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Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:11:51 +0000 quote
chandlerman wrote:
Talk to CM2. He'll build you one if you ask nicely.
Make it a double. My kids won't stop asking me to get one!
Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:24:22 +0000

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Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:24:22 +0000 quote
for the kids you don't want a leaning sidecar, better to be able to pick them up in the air.
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Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:51:53 +0000 quote
Howdy All,

It's been a crazy busy summer for me, so I've been out of the loop for a while. I hope you all are enjoying your summer thus far. This popped up not to far from me. What do you think?



https://topeka.craigslist.org/atq/d/topeka-vespa-150-piaggio-scooter/7651753610.html

Hec
Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:32:49 +0000

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Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:32:49 +0000 quote
If it wasn't apparently from Viet Nam, 1900 would still be way too high for non running & and title not mentioned. But the apparently MANDATORY glovebox & 10" conversion plus the giveaway chrome collar on on top of the fork tube, and lots of other obvious clues... an easy pass for me here unless it was close by and easy to inspect AND that body is REALLY as good as it looks. But that crapshoot motor is apart for a reason and it's likely not worth fixing, so price is STILL too high for me.

Interesting looking paint though, but I have to wonder what's under it. I bought something similar but not from Viet Nam, plus with a whole lot more new parts for a whole lot less money. Keep looking, they're out there just getting harder to find and prices for even nonrunning good ones are going up.
Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:00:30 +0000

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Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:00:30 +0000 quote
Looks like Bondo on bad metal to me



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Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:20:05 +0000 quote
Hec In Omaha wrote:
Howdy All,

It's been a crazy busy summer for me, so I've been out of the loop for a while. I hope you all are enjoying your summer thus far. This popped up not to far from me. What do you think?



https://topeka.craigslist.org/atq/d/topeka-vespa-150-piaggio-scooter/7651753610.html

Hec
hot garbage. don't let somebody else's problem become yours for a bunch of money that's better spent else where.

how's the P coming along?
Tue, 08 Aug 2023 04:45:54 +0000

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Tue, 08 Aug 2023 05:28:19 +0000 quote


The run in sticker that was added after that ghastly green paint is the ONLY thing that says DanMotors to me, the rest all screams Viet Nam. I'll just quote myself: "... the apparently MANDATORY glovebox & 10" conversion plus the giveaway chrome collar on on top of the fork tube, and lots of other obvious clues...". Maybe they know Viet Nam bikes have bad reputation and have come up with this little scam?

But this says 'Made in Italy' so who really knows? Regardless, $4000.00?

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:11:52 +0000

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Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:11:52 +0000 quote
Is there even any metal in that thing, or is it 100% bondo at this point?

The way the center seam fades away as it heads under the PX floormat doesn't bother me at all. Nope. No, sir...totally normal, that...
Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:42:06 +0000

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Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:42:06 +0000 quote
chandlerman wrote:
Is there even any metal in that thing, or is it 100% bondo at this point?

The way the center seam fades away as it heads under the PX floormat doesn't bother me at all. Nope. No, sir...totally normal, that...
Chuckled…

And it's literally cracked everywhere, the bondo just couldn't take sitting around for that long
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Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:17:31 +0000

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Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:54:44 +0000 quote
Monstrosity mate…

How does it even get into a state like that?
Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:47:27 +0000

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Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:47:27 +0000 quote
108 wrote:
How does it even get into a state like that?
I guess it's time for The Talk...

Sometimes, when the back of a VBB loves the front of a VBA very, very much, they share a special hug with their friend PX in the middle, usually after too many shots of welding stick. When that happens, if they roll around in bondo, cheap chrome, and lies, that's when a bodge is made.
Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:04:12 +0000

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Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:04:12 +0000 quote
So inhumane…

Why unleash such thing into the world??
Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:49:38 +0000

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Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:49:38 +0000 quote
Yeah, I don't understand why they deleted the glove box.
Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:07:46 +0000

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Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:07:46 +0000 quote
I think it would be fun to throw together a Frankenstein bike with whatever was on hand and make it look mint. No reason it couldn't be a solid running bike with correct welding and metal work.

