Modern Vespa

I made my decesion and I had to keep the smallframe. I have a lot of my own personal time in it and I just love the thing. The VBB was sold to another forum member so if we wants to talk about it he can but I won't.

I just got done ordering new tires and tubes for it. The rims on it are pretty new so I am going to have them powder-coated black. I even ordered a legshield glove box for it so I will have somewhere to put all of my junk.

I am going to kit it early this spring to 130cc but I'm not sure If I will do a 4 speed conversion. What do you guys think? If I did it I would want to find a outer handlebar from a 125 primavera so I could actually have the 4 speed selector visible instead of 3. If I left it a 3 speed I wonder how fast the gearing would allow me to go. I only want to do 45 mph. I plan on doing a full polini exhaust and a 19/19 carb.

It will be a few weeks before all my parts arrive but when they do I will install them and take some pics. I plan on undercoating the frame since it is so clean and I think I'm going to take the floor rails off and Line-X the foot area. Then I will put the rails back on. I don't want a floormat on this bike and I don't want to scratch the shit out of the floor.

This should be a fairly easy project and If I go to Amerivespa I'll probably bring both bikes.

Oh yeah, since it is white like my 300 Super it will also be a theme bike. One comes to mind.

Woohoo! That's a very nice smallframe

Shoot, I was thinking, with that big hand rail on the leg shield you could go this direction with your stickers/stencil:





I kid, I kid...

It's a cool smallie, hope you enjoy the snot out of it.

I gotta admit I don't get theme bikes or the correlation between Adidas and Vespa.

But I am all for people doing their own things to their own bikes. Have fun with it!

don't worry, it will be all cozy and happy next to little brother vnb.

Nice!

Your wife is a saint.

Pretty cool that Vezpa sold it in-house. Good stuff...

Congrats on the new addition Chad.

Not my bag either but could see doing a Grimsted Hurricane or Vjatka tribute.

I'm going to Dead out my P2

Congratulations Chad!

Next thing we need to organize a vintage ride here in Western WI. We might get two bikes out including yours and mine.

Merry Christmas!

-Tom in WI

don't forget arnie!

seriously, though, we need to do something this year. i'm all out ready for 2010. first order of business- get that ratty p200 going.

merry xmas to you too (have a good winter break)!

What was the final selling price? I am trying to sell my wifes VBB1T.

Knowing my record for bike sales Chad is a Lucky Bastard for the price I sold it to him for.


and Jeremy, here is the correlation between Vespa and Adidas.

or

i will concur on the 'lucky bastard' selling price. vezpa kept it in the family, that's for sure

good work chad

i was all for the 4 bolt to begin with

don't get me wrong, i like the smally

but your old scoot says nothing but OG SMOOTHY all over it

happy holidays to all

Jimmy James needs a SMOOTHY

Enjoy your V90

do the 4spd conversion. depending on the type of handle bar that is on there you can use either a rally/super gear change or the p-style one. it's dependent on what switch you've got on there. my 100 sport 3spd with a 19 and a polini pipe would pull 45 on flat ground. it's not so much the gearing as the ratios. 1st us mostly useless, 2nd is wrapped out by the time you're just across the intersection and the 2nd to 3rd jump is huge. expansion chamber like the polini evo or just the polini/leo kidney pipe? 19's are good, or you could spend a little more and get an intake and a 24 mikuni or a 25 dellorto. or wait till later to upgrade.

seriously though, 4spd and electronic ign. are way up on the list.

best,
-greasy

Look at greasy answering all my questions.

My handlebar picture. Looks exactly like my old Rally.

i have the 4spd handle for you-- off my rally 180, with the proper hole for signal switch and everything.

best,
-greasy

I'll take it, just send me a pm but I thought they never put signals on a Rally 180 since they were done in 1973?