on the bottom. Can't remember how I wired them in and you couldn't even read your beeper with the limited illumination. Still a cool nostalgic item. Also had this SHAFT exhaust was great until it fell off and was damaged.

Absolutely cool part!
I'm confused of Polini bag with UTAH paper upper part? Why so? Is Polini and UTAH somehow related?

I don't know the specifics but I assume these were made by UTAH exclusively for Polini…

Sorry for OT.

Seems like Polini made some stuff for UTAH.
Just remembered that I have pair of mudguard trim for smallframe was described as Utah Fox but in Polini package too.

NOS goodies have arrived...

More parts and a question for the Gents! Which rim do you think looks better?? F.A. (BGM, VMC) or SIP with the NT Classic hub??

Personally I'm not liking the all black look. The cutouts just seem odd.
The hub looks great, that rim I'm not feeling honestly.

You're right about the gaps, they look weird. I think I'll go this way (don't judge me for the awful photoshop )

SaFiS you beat me to it, I was going to say I like the silver hub best but I like the all black rim and wheel combo. Think I like the FA Italia wheel can you photo shop that

Though i have a few different scooters that have black hubs, i MUCH prefer a silver color for hubs and wheels. I do have a pair the SIP tubeless matte black with the polished lip. I have them bolted to a silver PX 5 start hub.

I think the matte black SIP wheels with a polished lip would also look sharp on a black NT hub too.

I've just never been a fan of black wheel in general (on motos, cars, or trucks). They look too much like cheap steel winter snow wheels for a distance. Though i will admit that on some builds that they can look quite sharp.

My vote for F.A. rim.

One more goodie for the build. California side stand…

That is RAD

Although I have already bought the new Polini "Banana" for the build, I just, couldn't resist...

Which one is the is safis?

Looks like the evo racer, but better looking…

Sprint Tourer VST-S5

That pipe is a functionally elegant piece of art, I can see why no banana for you now! I have some FA Italia wheels w/ a similar style that I painted to match an avocado green bike, but just the background w/ shiny aluminum rim and 'spokes'.