Seen some great bitsa bikes on this forum, but these bodges are nothing like that. Poorly done, unsafe and passed off as something they are not for stupid money. Glad I never bought one. I wouldn't have known better unless I had spotted poor metal work and body filler.
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 02:16:19 +0000

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Thu, 07 Sep 2023 02:16:19 +0000 quote
Maybe like this one? This fine Vespa appears to be in such excellent condition & kept so immaculately clean!


needs a SECOND moon cap up front!


I had to share, apparently a rare 1963 model I wasn't familiar with and only $6300 .

https://spokane.craigslist.org/mcd/d/coeur-alene-1963-piaggio-vespa/7655227508.html
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 03:41:40 +0000

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Thu, 07 Sep 2023 03:41:40 +0000 quote
Wtf is with the heinous janky springs they're putting under the seats on these things?! Did they pull them out of a sofa?
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:29:45 +0000

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Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:29:45 +0000 quote
"original pastel blue paint"
"signature round headlamp"
"great care taken to preserve its original allure"
"saddle seat with white piping"

somehow, they forgot to mention the iconic yellow boots

I sent them this : https://vespavirgin.com/how-to-tell-if-a-vespa-is-from-vietnam-22-ways-to-know-for-sure/
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:51:16 +0000

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Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:51:16 +0000 quote
Moto64 wrote:
"original pastel blue paint"
"signature round headlamp"
"great care taken to preserve its original allure"
"saddle seat with white piping"

somehow, they forgot to mention the iconic yellow boots

I sent them this : https://vespavirgin.com/how-to-tell-if-a-vespa-is-from-vietnam-22-ways-to-know-for-sure/
From the ancient Roman roads, to the Ho-Chi-Min trail, Vespas, which means wasp in Italian, have been everywhere…except for this one since it only has 35 original miles on it.
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 05:32:13 +0000

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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 05:32:13 +0000 quote
1962 Vespa in excellent condition.

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/rds/mcy/d/surrey-upper-west-1962-vespa/7661133003.html



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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:09:06 +0000 quote
Someone has a shipping container (now storage locker) full of bodge VBB's with sidecars out near Tierney...

Remember this one?

https://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/mcy/d/hendersonville-1960-vespa-with-sidecar/7654575623.html

Well, it's got a red twin:

https://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/mcy/d/hendersonville-1960-fully-restored/7655370674.html


Bodgetastic!

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:56:21 +0000

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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:56:21 +0000 quote
And only at $19,900. Save your pennies, kids and you can get one of these someday.
OP
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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:01:30 +0000 quote
chandlerman wrote:
Someone has a shipping container (now storage locker) full of bodge VBB's with sidecars out near Tierney...

Remember this one?

https://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/mcy/d/hendersonville-1960-vespa-with-sidecar/7654575623.html

Well, it's got a red twin:

https://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/mcy/d/hendersonville-1960-fully-restored/7655370674.html
Sounds like someone with big ideas thought they'd get into the import business without knowing jack shit about Vespas.
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:19:23 +0000

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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:19:23 +0000 quote
jess wrote:
Sounds like someone with big ideas thought they'd get into the import business without knowing jack shit about Vespas.
But it's "perfectly restored"!!!
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:43:40 +0000

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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:43:40 +0000 quote
at first look I don't think this is a bodge. 10" wheels and two tone sure but everything about the body looks correct from the one photo.
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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:46:47 +0000 quote
$20k for a bodge?? Someone's been heavily smoking the hookah…
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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:16:13 +0000 quote
SaFiS wrote:
$20k for a bodge?? Someone's been heavily smoking the hookah…
Yeah, But " All Metal Restoration with No Fillers."
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:49:36 +0000

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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:49:36 +0000 quote
oopsclunkthud wrote:
at first look I don't think this is a bodge. 10" wheels and two tone sure but everything about the body looks correct from the one photo.
I don't think that's a roundtail rear end, but that could just be the model year being off by one. Agree that it's hard to say from the one picture.
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:58:42 +0000

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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:58:42 +0000 quote
The VIN they listed is suspect. It has a P-series tunnel cover. Glovebox? Wrong floor rails, key under the seat.

