Modern Vespa

I think the phrase "bring a trailer" is a very apt one for some of the bodgery we see. Don't take that trailer back to your brother-in-law, it'll come in useful sooner than you think.



This "racist" thing gets a run pretty often by people who have no idea whatsoever.

The ad suggests it doesn't run properly.

https://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/wan/d/waltham-need-1966-vespa-sprint-repair/7721565604.html

Hmmm…Check page 3 of this thread.

This one? Not the same bike. Color orientation of the body is opposite.

Oops.

I thought it looked familiar, too.

funny that they thought they could reverse the two tone and somehow it would be the "anti bodge"

It may be an anti-bodge, but it has to be synced with a positive bodge to have a meaningful effect, and even then, all you get is nothingness.

They must have had paint left over.

That's ok, it will probably peel off on it's own anyway.

Wow. Who remember a bike from 14 years and 112 pages ago ?

I remember the BLACK/RED one

Of course we remember them. This thread is a literal example of the term "Things you Can't Un-See."

Aside from the colors, they all sort of look the same to me. I actually "restored" a metallic yellow/pearl white one for a guy two years ago. What a trip that was.

Oopsoite

I didn't remember that bike, I just randomly found that page. My memory just isn't that good, even for scooters.

Heres one https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/420933853763024/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ae13d0cfd-c806-49c1-84c5-01c554ef2aa0

I don't think so.

https://newlondon.craigslist.org/mcy/d/old-saybrook-1966-vintage-vespa-super/7733138077.html

The ad says it was restored in Viet Nam. But how can we ever know for sure?

Wow, they didn't miss a single thing with this one!

Even yellow boots.

Seeing a glovebox on one of these makes me nervous… not even sure what model that glovebox belongs to…

"replaced her original engine with a brand new Stella" so… original motor not worth rebuilding?

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mcy/d/seattle-1964-vespa/7733194075.html

^^^Nope, nope, nope.

At least, he says it's from Vietnam...

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/mcy/d/ashland-1963-vespa-vbb-imported-from/7735232969.html

Hmmmm... I wonder if we need to set up a rating system (out of 100)
Points deducted is over 100km on speedo.
For bonus points are YELLOW BOOTS.

5 points for the p series brake pedal

Gentlemen Behold!

Vespa 125cc (1966)
$5,500
Listed 5 days ago in Detroit, MI

vespa faro basso in good condition overall , no scratches or dents, Great for cruising around town , definitely an eyecatcher.
Michigan title in hand .

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1128014488442448/?ref=product_details&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks[/url]

It even has the rare factory spec turn signals!

Customer: Give me one of those Vesprettas.
Seller: Cetainly sir, what model or accessories would you like?
Customer: Hmmm... give me one with the lot.


1966, is that what it averages out at?

I'm just going to leave this here, because I can't think of where else it goes and because it makes me angry in exactly the same way that bodges do.

You know what pisses me off the most about that? He didn't do a WOT till it exploded run. I mean, come on already.😠

Also, it sounds like ass.

I'm confident my ass makes better exhaust noise than his setup, especially after eating raisin bran!🤣

It reminds me of a guy i met who built his own aluminum block GM V12 LS engine. I got to look at it first hand in his shop. He was getting it ready to swap into an old 72 Datsun 240Z. He literally was a mad scientist!

I would've liked to have seen that!

I'm only mad about the Indian head gasket dressing slopped all over the place like a damn slob. and not doing a torque sequence on the case halves and cylinders.

I got annoyed literally at the first second by his crappy $15 tach in the opening shot.

The channel is called "let's learn something," but I feel like I mostly learned that just because you *can* do something doesn't mean you *should*.

Still, now I wanna see him build the sort of 20-wheeled crew-served monster scooter that befits a motor like that one.

today, let's learn what we can do with: a lathe, tig welding skills and infinite free time.

it's like all the youtoobs: this is easy I just used [insert wildly expensive specialist tool or skill]. or 4here's how I spent $500 modding my $400 harbor freight cabinet now it's just as good as a skat blast $1200 cabinet (hint: it's not)

although I will say the slicing of the crank case with an angle grinder had me full on "no way guy" but apparently, it worked...

That blew me away pretty seriously, too. And then he didn't add back in a spacer for all the material he removed, just a paper gasket.

I also have some questions about how all those new motors turned into a bunch of completely clapped out old parts during the assembly process, but whatev's.

You know, I get that part. If you've got tools, use them -- this wasn't a how-to video aimed at novice engine bodgers, so I can't really hold his choice of tools against him.

What really bothers me is that at almost every junction -- and even with vaguely appropriate tools in hand -- he chose the Path of the Bodge. He warped the two halves of the "case" by over-welding them, he assembled the crank shaft with fucking set screws, the alignment of the case parts with a big round pin was haphazard at best, and on and on.

I kept throwing up in my mouth a little at every turn.