Modern Vespa

Resisting is futile - go get that P Voodoo!

I kind of like the P in a box here in San Diego, but not sure $1k for a P in a box is exactly deal of the day. Probably a fair price though.

http://scoot.net/classifieds/forsale.html?id=52157

The one located in SanDiego is the $200 bike. If they get $1K for that, I'll consign mine with them to sell.

Agreed. $1000 Is what i look to pay for "runs but needs minor attention" esp in a P

I don't get it, the$200 one is on Seattle, not San Diego, right?

200 engines go for $800 plus, it's not crazy at 1000, but not a steal either.

An $800 P200 motor is usually complete and running. The engine in SanDiego is missing the ignition and flywheel, plus the entire bike is in boxes. Considering I've purchased several nice running P200s from $1600 to $2K, and a '77 original paint bike with 241 miles for $2450, I'm having a difficult time seeing a bike on a pallet, parts in a box and a good looking milk crate being worth $1K? Nice bikes with stuck motors bring $600 and they're completely assembled. Buying a junk motor for $800, then replacing or rebuilding the crank, boring or honing the cylinder, buying a piston or rings, bearings, seals, carb kit, parts for a clutch rebuild would put you north of $1300 not accounting for your time to disassemble and re-assemble the motor? Where have you been when I've tried selling nice, clean running bikes for little $$? Sometimes it's impossible to come out on a bike that someone has given you for free. It's a P200. They're a great bike, but they're sold by the pound. You can ask what you may, but if you do the math, the bike in SanDiego is a $200 bike, and that's if someone doesn't charge you to discard the pallet.

yeh im not sure about 1000 for a pile of rusty parts either


you could buy A LOT of good records for that

Just a reminder that he is *asking* for $1k. There are thousands of bikes on CL that are asking for more than they will actually sell for. Some buyers aren't happy unless they can buy something on CL for half of what it's listed for. I'm pretty sure this scoot will sell for less than its listed price.

Most of the scooters in the SD section of CL currently have been listed for months because they aren't priced to sell. I know the guy selling the P in question, and I am pretty sure he is the kind of guy who listens to offers.

By the way, I have been rebuilding scoots in SD for about a dozen years and have never had a $200 P200 come across my path. The best I have ever done on a P is $350, and it had been disassembled and left outside for 10 years. It's my current sidecar rig.

Oh, and pallets are worth something now that rustic pallet furniture is all the rage.😎

Just to add to Quasi-moto's bit there, the market is more expensive here than other parts of the country.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/scooters/auction-849193154.htm

Nice P Trumpy. anywhere close to you???

Its not quite a deal, but i could not resist. it keeps appearing on my CL search up here.

2008 vespa piaggio MP3 landrover. Custom designed looks like a Land Rover from the moon. Coolest ride ever made by custom fabricator Tom the genius. Add it to movie props, Use it to ride, show, or to get the most attention ever ! Check out the pics, it is super cool! Comes with all the original plastic too. Please call me at

we stopped caring how many bikes we have. we just figured out that 13 of our 17 run. We thought we would keep it limited but after about 10 we just said "f$%& it" we can have any and all of the bikes that we want. Only one is for sale. We just saw the $200 P on seattle craigslist and I thought of this thread.

about $350 shipping costs away. if i didnt have 3 already it would be mine.

great price, the auction house dont care about a scooter it just takes up room and ad space costs. its a great buy, the'd let it go for the reserve price in a heartbeat, if someone sorted the cash. its been on at least once before.

If I had the readies and could bring it in to Melbourne easily I'd snaffle it too. Need a bike for Wife and Daughter to ride and Wife wants a geared bike. I was leaning towards a twisty for safety etc, but next best is a P with disc brakes! At that price, lovely.

closer to that magic $1000 price point...

$1200

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/mcy/4906531006.html

id want to hear it running


just before i left perth a bloke brought around a late model px 200 for me fix ,oh man what a horrible noise, roofing screw in the olio drain too

could be good though trumpy $$

That's the nicest-looking MP3 I've ever seen!

I'd go get all this today if I lived close to it:
http://scoot.net/classifieds/forsale.html?id=52200

Not a Lambretta guy, but seems like a good deal?...

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/mcy/4906149572.html

Yes, that is a good deal on the Lammy.

http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/4909049014.html

i texted my friend in austin telling her to pick it up, that a 20/20 carb would be a cheap enough fix to the carb issue and that AF rayspeed could do the work, not to mention there likely being a dozen vintage guys on this board that live in Austin on here.

if I was still in Austin, I'd be all over that thing.

spare p210 engine, european headset, pk fork.

Me too.

You've already got a Super. Save some for the rest of us!

Well I remember reading somewhere you need two ... oh wait ...

I've always preferred to use Fry Squinting without text. It can be interpreted as... I'm gonna mess you up.

that Super IS a sick deal.

another in Austin... Rally 180 "make offer"

http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/4909057162.html

That'll clean up nicely

Yeah that Rally is awesome. No price does not mean low price though. I think that guy knows what he has.

Yea I saw that Rally too....glad to know all you vultures were eyeballing it. I WILL own a bike with that big ass Euro headset one day, but a rally with one (I've only seen a Sprint one in person) would be the tits as the Brits say.

yes, but would it be the dog's bullocks? lol

same seller, obviously.

bro, you got a GL

Scored these today. They were on craigslist for less than 24 hours and I already had a bit of a bidding war on my hands as someone else was after them before I got there.
Anyway I lucked out and managed to haul all 8 back in one go for my 2+ hour drive home.
Turns out the guy i out bid was a buddy of mine in Tampa, doh!

Speedy: how good of a deal was it?

Got all eight for $2700