There's more to that "hack" than a sidecar.
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:25:36 +0000

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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:25:36 +0000 quote
chandlerman wrote:
I don't think that's a roundtail rear end, but that could just be the model year being off by one. Agree that it's hard to say from the one picture.
Was that continuous FB trim available outside of SAE ? In fact, was it possible to buy all the typical bodge trim ? Could you have built a replica here ?

*Redacted* ?
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Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:55:24 +0000 quote
Do you think this is a bodge?
Claims to be brought over from Italy 30 years ago. Is the red piaggio badge a sign?


Bodge?

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 23:11:20 +0000

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Sun, 10 Sep 2023 23:11:20 +0000 quote
Moto64 wrote:
Was that continuous FB trim available outside of SAE ? In fact, was it possible to buy all the typical bodge trim ? Could you have built a replica here ?

*Redacted* ?
the full wrap SS trim is floating around out there *somewhere* because I've seen it pop up on a few legit bikes.

but if somebody was being cheeky and building a bodge replica here, they've certainly nailed it.

mudflap on the front fender, exhaust stub, SEA seats, chrome grab rail, floor mat, glovebox lock, chrome gas cap. tube on the spare is installed wrong...
Sun, 10 Sep 2023 23:18:25 +0000

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Sun, 10 Sep 2023 23:18:25 +0000 quote
dsmith181 wrote:
Do you think this is a bodge?
Claims to be brought over from Italy 30 years ago. Is the red piaggio badge a sign?
at first blush, I'd say no. maybe a crappy Italian resto.

those bars are typically found on P series. the wrong grips are forgivable. the kickstart looks funky. chrome fan shroud is odd... as is that headlight rim. that mirror mount is weird, but whatever. the red badge I've seen on indo bikes, but those are all over e-bay too.

without more pix it's hard to say. but given it's euro headset there's hope.

ETA:looping back after looking at this on the big screen... px center mat is super sus. and the brake pedal looks wacky AF.

I'd want to see some paperwork, provenance, or something. numbers would probably tell the tale, too. in person it'd likely be obvious if anything was afoot.

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Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:08:22 +0000 quote
dsmith181 wrote:
Do you think this is a bodge?
Claims to be brought over from Italy 30 years ago. Is the red piaggio badge a sign?
I don't like the PX center mat on there.....
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:37:56 +0000

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Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:37:56 +0000 quote
jess wrote:
Sounds like someone with big ideas thought they'd get into the import business without knowing jack shit about Vespas.
There were many didn't know jack shit customers.
I was there during the early to late Balibodge era. A 20' container could hold 10 or so scoots.
There was a dedicated guy, maybe paid in little more than food, whose job was to hammer things straight. Axles to cotter pins. Nothing was wasted.

Painted bright and shiny, cheap add-ons from India, then filled into a container. Saw this repeated many times.
I could smell the epoxy across the street.



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Molto Verboso
'64 Motovespa 150S (177) , '66 Allstate SF, '65 VBB, '66 180SS
Joined: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:39:40 +0000
Posts: 1668
Location: S.Salem, NY
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:01:13 +0000 quote
greasy125 wrote:
tube on the spare is installed wrong...
What an eye !
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:04:24 +0000

Hooked
1965 Allstate, 1979 Rally 200
Joined: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:24:57 +0000
Posts: 136
Location: Philadelphia, Pa
 
Hooked
1965 Allstate, 1979 Rally 200
Joined: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:24:57 +0000
Posts: 136
Location: Philadelphia, Pa
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:04:24 +0000 quote
dsmith181 wrote:
Do you think this is a bodge?
Claims to be brought over from Italy 30 years ago. Is the red piaggio badge a sign?
Leaning more toward a bodge?
Does anyone have any info on this red piaggio badge? Was that ever a stock emblem?





Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:06:00 +0000

Not So Moderator
VNB VSC 09C VMA VSX - vbc vmb
Joined: Wed, 28 May 2008 17:31:07 +0000
Posts: 7296
Location: Hustletown, TX
 
Not So Moderator
VNB VSC 09C VMA VSX - vbc vmb
Joined: Wed, 28 May 2008 17:31:07 +0000
Posts: 7296
Location: Hustletown, TX
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:06:00 +0000 quote
I swear that is the infamous "sandle chock" vespa. Too bad the old pics are gone.

The Bodge of Bodges.
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