Modern Vespa

Help me with my Christmas list for this year! What cool things did you buy or do you want to buy for your scooter!

(already have the thermoscud and Leo Vince exhaust)

Thanks!

My scooters getting the seat re-trimmed for christmas 8)
...and some little bits of crap like leather grips and a louvered sparkplug door...when I get time over the winter I will spend a little time getting it up to scratch - not really adding anything but spending time bringing the bodywork up to a fairly picky standard

a 12v accessory plug and ram mount for my GPS

I already got my custom paint job, and top case.
I am now looking for:

Custom Seat from Pirate Upholstery
Dragon Lights
Powder Coated Wheels and various parts
GPS
Actually, Japanese style light/music system so my scooter, when parked will be it's own block party.

Oh,
and a new modular helmet with mp3 and gps capabilities of course.

Yep, I am in league with the Japanese! Love those show boat scooters.

Then maybe a whole other scooter just for riding around!

it's september

They start pushing easter eggs in January, so why not start planning Christlemas treats in Autumn?

"They" may start pushing the stuff, why "We" have to put up with it I don't know.

"We" always have the option of ignoring the demands of consumerism. Ignoring it acheives the same as complaining about it, but saves quite a bit of hot air

Indeed!!

Rear disc brake kit for the LX please!

plus one mega billion

but then I best put the sprouts on now...

Blame it on the BBC

Thursday, December 24, 1998 Published at 18:11 GMT

Sci/Tech

Christmas in September

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/242002.stm

I'd like to have my new scooter running by then or sooner if possible please Santa!

Other than that, I'm good. Wouldn't mind some sort of Vintage scoot though!

Two things actually. A Leo Vince 4-Road, and a girl as pretty as you to ride on the back. But alas, Cara Mia may become jealous.

your phone number/email address ...... ive never been stateside but worked with a few in iraq and central africa maybe a pipe the isnt to load like the PM68 OR one that doesnt crack bend or brake

Given I'm in Michigan and I've joined the ranks of the unemployed, I thought I would maybe try to get a few things here and there now, as opposed to depleting all my cash in December, which is normally what happens.

Didn't mean to upset those of you who don't like to think about Christmas until the snow flies!

Get yourself a good Coach key chain for that fine Vespa/piaggio key. good luck finding work your state has been hit hard.

Thanks, but the gift ideas are for my husband. He has a GT200. I think if I could, a gift for *myself* would be the 300! A girl can dream.

Oh I see, well get him a 300, or maybe just a good leather jacket and pants. I'm not big on scooter or motorcycle bling.

Got: front fender guard, front folding rack, chrome badge wings, Stebel horn, mid-sized screen, garage door button, Piaggio alarm, Motorsport 12v power socket, drink holder, Vespa crash bars, Cuppini backrest, tan SX case, b&w striped Vespa mudflap, Vespa lap apron

Want: Jettin headlight visor, heavier Jettin bar ends, nicer leather cover for the backrest, leather grips, tall Vespa screen, heated lap pad for lap apron (to plug into the 12v socket), maybe mod the front signals into running lights, a custom license plate, and I'm starting to consider a real plastic topcase (the price is still throwing me off), and oh yeah--a new job to pay for all this would help a lot

A garage door button? That would be helpful! Where do I find out how to do that or where I get one?

That's going to be a custom-mod job!

I got my momentary switch button from a marine supply store online. It's shiny chrome and water-resistant. My boyfriend wired it into a garage remote control, and it's just hanging out around inside my legshield. Nothing's actually hooked into the bike, except drilling the knee panel for the button itself. There's lots of tutorials here on the site for various ways to do it, just do a search and you'll come up with plenty.

http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/motofx/

use google to find it

ultimate garage door opener

damn efi not straight yet huh

i love my euro light kit that is for sale on scooter west...
also taking off the reflectors looks great scooter west also has the hole plugs for the holes aswell.

it really cleans up the bikes appearance. together costs about 70$ and an hour and a half of your time.

P.S. the euro light kit comes with really good directions.

I'd like my scooter painted a different color. The 09 Fly 150 only comes in two colors, gray, and less gray (white), you know.

I have a nice blue in mind, but it's a color I saw on another brand's two-wheeled vehicle, so I'm doubtful I can get it done in the same exact color.

Heated grips, by far the best mod I have done.

I seems to me the easiest way to add a garage door remote is to get one of the key chain door openers. I know my local hardware store sells them for about $30 and it requires no installation.

I've got a key chain remote hanging on my GTV and LX 150 key ring. I hit the button and by the time I'm up the driveway the door's open.

I just want all of my fellow scooter riders to have a safe 2010 and beyond

A mild winter so more riding can take place.

+1...Well said.

Excellent, it shall be mine! How do you keep it from scratching up your Vespa while riding?

got an idea... you know the ipod shuffles... the ones that are shaped like a square. they make "socks" for them, it is kinda like a sleeve and it would fit over the opener and would not scratch your bike up also you could just rember where the buttons are and never have to remove it from the sock to activate it. (this is if you have it attached to your keys)

here is a link to show what i mean..

http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9720G/B?fnode=MTY1NDA4Mg&mco=Nzk2MzA2OQ

I'm watching to see who has been naughty or nice

when I'm naughty I'm nice.

Gifties List:

12V outlet for a GTS
headlight modulator that works (still watching the Kisan and Coimagination threads on this one)
Stebel or equivalent, horn
Rear rack for GTS (no one seems to have them in stock right now)
White Arai Profile helmet to use as a reflective sticker canvas
Hunky scooter mechanic for my 'stocking stuffer'