Modern Vespa

Early morning road trip and You'll have a new Vespa by dinner!

HA! No, I'm taking a Rally 200 on the 5. I have 2 kids and I don't want them to be orphans. My rally was brought down from the Bay by a lovely MV member during covid, I wonder if he's still around on the board?

Stella deals: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1217879865992445
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/554660823878872
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/573782758381675

Oh man thats close lol

Man...it's really hard to not jump on both of those 2t's...

He just got back to me. I don't know anything about the 2013 4T model, but the 2T ones are what I would be interested in. I really wasn't keen on acquiring another Stella, but needing an electric start scoot kinda narrows the field. There are a few PX150s about, but the prices on those are on the steep side because they are so "rare".

You should be in full on "shut up and take my money" mode for that 2t Stella at that price in your backyard.

Yeah, he's got people ahead of me. He did tell me they are mostly interested in the one with the side car. So we have an appointment for later today.

Very curious how they look in person

Nice prices on the 2Ts, but that cheap 4T is gorgeous and the same color as my Bajaj ex 4T, Too bad you don't have an electric start 2T motor laying around you could toss in it.

GOOD LUCK on the bargain priced 2Ts, looks like you are after the blue one. Does it have electric start?

I would think it does. If it doesn't it's not much good to me. I think the side car rig is spoken for,

Guy before me scarfed up the sidecar rig and the blue one Both 2t. The 4T is still up for grabs, but from what I understand, it is a bit of an orphan, Not a bad looking scoot, though. The add had been up for three hours before I noticed it and apparently that was too long.

Bummer on missing out, Tierney. While there have been rumblings of SIP getting production going for some of the unobtanium bits of the 4t motors, I don't know if that ever actually happened.

And while it looks like a P, the 4t is actually a frame with a body shell on it, so no motor swap options that would've involve maybe-impossible amounts of welding & fabrication to fit a 2t motor.

The seller informed me that he was contacted within 5 minutes of the add going up by the future buyer. I don't hover over FB, so my chances were slim anyway. There is a guy on here that posted that a Stella 4T to 2T swap is possible, but did not go into too many details. Of course, just about anything can be done with enough time or money. I don't have a problem with the scoot being 4T as it's still a manual shift, but it seems this engine wasn't around all that long, so if any trouble happens and no parts are available, it just becomes a useless hunk of metal. 2Ts are more fun anyway.

1979 Vespa p200e

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/407601419057374/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

What's the headlight on that?!?!
Anyone have a link?

Looks like average chinesium one

https://www.amazon.com/Headlights-Headlamps-Projector-Compatible-Wrangler/dp/B095KCKFPC

A small tangent here, did you notice that this thread is close to a million views? Probably one of most used on the forum if not first. If we were on uTube do you think some of our frequent posters could be getting nice steady "content creator" checks?

We just need a way to 'persuade' Jess

A million views...per week...with multiple craptastic commercials for things that no one actually buys...and still no content creator checks...

Now that the creators are locked in (and where would they go, if not YT?), YouTube has been turning off the money spigots and keeping all that revenue for themselves.

The term is "enshittification."

Wow. Almost 1 million views. We are some sick bastards.

I hadn't ever noticed that!
Posted on the GD to see if some other thread is close to that number...
Most Viewed Thread on MV

Jess will be able to sort out the answer to that quickly.

Yes, I suspect you are right.

I have access to site statistics through the moderation interface, but I didn't see a stat for post view counts. It may well be there and I just overlooked it.

Handlebar project for $1,200 . Seems pretty complete, but I don't know them well enough to say for sure.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1036027448011379

Not sure how common these are, but gotta be worth something for just the badge alone. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1627229907871428/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Aa1c08dcd-033a-4106-9b8e-578c560bcf58

^^^
Wow that's a cool artifact.

That is gonna take a loft of love to get right - even mechanically. Not sure if it's the shadow or paint, but that legshield look jacked.

Hi, I'm wondering if my project side hack tub ever came through these parts. Pictures in my threads. Was an original vb1t with that side car. Had it all mocked up to fit a veloce in it. IIRC I have the guy everything I had for scoots. Divorce is a nasty thing to survive

Allstate 125 $2350

https://sacramento.craigslist.org/mcy/d/auburn-1965-sears-allstate-vespa/7800759417.html

I just emailed an ad for a free "mini bike" looks too good to be true.
Lucky I have a burner phone just for this hobby. I've got screenshots so.. if it's a scam everyone has already seen it. In 24 hrs I'll post a link. Not a scooter or moped, but right up my alley for now.

just do a google image search for one of the images. Scams usually grab an image from somewhere and the search will find it and then you'll know.

None of my emails to the ad would go through.

Off-Season Special

https://fresno.craigslist.org/mcy/d/fresno-worth-trip-to-fresno/7802507377.html

The full story on this scooter is at Rebuilding Red Rover, 1977 P200

66 Small frame project. parts are missing, of course, but the MM tail light is there. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1349551943092747

More scammers

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3781160955535671/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ab556a468-0f81-42ad-a472-233c98cb10a9


Bordering on deal...

2800
late model PX
tasteful upgrades
titled

... take a couple hundy off the ask and you have a great deal.

Too far from me, but not a bad deal if it was priced at $2500. Around here, they are asking $3500 for a scoot like that.

Already sold, someone may have bought it just for the tail light and will sell the rest off.

Far northern Maine will be a challenge for most, but otherwise looks like a pretty decent deal.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1208402353197776/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ae8f68a8f-005a-4fe8-91d3-e41d4a69ddaa

"Had it up to 60mph, tires too small to go faster"

lol….

Yeah, it wasn't the tires that were too small. And 60 on the speedo isn't really 60 either. In any event, I missed it before but I see now the ad has been up for a year. Probably long gone by now.