Modern Vespa

hello all, as i see alot of you guys n gals are not from around my kneck of the woods so i'd like to show you this latest creation of a 1952 vespa rod model auto conversion, comments GOOD, BAD OR UGLY are welcome cheers and safe riding

I love it. What more can I say

interesting...

YOU DESTROY THE HISTORY....WHY IN THIS RARE MODEL...

Bad, Ugly, Bad, Ugly, Bad, Ugly Bad UglyBaduglybaduglybadbadbadbadbad...

I respect the vision and the amount of work you put into it. Good job and tremendous craftsmanship.

I just read the feature the other night. Amazing bit of engineering work there. Gonna be a custom to remember. It broke some new ground. Love it

The horror, the horror.

cheers for the comments good and BAD, i know some of you will love it and some will hate it...i respect that, we're all individuals thats why the scooter scene is so great, why i did it...to be different, to ride it all over europe and not to be just an ornament like some custom scooters. if we were all the same it'd be one HELL of a boring scene ;D keep chopping and lets get rockin..!!!

To be fair, I liked it a little before the finish paint.

one of the hardests parts of a project is chosing a colour, my favorite is matt black..........i had to choose something nice tho glad you "kind" of like it now

It does look Bad, but that's Good! What is the story on the tech side? R

Maybe it is a good thing that I can't see the pictures....

hi
really nice job
what's inside? tell us more...

I understand from the vintage standpoint why folks might be hating it a bit, and a tiny part of me screamed "noooooo!" as well, but honestly, taken for just itself, I think it looks seriously BAD-ASS. Very nice! 8)

it has an italjet dragster water cooled engine fitted inside (as above) automatic, malossi 172cc barrel and head, 25mm dellorto open carb, malossi reed valve manifold,variator with pmt rollers, polini belt, gear kit and modifield scorpian exhaust, estimated to do 80mph +. vespa lx125 front forks, original mudguard suited to fit over 11" wheel, with original handlebars widened by 4". hand built subframe to carry rear end of vespa with panels fixed.twin petrol tanks which hold nearly 16ltrs.hand built seat with harley springs,aprillia radiator,bitubo rear suspension, 13" rear wheel,
featured in aprils edition of scootering magazine

Hey Hellbound

Saw it in Scootering, very nice really like it.
Have you been on www.gtsownersclub.co.uk ?

Claire

nope aint been on it, will have a gander, cheers

holy crap wow.

I like your custom work !!!!! but I would have put a bigger engine 200cc or 250cc...

Guessing you've never ridden a 2T Drag 172. If it pulls the same in that body then hold on tight even a 70 (kitted 50) is quite scary

But why pull the lump from a Dragster and not a Runner its the same. Where the Dra. is a nice scoot, the Runner is in need of cutting up

Very impressive. I like it. There's a ton of preserved widebodys ... and those cost a damn fortune to restore for a bike that's hardly rideable in modern traffic.

And a Dragster 180 engine ?? Dear lord ... that's gotta be insanity to drive. To KNORACING - that's the fastest production 2-stroke engine ever made. It's like a crotch rocket lump... just because the displacement is smaller than your piaggio 250 or 300 doesn't mean it won't smoke it off the line. You might be able to cruise at a higher speed .... but this thing will destroy it off the line.

not by speed and power is 4-stroke engine by modernism(No smoke, no noise, and longer duration)

we cut up and stripped the dragster because i was bored of it, (I KNOW WAT U MEAN ABOUT THE GILERA THO) you cant do alot to dragsters what other people have done already, as for the engine when i was running the engine about in the dragster it rode like a beast, even hairy arsed bikers were impressed some people may laugh or slag this quote off but i have touched the 90mph mark on the dragster, these engines are reaching over 100mph on race tracks,as for its proformance in this frame we'll have to see, im still running it in as ive rebuilt the engine. as for the question why a dragster engine....ITS LOUD, ITS SMOKES, IT SMELLS OF 2STROKE AND ITS FFFAAAASSSSTTTTTTT 8) what more do u want from a scooter i aint off to the shops on it

I think it's well done. Must have been a pain to shoe horn that engine in there. I can see where it's no going to be everyone's cup of tea but I'd ride it.

Andy at PSN builds balls out dragsters and they do 1/4miles and tracks on a couple. Ive taken one on the road and it was face achingly fast. They've been in the back of scootering on the race pages.
Isn't the frame in that one heavier than a Drag? Have you opened it yet?

hi rover!!! 4 stroke GY6 small cc engines and really fast from puerto rico. Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpqO3kHDcNE

I love this bike. I've read that the 180cc Dragster can go 0 to 60 in six seconds. I know my GTS can't do that. I know that is primarily do to the 2 stroke engine.

As for the customizing of this classic. Let us not forget that when Piaggio and D' Ascanio built the first Vespa they did so using helicopter parts. Giving new life to something old. I think both would be pleased with what hellbound has done (Remember the Paperino). Although I appreciate the classic, I admire hellbounds ambition to improve something that is already considered great.

Cheers
Tonic

Nice mods, and well executed--except for dropping the original paint

I love this bike. I've read that the 180cc Dragster can go 0 to 60 in six seconds. I know my GTS can't do that. I know that is primarily do to the 2 stroke engine.

As for the customizing of this classic. Let us not forget that when Piaggio and D' Ascanio built the first Vespa they did so using helicopter parts. Giving new life to something old. I think both would be pleased with what hellbound has done (Remember the Paperino). Although I appreciate the classic, I admire hellbounds ambition to improve something that is already considered great.

Cheers
Tonic

Well turns out that I could not see the pictures from work (firewalls and filtering and all) But from home I saw them just fine.

Great job on the custom work, I love the red pinstriping!! It is for sure a one of a kind !!! Way better than hanging a ba-zillion mirrors and headlights on a scoot!!

Ride her hard, and make her like it!!

Are you saying a 70 dragster is scary? I don't know about that. I've ridden a Polini kitted Honda Elite 70 and it was pretty weak. My S150 beat it off the line and in top speed. Maybe it wasn't tuned right...I dunno.

Yes my mate "mini blinth" had a mallosi dragster, 72cc I think. I had a go I only went up a cobbled road turned it round and it span like a wild bull so I gave it back. He went down the road to the ligghts and took on a Ford Fiesta XR2 (dont know if you know them . a true boy racers car) and he beat him off the mark, obviously the car soon caught him. It was well fast until he crashed it and smashed his leg (the idiot)
It was faster off the spot than his dads standard 180 dragster

I love that scooter, it's awesome 8)

Cut up a rare classic? Hell YEAH

Hellraiser

Was the wheels powder coated? How were they painted? I love em

I like the piercing on the legshield. I assume there's a radiator behind those holes?

hi, cheers, yeah the wheels were powder coated white then the red painted over the top with a thin charcoal greay pinstripe to seperate it, EVER LASTING WHITE WALLS

THE HOLES are cut using a special cutter (it also strenghtens the metal when cut) and theres a aprillia radiator behind covered by a tool box 8)

Man, talk about internal dilemma.

First of all... Holy crap, that bike is freakin' sweet!

But, a I cried on the inside a little when I thought about what it would look like originally restored.

I love it, but I hate what was destroyed to make it.

Crazy awesome craftsmanship, good job.

post more rear view engine side pics please!

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