Modern Vespa

Well im afraid no one is talking to me on the other board now i have purchased a 'prpoer' scooter
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=160349276841
Looking forward to picking her up tomorrow and having some fun.
Have just bought a new seat for it already
Will post some better pics up ASAP.

very nice.

What was wrong with the seat?

Black nice You'll have fun with it

..... nice seat but the older corsas where better looking with the white stripe.. Had one on a black PX I had nicked a cple of years ago

That thing looks pretty sweet as is. I like the seat. Do you need room for two or what?

Nice job, that scoot will treat you well.

That's not a Corsa seat, it's an Ancillotti. Slightly lower at the front than the Corsa and no flattened section at the back where the stripe goes.

I've got one on mine, it's like sitting on a slightly padded plank.

it's not an ancillotti seat... it's a ancillotti STYLED seat.

Real ancilotti's were lambretta only, AFAIK, and looked like this ... ( which i think is far cooler than these vespa ones ). It's hard to tell from this pic, but they were VERY low profile, and followed the curve of the back of the lambretta, which made them look sexy on the bike.

Also, i think they stopped making them some time ago, so real ones are worth some money.





Here's one with some ugly cover on it, but you get the idea of how the curvature was followed, which i think makes it stylistically far cooler than any vespa attempt at copying one.

You're right Eric, they are advertised and marketed as Ancillotti though.

I know. It just bums me out a little. Apples are apples, oranges are oranges.... quit calling an orange a "orange-colored apple!" because it's not the same thing.

How about a grapple? Now those are good.

I'm from Newport

Andrea

Cheers, funny you should post that
http://www.wightbay.com/XCClassifieds/CPViewItem.asp?ID=1207356
Bagged it for £25
Cheers for all the well wishes.

Congratulations on your new ride Mudge.
I have just bought the same seat as came on your bike and love it. So much better than the std PX seat. Std seat was way too soft for my 88kgs.
Bet it sounds good and all?

Well i picked her up today along with my new seat Over the moon with both purchases. Pulls well in all gears and the brakes are sharp. Should not have a prob with it's first MOT.
Will post some pics up tomorrow.

good! glad to hear it's a good match!

Now update your profile to bump the ET2 out of first...

Id say sell it...you will never want to ride it again.

What was the reserve price?
Hopefully the guy came down for you.

Cheers!

Nice scooter.

+1

I've taken one ride on my ET2 since I got my px....it's for sale.

Any photos of it with seat??????

Sorry boys, have had to look after the kids all day. But i have had a couple of hours spare to strip some bits off ready for polishing tonight.
The bike is filthy but i did add some stripes after doing the seat.
Any comments good/bad welcome.

looks good to me

Yidy .... Get a headlamp peak painted black

Sod this polishing malarky, my fingers are killing me
On the up side the rusty chrome bits have come up a treat 8)
Time to polish off some beers now
Cheers all for the thumbs up, liking the peak idea

this is probably the best aplication for chrome

I'd have said satin but it wouldnt work on yours

Don't start me off I painted all of the chrome on my last bike and had a matt blue body as im not a big fan of shiny things.
But once i have done all the chrome it all it will only need a once over every week.
BUT when the day does come (when i wipe out) it will go matt or satin black

I like the rear cowl stripes ya applied. Where did you get them? They look as though they went on really clean.

Ted

Cut them myself Ted, i had a sheet of vinyl kicking about so figured i would use it. Just need to get round to doing the front mud guard now.

masking tape it and mark a line 2" in from the edge then cut off the surplus and stick a pike nut in the crest hole