Modern Vespa : Buying a new (old) motorcycle *pictures up*

Buying a new (old) motorcycle *pictures up*

OP VP1 UTC details Molto Verboso Joined: UTC Posts: 1419 Location: San Diego
OP VP1 Molto Verboso Joined: UTC Posts: 1419 Location: San Diego	UTC quote So I'm on my way to Prescott,AZ on a very last minute, poorly planned adventure to buy a '72 Yamaha R5. 350cc's of vintage 2 stroke fun. Sorry for the crummy pictures... ⚠️ Last edited by VP1 on UTC; edited 2 times

nickandsusan UTC details Ossessionato 65 Sprint, 2008 150S Joined: UTC Posts: 2754 Location: MONTEREY COUNTY
nickandsusan Ossessionato 65 Sprint, 2008 150S Joined: UTC Posts: 2754 Location: MONTEREY COUNTY	UTC quote awesome!!! what a fun trip. I just picked up a 74 cb125 that I love!

buglake UTC details Ossessionato 2x '06 GT200 ~ '78 P200 ~ '73 Vespa 90 Joined: UTC Posts: 2591 Location: San Diego
buglake Ossessionato 2x '06 GT200 ~ '78 P200 ~ '73 Vespa 90 Joined: UTC Posts: 2591 Location: San Diego	UTC quote Re: Buying a new (old) motorcycle VP1 wrote: So I'm on my way to Prescott,AZ on a very last minute, poorly planned adventure to buy a '72 Yamaha R5. 350cc's of vintage 2 stroke fun. Pics to come Sounds great!! Can't wait to see it. Hey - when you coming home?

vespa auntie UTC details Ossessionato Joined: UTC Posts: 3406 Location: pacifica,ca.
vespa auntie Ossessionato Joined: UTC Posts: 3406 Location: pacifica,ca.	UTC quote are we doing the "motorcycle thing" again ?

nickandsusan UTC details Ossessionato 65 Sprint, 2008 150S Joined: UTC Posts: 2754 Location: MONTEREY COUNTY
nickandsusan Ossessionato 65 Sprint, 2008 150S Joined: UTC Posts: 2754 Location: MONTEREY COUNTY	UTC quote vespa auntie wrote: are we doing the "motorcycle thing" again ? we are! we are bringing ours up to Charlie tomorrow.

ChrisRC UTC details Enthusiast GTS 250ie, PX125E, P200E Joined: UTC Posts: 91 Location: Niagara Region, Canada
ChrisRC Enthusiast GTS 250ie, PX125E, P200E Joined: UTC Posts: 91 Location: Niagara Region, Canada	UTC quote Re: Buying a new (old) motorcycle VP1 wrote: So I'm on my way to Prescott,AZ on a very last minute, poorly planned adventure to buy a '72 Yamaha R5. 350cc's of vintage 2 stroke fun. Pics to come These are cool. Good score. Have you ever seen the Lambretta with that engine in it? Check it: http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/1216/yambretta-rd-350-lambretta-gets-a-new-engine

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jimmyb865 nothing at all Joined: UTC Posts: 9656 Location: westla	UTC quote i really like this

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Re: Buying a new (old) motorcycle

buglake wrote:

VP1 wrote:

So I'm on my way to Prescott,AZ on a very last minute, poorly planned adventure to buy a '72 Yamaha R5. 350cc's of vintage 2 stroke fun.
Pics to come

Sounds great!! Can't wait to see it. Hey - when you coming home?

End of the month! Val and I are looking forward to it though we'll both miss SF. Can't believe it's been a year already!

jimh UTC details MV Saint Haud yer wheesh't if ye cannae be nice Joined: UTC Posts: 3862 Location: Camden, Maine
RIP jimh MV Saint Haud yer wheesh't if ye cannae be nice Joined: UTC Posts: 3862 Location: Camden, Maine	UTC quote jimmyb865 wrote: i really like this Very cool. Alan Rossa would have been proud. I like the black. I heard that he only made about a dozen scoots back in the day. Here is one of alan's old frames being brought back to life. http://www.lambrettainnovation.co.uk/view_page.php?pid=52 And of course one of the originals 8) Cheers

joshzingzing UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti px200 cutdown,px180,px150. Puch SR. Puch scooterette Joined: UTC Posts: 5109 Location: west aus
joshzingzing Veni, Vidi, Posti px200 cutdown,px180,px150. Puch SR. Puch scooterette Joined: UTC Posts: 5109 Location: west aus	UTC quote i like that last one there jim i want lammy like that! the local scooter mag reckons Tino Sacchi is making twins that fit in a standard lammy frame-----------------limited production

OP VP1 UTC details Molto Verboso Joined: UTC Posts: 1419 Location: San Diego
OP VP1 Molto Verboso Joined: UTC Posts: 1419 Location: San Diego	UTC quote bump for pictures. So I took a 16 hour trip to Prescott and back. Highest temp we saw was 119 degrees. Way too hot! Anyways, the bike is awesome! Fast and sounds mean!

OP VP1 UTC details Molto Verboso Joined: UTC Posts: 1419 Location: San Diego
OP VP1 Molto Verboso Joined: UTC Posts: 1419 Location: San Diego	UTC quote nickandsusan wrote: awesome!!! what a fun trip. I just picked up a 74 cb125 that I love! Nice, lets see some pix

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jimh wrote:

jimmyb865 wrote:

i really like this

Very cool. Alan Rossa would have been proud. I like the black.

I heard that he only made about a dozen scoots back in the day.

Here is one of alan's old frames being brought back to life.

http://www.lambrettainnovation.co.uk/view_page.php?pid=52

And of course one of the originals 8)

Cheers

Did rossa actually finish any ?? thought he started them and dissapeared. Theres been many built that are better.
A guy I work with is building one I'll have to get him to sort me some photos. ......... Love the matt black one.

If you like em painted

vespa auntie UTC details Ossessionato Joined: UTC Posts: 3406 Location: pacifica,ca.
vespa auntie Ossessionato Joined: UTC Posts: 3406 Location: pacifica,ca.	UTC quote vp1 that bike looks awsome. well worth the trip i'd say. i had an rd200, 1st motorcycle, was a great bike. however, scoot to the moon this weekend.

nickandsusan UTC details Ossessionato 65 Sprint, 2008 150S Joined: UTC Posts: 2754 Location: MONTEREY COUNTY
nickandsusan Ossessionato 65 Sprint, 2008 150S Joined: UTC Posts: 2754 Location: MONTEREY COUNTY	UTC quote congrats!! That R5 is BADASS!! nice score!! Here is the little Honda we picked up:

jimmyb865 UTC details nothing at all Joined: UTC Posts: 9656 Location: westla
jimmyb865 nothing at all Joined: UTC Posts: 9656 Location: westla	UTC quote some of these enduros are popping up in la as well the r5 disc is sweeeet

jimh UTC details MV Saint Haud yer wheesh't if ye cannae be nice Joined: UTC Posts: 3862 Location: Camden, Maine
RIP jimh MV Saint Haud yer wheesh't if ye cannae be nice Joined: UTC Posts: 3862 Location: Camden, Maine	UTC quote The Lambretta V-Twin Sadly only a few made it. 16 years before Moto guzzi came out with theirs. Cheers 1951 Lambretta Twin

Brett K UTC details Hooked 2005 Vespa PX150, 1976 serveta jet 200 Joined: UTC Posts: 301 Location: District of Criminals
Brett K Hooked 2005 Vespa PX150, 1976 serveta jet 200 Joined: UTC Posts: 301 Location: District of Criminals	UTC quote jimmyb865 wrote: i really like this needs more chrome.

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