Modern Vespa

Damn! I wasn't quick enough. I was ready to buy it today but somebody else got it yesterday.

Deals like that, you have to basically be in the car with the motor idling whilevyou wait for them to respond with the address.

So it seems Im still looking for another project so Ill try to be quicker next time

Yea I figured it would go fast (ha! dad joke!!)

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I have always loved that pic. It's totally rad. And congratulations on loosing the weight! That's a huge accomplishment. 50lbs is almost like carrying a sack of concrete around with you…everywhere…24/7. No doubt your joints are thanking you. Keep up the good work!

FYI, i do construction, so i've carried who knows how many (well over 1000 for sure) 60 and 90lb sacks of concrete over the years. So i know exactly how burdensome they are.

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Turnkey indeed. That's a second chance scooters job. He does good work

I think this was posted already… but it's still there and maybe available for a few hundy off?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1017761426557155/?ref=search

I live in Omaha and want it badly… but I do enjoy sleeping indoors and don't want to give that up.

You have a few months before winter sets in… I say risk it before it gets cold.

There's always self storage

The name says it all.

Insulating the dog house is your answer

I'm trying to get Chris to swing by and pick it up for me on his way to Florida! Somehow I don't think he's gonna do it

Yeah... but after a more sober evaluation, if I were to take on another scooter it would need to be quicker and more street-use friendly than the VL1, not less.

I just figured out the solution...Fly n Ride. Buy a 1 way plane ticket, bag check a P200 engine with you (along with a couple tools), engine swap at the sellers garage, ride home.

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https://www.sip-scootershop.com/en/product/conversion-kit-sip-touren-20-12v-e-ignition-for-vespa-125-vna-vnb-gt-gtr-1-super-ts-1-150-vba-vbb-t4-gl-sprint-v-1-super-1_50021J00?usrc=electronic%20ignition

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Bob's your uncle*


*May result in more dog house

Seriously... one of my favorite places ever is La Buvette Cafe in Omaha.
If I had an ounce of bandwidth for another scoot in the fleet I would buy that beauty and have an afternoon at La Buvette before driving back to tejas with a full belly and a case of their wonderfully curated vino.

Bag checking a running motor is harder than it's usually made out to be. Trust me on this one.

And I'm only talking about run-able. If it were actually running, there's no way they'd take it.

dude you got it there, but getting it back was another story....

Indeed.

That story, along with the accompanying video of the high speed seize has to be one of my favorite transportation stories ever.

It's comforting to know that are people out there who think up this kind of adventure and then go and do it. I could never be satisfied either with conventional fun.

Man… you're going to get me into trouble. Since I'd have no real emotional attachment to the Allstate it wouldn't be a big deal to heavily modify it…

And this guy apparently lives within a mile or three of me.

It's meant to be. Listen to your heart, or the devil inside. Either way is a good time for all

And Dale,
After you get that beauty,
And before you go all hack and slash on it,
A reminder that that little machine is the best!
For some anyway

🤫 Shhhhhhh, just go get it!

I loved every bit of it except the seize.

For those who weren't playing along at the time...

Chandler your videos are the best. I'm not saying that cause I love it when the pipes pop off but they are super informative and honest. You bring a lot to the forum with your experience. Very helpful. How crazy was it when your camera came off your helmet in the road and when it stopped spinning it focused right on you in the distance? Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Rob!

The flying camera incident worked out that way because it's a 360 camera (The Insta360 X3, for those who are curious). It has two lenses and captures the entire sphere of vision. There's a little tiny 1/2" line where it has to stitch the two images together, but you can only see that if it's capturing something up close, like when I record my instruments.

In the editor, I can select anything from a full 180 to zoomed pretty close in, so not quite cheating, but still cheating. There's a new one out that's 8k resolution, so better image quality when zooming. I haven't pulled the trigger on it yet, but probably will if I can ever stop blowing up expensive go-fast parts.

Another...classic...

I don't know how you kept your cool in that video. Mine would've had to be edited for content. It was hard to watch the centerstand fail.

Sometimes, you're just too deflated to have the energy to be properly mad.

Yep.
That's was an overflowing plate of "Ahhhh fuck it."

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? DotD?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/531757189187431/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post

If you don't mind doing a couple engine rebuilds and those are your jam, those are both great deals.

100 sport smallframe, $1500 and willing to bargain. legshield toolbox is a winner, diamond plate on the floor not so much.

https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/mcy/d/san-diego-vespa-100-for-sale/7776489559.html

Emailed! Let's see what happens! I used CM's text from the Vespas that left the house thread

Whatever I said, you probably shouldn't have taken it seriously, much less repeated it.