Modern Vespa

WOW - that's a beauty!

that's also rally 180, so the market is gonna be what the market is gonna be on that.

but the devil is in the details: motor by gickspeed, it's got a performance front shock, appears mostly complete in the "hard to find parts department".

great starting point for a resto

pro tip: Costco is already running Black Friday deals on jewelry and kitchen aid stand mixers

here's one at 1/2 that... https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/mcy/d/whittier-1985-vespa-t5/7682325543.html

I think that's a decent deal, if you want a T5. but I'd be over that with a fine toothed comb.

Not hooked enough, because you're missing one of those....aw geez what's the term....oh yeah "context clues".

Greasy, obliged for the link to the white one. That one would have to wait till I move sadly, no non-running projects in the craphole HOA i'm forced to live in for another 7-8 months.

Looks decent, probably a good price since you never officially get them...

Here are the posts I was referring to. Definitely not a $10k T5, but since they don't have it anymore on their site, someone must have bought it...

https://modernvespa.com/forum/post2547892#2547892

https://modernvespa.com/forum/post2547899#2547899

strike while the iron is hot and snap up any deal you see, store it till you get around to it. cuz chances are that deal ain't gonna be there when you're ready to party.

Amen to that! I've missed several over the years by waiting and seeing....

I have my suspicions that it *might* be the same bike.

there's a few things that stick out: the one photo in front of the iron fence with curved top seems the same at one from the BM ad, the seat, the wear on the kickstart lever. I see the shock and levers are different, but who knows.

Yeah, looks like the same place but probably a different T5 unless they replaced stuff on it. The $10k one had the original seat with faded script...

With you on that. Sadly they aren't keen on shipping, only either a local buyer or someone who will have them do all the work before shipping it. Meh. Their call on that, I'm not mad. ("just disappointed" )

I don't know if this is your first foray into vintage vespas, but with these sometimes a little thinking outside of the box is necessary.

find a friend to snatch it and sit on it or ship it for ya.

them doing all the work isn't a terrible proposition, honestly. even more so if you can parlay that into a haircut on the purchase price and a little bit of the shipping.

was poking around looking for something else and saw this:

https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/mcy/d/san-rafael-1979-vespa-p200e-2300-obo/7679001250.html

I thought that represented a decent DoD. solid bike with some nice stuff on it that's tagged, titled and running that wasn't an arm or a leg.

I'd be reeeeeal tempted if it had auto-lube, E start, and analog tach

How has this one been hanging around on Craigslist as long as it has?

Looks like a pretty decent honest p2 for a reasonable price.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mcy/d/seattle-vintage-1979-vespa-px200-two/7675057827.html

Just reread that listing… Hmm… voodoo…

WTH is all this stuff ?

Right?

Is the black thing a seal?

Looking at it again, I think it is just the key 'chain'.

that picture was what stumped me as well. i seriously think it will make people scratch their heads and move on. so weird!

BINGO!

Same bike as this one I posted in August, after I fixed a couple dozen things in exchange for the owner going down to pick up my Indo Super frame in Portland for me. It runs great now and I see that he's bumped the price to reflect the improvements. A missing key was one of the things I fixed and I wired that junk to the key so he couldn't lose it so easy. So relax, nothing sketchy going on here.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1069514681125472/
$500 P-Series

oh man it has the rare OSB seat mod.

Says listed eight weeks ago, so something clearly ain't right about it.

it's not like anything looks unmodified or in any way a deviation from original equipment in the photo posted....

Geez, even comes with a kee

'74 Rally
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1016672929664956/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post

I think this is a member's listing? Hjo maybe?

not a bad start if you like projects.

ahh... the good ol "painggio" as it were.

but I mean, aren't they all?

but 500 clams for a motor ain't bad. frame looks sus on the little bit of tunnel you can see. might be worth it for the parts. I assume a title is nonexistent.

The lumber is worth nearly that much alone.

I mean, if it was legit ply... I'd there in a heartbeat! lolz.

Looks like it, that we've seen it before.

Would snap that up in a heartbeat.

yeah that works at that price with a title, including the partial engine stuff.

This one costs some coin. But if it is as OG as the owner implies it's getting close to a good value buy.... especially for one of the lowest production scoots ever made. (assumes it has title)

71 Rally 180 with tuna can tail light.
Swoon.

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/3535979610010172/?media_id=0&ref=share_attachment

Link tells me i have to log on to facebook business suite.

^^^ Just WOW! That is a beauty, looks almost new so many places. I noticed further down in the 'Scooter Community marketplace' a 1974 Rally that is NOT original, but very nicely restored listed for nearly twice($9500) what this one is, so I think the $5500 price here really does seem to qualify as DOD candidate, high end department.



Meanwhile, I noticed that both mudguard and cowls have familiar black bottom edges, HMMMM? I found remnants of the same thing but painted on my 125 Super after I removed the yellow paint. I now see these are likely plastic molding, so likely not stock as I first imagined.




Here you can see I 'restored' them both places if you look carefully.

no, not stock on the "trim moulding"

Rally 180 is crazy low production numbers. last of the script badges, and you could get injection on a US market bike.

rally 200's are fairly common, 180's not so much.

Somehow, that paint does not look original to me.

Original paint? Is there any particular thing that you see that makes you think it may not be? It can be so hard to tell, but this pic of the paint on the tail light makes me think it could likely be.

There was a pic of the front legshield that looked like it had some orange peel you wouldn't normally see from the factory. I thought maybe it was a spot where touch up was done? Lots of spots like voodoo pointed out that look 100% OG. I suppose the only way to know for sure would be to see it in person.