Modern Vespa

Lammy auto conversions aren't that uncommon. Iv seen a few. Some home made with some very nice engineering. Some done by lambretta inovations in UK. Who, do a really nice disc set up by the way. The paint work and such is what puts me off on this particular one

Looks like something Elvis would have owned.

So, it's my first post and recently my first "real" scoot ('03 Stella), though some of you may disagree, but even I'm offended by this one.

Notice the GY6 style head poking out of a hole cut in the frame and the two-sided fork poorly hidden under the front fender. Chinese gy6 vespa. I bet it has antilock brakes.

http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/3844446085.html

"This is a completely updated 1959 Piaggio. It has all new mechanicals which came from a 2008 scooter. The body is original and has been clear-coated to preserve the original patina . It runs and drives great. I'm asking $1200 or best offer. Thanks Dave"




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Saw that earlier today....dont even know what to say...

"The body is original and has been clear-coated to preserve the original patina ."

Yes, because original includes a quilt looking glove box.

Isnt a bodge, sorry! But 'for spares or brave restoration'

seriously is this even able to be restored in any way?
Correct me if I am wrong, but I see nothing salvageable here, other than for reference
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Douglas-Vespa-for-spares-or-brave-restoration-/271217738046?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3f25d6413e

Would make an awesome anchor.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VESPA-SUPER-VBC-1966s-RESTORED-FREE-SHIPPING-/261225830045?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3cd245d69d


Something here spells bodge. Alarm bells ringing where I see it says free shipping then list various countries they ship to!

BodgeTastic

Well, it does say



Item location:
Ho Chi Minh, SaiGon, Vietnam

I live in Bangkok and yeah, there are plenty of bodges here. The thing is the people who work on these scooters in Asia really have no concept of how dangerous they can be as everyone rides them in a knackered state. Vespa mechanics and parts are easy to come by and are cheap so its easy to get them fixed etc.
The really worrying thing is when arseholes in England and the States who DO understand that they are selling pieces of shit to unsuspecting customers are getting away with it. It's so crooked and it blows my mind that it's not illegal.

THEY'RE NOT SELLING WHAT THEY SAY THE'RE SELLING!!!!!!!!! Jeez!!!

Looks like it's built onto a Honda Metropolitan.

I cried.

Bodge!
In Australia

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com.au/viewitem?index=0&sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=130919891147

unbelievable!
Cant believe people would lie like this, and think that buyers would be none the wiser..


'This is a totally restored Vespa from Melbourne family business " PlanetVespa" .Being 6"1 I find the scooter is way too small for me and have moved on to a bigger scooter. The scooter has 4 gears and kick start ....fun to ride and a real head turner!!!'

that was a quote from the add

Two minutes later I find planet vespa, and too much surprise..

http://planetvespa.net/ the rest of the site.

I like how "Planet Vespa" uses the Lambretta typeface in their logo.

Spot the bodge.



And the next, and the next, and the..........

Only loos like the blue/white one so far.. somebody STOP HIM!


And there's the Happy customer.. just waiting to get it back home and sell it! Completely restored, Original Paint, etc etc etc etc.

Found it on facebook. One comment was "Well there he is... the mysterious Aussie who oversaw the resto."

That picture makes me so sad. So many Lammies ruined.

I don't see them as ruined.

Some white dude from England figures out how to take piled up junkers and turn them into shopping kart items for people to clicky on.

What happens to them at that stage is not ruined just more like coated with shiney things and somewhat rebuilt motors and new cables.

The whole battle I wage is why would someone from the states buy one when you can get another bike right here in the lower 48.

If I lived over there I would be friends with the guy working on that so I could hobble my own ride together.

I don't think that's a battle you're waging, but rather a question you're asking!

Just sayin' there Peanut.

Negative sarge.

I've been sayin over and over to people from the states

"why add a scooter to the shopping kart when you can find one here".

Hi,
$7500 Bodge in Australia again
Fabio
http://www.bikesales.com.au/private/details/vespa-150-super-1966-13667558?__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32%7c1%7c%7cpCar_Price_Decimal%7c1%7c%7cpCar_Make_String%7c0%7c%7cpCar_Model_String%7c0&__N=1432%201429%201428%204294967090

If only they'd use their powers for niceness instead of evil.

FAT BOY!!!!

http://scootissimo.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=55[/img]

Damn, I do like the look of that, it's still on 8s too.
(please forgive me, for I have sinned)

I KNEW you'd like that! You've got enough stuff.. make FAT BETTY!, BIG BERTHA, OR LARGE MARGE... big ol' fat voodoo queen!

Don't want, just like! Kinda like that, maybe that nasty old widebody needs to emerge if I can find enuff pieces, along with that nice garage sale LML motor I got. Hmmm.. ELECTRIC START rattyrusty WIDEBODY ???

Damn Voodoo!
That's a cool find... that rear tire cracks me up!

This 4.00 X 8 tire?

Pretty sure it's staying, just gonna be a putt putt around machine I think. Oh shit, NO 10" LML 'lectric start motor then! Original partial motor is frozen toast.

Excuse the blatant jack but I guess it will be a bodge. You have been warned. Do NOT purchase this deathtrap on rotted tires if offered FOR SALE

Looks like it giving birth in that pic haha idn its late haha

Nam Poo me thinks.....and yours for only $8,499 plus shipping!
http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/mcy/3812699673.html

I don't see any Namy parts there. Looks like older resto but nothing to indicate bodge. Glove box doesn't belong but many were added back in the day.

Maybe we need a bunch of side by side pictures of Nam chrome and Italian chrome.

Seems like the armchair bodgespotters call anything with lots of accessories a bodge, whether it is or not.

I agree.. so many people are too quick to slap a BODGE label on anything with double leg shield trim, horn embellisher etc etc etc... They have no idea of all the cool, Original accessories that were available... and how cool they really were when done right... if it's got a spare tire rack they say BODGE, if it's got a mudguard protector/trim BODGE... it's a drag, as i've seen some really really nice bikes with lots of accessories.. Original accessories... and heard BODGE BODGE BODGE over and over... but it's just ignorance speaking... I'd hope the owners Consider the Source when they hear it.

Ok may have been a bit quick to label this as a nammer without closer inspection but it just looks too eerily similar to one I saw up close a few years back which I know for a fact was a bodge and just so happened to have the added glovebox, trim around tool box door, indian locks and switches, stainless pipe, chrome stand, bolts instead of studs and nuts on engine case etc.... just my 2cents.

I don't know about the Lambretta.. but Original accessories can be awesome.. and people who don't know just think BODGE.. it's the patchwork welds, the P centermats on VBBs and Supers, the gloveboxes, and the coke can shims that make 'em bodges.. not the accessories.. not the double leg shield trim... and not even the yellow booties!

I love seeing the old catalogues.

Yeah me too. Love that st Christopher badge the most