Modern Vespa

http://www.twowheelsblog.com/galleria/lambretta-pato-125n-eicma-2009-01

talk amongst yourselves.

at least the hubs are metal.

actually, they are a space age plastic painted "metal color".

ucking fugly

i am with jeremy. i saw them and thought "soulless copy".

jeremy, did you get that blizzard they were talking about on the news this morning?

Hey, who cares if there is some plastic? I can dig it.


Wait? What were we talking about again?

If it came as a 2t 50cc with an Italian lump, it could be good fun.

I think they look pretty good for a modern (retro)version of a classic. Kind of like the new camero or pt cruiser.
I know this is a Vespa board but I think the lambretta looks better.

My wife hopes for 10 inches every night. Tonight might be one of the few nights she actually gets them.

Schools are letting out early and we're forecasted to get snow in the double digit inch range.

Not really scooter weather.

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http://www.instantrimshot.com/

dont go changin'. next show 10:30. try the veal.

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Jeez... When I first read the linky, I thought it said instant-trim-shot. I gotta get my mind out of the gutter.

Ohh, on the lammy: Nope

I rode in to work today on the Stella (with snow tires). Getting home is probably going to take a while.

-Tom in WI

be careful.

he only lives 1 mile from work,

I'd love to have a ratty old P with snow tires to fart around on in the winter.

Last year, I got our Honda Metro out in the snow. The tires are equivalent to Zippy 1's so the only thing I could really do was try and keep it from falling over.

Tom, what are the brand / model of the snow tires?

iirc, tom has the original conti zippy 3s on his.

its as good looking as a gtv gts et lx s ..................... well you get my point

I don't hate it...any more than I don't hate my GT200--except that this one is all plastic--that blows. But neither will ever get the respect I give my smallstate or any other vintage scoot for that matter.

todd, how is your smallstate, man? that was a nice find. you should bring it down to the motor city shakedown next summer.

I actually don't hate the looks. Yeah, it's new, non-shifting, blah, blah, blah. But so is my GTS.

Lambretta Pato! Pato that´s Spanish for duck.
Maybe they can rename it the Lambretta Canard for the Spanish market.

Whose got that cartoon horse picture that says.

No sir I don´t like it!

The smallstate's doing OK--but I need more speed. My winter project is to upgrade to a 19/19 carb and a sito banana pipe (the original exhaust has a ton of holes in it). I'm hoping that will give it some oomph! After that, if it's still laggy, I guess I'll crack it open. I definitely plan on bringing it down for the Shakedown this coming summer--that way you can ride it around and tell me what you think I need to do next. One thing I'm really on the fence about is whether to sandblast/restore/respray, or keep it original? It's actually not that bad looking and once I paint it, it'll never be original again. Either way, I'm not touching the paint or scratches or dents until she's running like a SOB!

Here's a pic with the new seat:

keep the paint original. a 19/19 and an et3 banana pipe is a great way to go. she is looking great, by the way. the seat looks good.

I actually think it LOOKS fine. Its appearance is a fairly appealing modern rendition of that classic look IMHO. That said, the engine looks totally cheap from the limited viewing angle provided in the pics, and I think it deserves a metal body like modern Vespas to do the name justice.

Looks like something Pixar would come up with if they needed a Lambretta in one of their animations.

yes!

Someone else posted those pics a month ago. Personally I really like the looks and think it really pays homage to Lambretta. If it looked like that AND had high build quality you couldn't go wrong. It really looks like a modern Lammy.



BTW- Why does it have a Modern Vespa bag hook?

So who is going to start the Modern Lammy website?

The modern lam reminds me of the GTS I used to own. They have successfully duplicated the cosmetics of the body shape but you can tell it's a twist and go underneath the plastic covers. I guess if I was in the market for a modern scoot and there were no vintage bikes to speak of (thankfully that is not the case) I would buy it.

I like it a lot, goes back to the orig Lamby look. Plus you wont have to push start this one like a normal Lamby.

I wonder if the crash bars are gong to be plastic. Smack a GTS motor in and that would be the fastest plastic scoot ever.

Since its not Servetta is it a Chinetta?

just wrong.

i think it looks more like a cento than a regular lambretta. and i wish that it was metal. also,the back end does not look all that bad to me but the legshield is just wrong to the eye. and they should have put a 200cc engine in it.