Modern Vespa

What? Who doesn't want a 200 pound jukebox on their legshield?

Those are a huge pair of tits.

It's so close to me too! Bit outta my price range for a display bike though lol

I saw this today in a department store in Bangkok. It's a display in front of a clothing store. You can almost feel the suffering it's living through being stuck there like that. It's f@cking shameful.

The reverse mudguard, the poor floor...

but the paint & wheels look nice.

Is that the seat hinge?

Yes, indeed, sir. The mudguard installation is spectacular, is it not?

I should have called the police and reported it as a crime.

the centerstand can double as a road grader on a gravel driveway

I never have even thought that you could actually install the mudguard backwards. This is definitely a crime against scooterism.

If you think that mudguard is bad, just imagine the builder's Ikea furniture.

I don't think it's really installed as it's not bolted in anywhere. It's just hanging there backwards. I think the person couldn't get the nuts and bolts lined up (I wonder why 😛) and just left it as is. It reminds me of mountain bikes at Walmart with the forks installed backwards.

If not bolted I'm pretty sure you can by jiggling it a little bit twist it the the right position.

This is a perfect example why you should not sit on the scoot while on the center stand This is exaggerated because of the thick thing under the pegs but still !

That mudguard will never be bolted in until it's turned around the right way. All they have to do is take the front wheel off and rotate it around. Somehow that escaped their thinking. I'm guessing the floor is significantly bent from from all the fat fuckjers sitting on it to have their photos taken.

Yes, I agree.

Someone owned a Lambretta in the past & though that was how it should look?

Theres an auction coming up in French Lick Indiana. This 1965 model is in it. I will be monitoring to see if the price exceeds $3000.
Funny thing, there are some awesome cars and motorcycles in this collection.
https://www.proxibid.com/Freije-Freije-Auctioneers/ANNUAL-SPRING-BIG-BOY-TOY-AUCTION-DAY-2-RING-2/event-catalog/275784

Let us know...

What's crazy is how no two lines on that bike align with each other. It has the design aesthetic of a pile of sticks. And yet some fool is probably going to lay out some bag for it.

And that's better we even get into full Bodgespotting Mode.

OMG some poor guy shelled out 3 grand

+ tax !
4000$
Bargain

Imagine the 'winner' now getting excited about classic Vespas and now digging in deeper to learn more about his new pride and joy... And the slowly dawning realization of just what he's 'won'

It really does suck, I actually bid $10, but i heard it had a decent motor.
I did win this MG Midget at that same auction.

Very nice

cha ching.......

It doesn't even have the correct color stand boots....

I've got to admit, it's pretty.

https://victoria.craigslist.org/mcy/d/victoria-1965-vespa-vbb-project/7850961542.html

An I a bodge creator it a sinner?

Chap I knew once delivered me a rotten 150 SuperSprint and a box of parts he purchased from the likes of SSC and Scoot--

I dutifully had the frame repaired with relevant metal and had it painted the colour of his New car. Rebuilt the T5 motor and used all new fixings/rubbers etc as supplied. I won't say there wasn't some amount of rework necessary to the parts and some were just plain binned.

Post nut and bolt restoration he took it home 80 miles away, took it to a scooter specialist for MOT and the Insoector asked him why he had spent his money on a Vietbodge.. it's still rolling around today to the best of my knowledge

Thoughts??

Yeah, I'm not so sure about that one. Aside from the 10" chrome wheels and the panel flash, to my eyes it doesn't tick the boxes .

I see lots of rust, plus the bodgy 10" wheels. If not Vietnamese, maybe Indonesian, Indian or Paki origins?? Surely it needs to be checked from up close...

Defo none of that tat++

Funniest post... EVER since [redacted] were disemboweled (yes, it was possibly an intrentional mistake)

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1681468829396069/

^^^ A very safe Vespa in its current environment.

Price Drop !!! Save 30%!!!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/375634328165?

Now this is a bodge... and it's not even an old skool scooter

https://ebay.us/m/U3J6lS

Hmm, I'd just consider this a not so good restore. What makes it a bodge?

I tend to agree it's just a bad resto. No self-respecting bodge would have that bad a respray.

To me what makes it not a restoration but a bodge is the whole execution.

Wrong toolbox
tail light incorrect
wrong speedo
Wrong Horncast
Mashed electrics
Badges
Paint that looks like it's done with a brush

Read the description for the other things wrong.

It's wrong just plain wrong to even consider this in tbe category of a resto IMHO But I will defer to the opinion of those more knowledgeable than I in this categorisation

That's a P made to look older with some really bad repro parts on it…