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Just picked this up on Friday - Mostly original 1976 VBC 150 Super. 3148 original miles. All original paint. Very nice and complete condition. Picked it up from an older guy that was long time friends with the original owner. He was with the original owner when he bought the bike in 1977 from a local shop that gave him a good deal on it since it was the year old model - and yellow. That guy owned it for 30 years - taking it with him at one point to Arizona where he lived a couple years. This part sucked because it lost its original plate. 2 years ago the owner wanted to sell it and asked his friend to ebay it for him... he decided to buy it since he hadnt owned a bike in 20 years. after 2 years of ownership and a couple hundred miles on the clock - he bought a Harley last month and popped this up for sale.

It is mostly all original with some add ons - the windscreen was added on approximately in 1995 - i will most likely take it off but right now its part of the history of the bike. Within the last few months the past owner did some minor repairs and "upgrades"(!?). The fuel tap was leaking so he pulled it out to replace it - turns out it was just the rubber gasket leaking - while he was in there he painted the top of the tank black - used spray paint so one day this winter I will try to remove the spray paint. He also removed the US only fuel on/off switch - the common black one that breaks all the time. He opted for the Euro replacement available at all the shops - he still had the original one in great shape - so when I pull the tank that is going right back on. He put on new tires when he bought it because the original ones were still on there when he got it and the sidewalls were cracked - during this time he decided to paint the hubs black - another winter clean up job. He just put a brand new Rally seat on it and removed the saddle and buddy seat - but he kept this. I immediately took this seat off (funny it found a new home on my recently acquired Rally 200!) and i put the original seats back on.

The bolt on accessories consist of fender crash bar, windscreen, rear spare rack and the legshield basket. The legshield basket, from what I can tell, is an accessory from long ago - not sure when these were originally introduced. The windscreen helps keep the history of the bike, so it may stay on. I am really undecided on the tire carrier - it makes it look ... well ... a bit nammy. However it is also usable because it allows the carrying of the spare. It also had stick on reflectors added on to the cowls and rear area below the license plate - this was done in the late 70's so they have earned the right to be there at this point.

This bike is poopy as all hell, but one the coolest i own. Here are a couple of pics - seems like yellow 150's are popping up in a few areas.

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awesome super u have there.. congratz mate
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Gorgeous!
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Very nice, man ...i'm glad you sorta de-customized it...the saddle seats look more the part on that bike. I love it.
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koenig blues wrote:
awesome super u have there.. congratz mate
Thanks! glad I got in before the local shop did that tried to get to it!
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Gorgeous!
Im a fan of the yellow! - my wife has a 73 150 that she has owned for the last 15 years - it is painted red - a repaint done approx 16 years ago - not very well done though. Under the red is the same yellow - so she can see what her bike use to look like before the previous owner got ahold of hers.
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Rover Eric wrote:
Very nice, man ...i'm glad you sorta de-customized it...the saddle seats look more the part on that bike. I love it.
Thanks - still needs a bit more cleaning up and removal of some of the incorrect items - the biggest thing bugging me right now is the fuel tap rod and the painted black tank.

From the pic - any idea on the timeframe of the basket accessory and the front fender chrome? if its time period correct or from 20ish years ago im ok with it staying -
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Nice! That is just a fantastic looking scoot.
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Very nice. Glad to see what my bike should look like in about a year. Thanks for posting this! It makes me even more anxious to jump out of my chair and go get to work!!!
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What was the price tag?
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about the basket i dont think its old enough but the front fender seem old.. i might be wrong as i dont do accessory too much Razz emoticon
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Nice...
⬆️    About 5 years elapsed    ⬇️
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Is the headset a replacement? I thought that 150 super had a trapazoid headset originally? Or were there round light headsets on them too ?
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Joey135 wrote:
Is the headset a replacement? I thought that 150 super had a trapazoid headset originally? Or were there round light headsets on them too ?
Hold on a second while I get out my time machine and go back 5 years to when this thread was started...
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Joey135 wrote:
Is the headset a replacement? I thought that 150 super had a trapazoid headset originally? Or were there round light headsets on them too ?
Hold on a second while I get out my time machine and go back 5 years to when this thread was started...
Swing by my house in Detroit, there's a little statue I left in the garden when we moved... it's next to the garden hose. I don't know how time travel works, but if the lights are on in the garage, come in and hang!
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I don't know how time travel works...
Start here...

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Joey135 wrote:
Is the headset a replacement? I thought that 150 super had a trapazoid headset originally? Or were there round light headsets on them too ?
Supers had a round headlight.. some may have had the trap/square headlight too.. I thought (and I'm not able to mentaly catalog all the ins/outs of every model like some here are able to do) that the VLB had the trap headlight.. but some supers MAY have had one? Not sure about that.. but Supers did/do have a round headlight.

Heres' some info on the Super:

http://www.thescooterist.com/2011/11/vespa-super.html

I'm sure someone can clear up if Supers ever came with a trap headlight.
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Joey135 wrote:
Is the headset a replacement? I thought that 150 super had a trapazoid headset originally? Or were there round light headsets on them too ?
Some came with trap...

If you get the 1966 eBay limited edition from Vietnam - those ones are almost always trap headlight - from the factory.

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