Modern Vespa

you missed out. It wins the internet.

Apparently it was the RAFFLE BIKE AT LAMMYJAMMY ...and now i'm blubbering i didn't go. I'm not huge into cutdowns or choppers but this thing is the shizz.

Holy shit. That thing has just bent my brain. Looks incredible!

Interesting, almost looks like a pocket bike but it actually looks cool. I'd roll on it.

nice lammy.. but it more like a cafe racer to me a lammy cafe racer

Nice..it's got slicks front and rear..bitchn' I would ride the hell out of it

that would be such a cool toy. i love it. i want it.

That bike does nothing for me..........

Really? You can't at least respect the work and fabrication that went into it?
You must be kidding.

Anyway, the boys from ABQ. set the bar really high and that motor is an RB 22 with a lectron carb. The thing is a freaking monster! I'd like to see two good riders, the other rider on a GT 300 have a race through some twisties.
The LCUSA is an awsome organization.

I think once you ride something like this...then you love it. Or if you are into building your OWN scoots then you really appreciate the workmanship even though you may not like the style.

I'm running this setup in my Series II and it is downright awesome. Naw, I can't take credit for it, it was built by Craig, who also built the engine in the raffle bike as far as I know.

That scooter was sickeningly fast too.

that looks just like coca cola street racer built in the '80s

I can appreciate the work that went into this but, I just don't see the point in basically turning a scooter into a motorcycle.

What do you reckon?? Inspiration??

Took a while to find this one

*edited due to bad spelling*

I mean ..what's a chopper scooter then? I think, more than anything, they're showcasing the promise that a scooter can be many things to many different people.... it can be a lowrider, a stripped down skeleton, a cafe-racer, a museum-piece, a long distance tourer, a pizza delivery vehicle, etc... all with a little bit of elbow grease and ( in some cases ) brilliant welding abilities.

Isn't it pretty awesome that a shitty little stamped metal body and the engine that used to be the starter motor for a single prop fighter plane from 60+ years ago can have so many different iterations ?

That last sentance really hit home with me. These things are here to stay and they aren't going anywhere...just keep evolving into something else or peserved the way they were intended to be.

Eric,
Like I said... I appreciate the work, it is a damn fine piece of workmanship and pretty creative. Those kinds of customs just don't float my boat. I like cut downs, a lot, the cafes and choppers, not so much for the reason stated above. Maybe it's because I came from the vintage MC scene to scooters, I don't know.
tater

all i see in that bike is the skill that went into it. still, i'd rather have just paid $10 to ride it one time instead of plunking down money for raffle tickets to own it.

pocket bikes really killed the appreciation for chopped scoots. before i got into bikes, i always dreamed of building a mini-chopper, and there's no doubt in my mind if i got into them at an earlier age, these would be right up my alley.

since all the pocket/pit/pagsta bikes hit the scene, and the huge chopper boom of a couple years ago, i'm just the opposite.

beautiful bike though...looks like it's a tad high and would be interesting to ride. i'll always have an appreciation for people that can execute such a vision.

eric

thank you for that reference

that is a perfect canyon bike for out here

Could have used one last Sunday!