Modern Vespa

Sorry... this deserved it's own post...






Whagga hell?



Comes with a free sandal-chock!

WOW!!!!!!

Those indicators look bizarro.

That chet is ugly!

does it have a floor mat on top of floor rails!!?

Wow, what did they do to that side cowl? Those vents are bizarre. Strangely I almost kinda like them though.

And what in the world is going on under that seat and package tray?

that's what happens when you take a VBB (probably bajaj) frame and chop the tail end to make it look like a widebody. They you mount fake widebody seats on it.

FYI. Vents there, on a normal motor are completely pointless, since the air intake into the carb is sealed from the engine compartment using the air bellows. Especially the vents in the back. You can see where they covered over the regular cowl vents with bondo instead of steel. classy.

Ahh, yeah that makes sense. If they were done better, the LOOK could have been kinda interesting for a custom. But like you said, you can still see where the stock vents used to be.

the ripped off the vent idea from the new 4 stroke stella, that actually has an air intake there.

It's meant to be a copy of a V98 prototype.

i stand corrected.

6lb 7oz baby jesus weeps as a choir of angles sings skinner...

also, i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

*ugh*

-g

It seems all the bodgers take their scoots to the very same place to photograph them.

ohhh my god that is fucking awsome ... i love it and i is no kidding shame its so badly put together or id send me cheque now no shit

matt green .. bare bars ..... lots of bare fixings i want one .. but a good one

I posted under bodgespotting about this guy. I was actually able to find a portion of the shipping manifest where he ordered them from Vietnam.

What are the pop rivets for? decoration or to hold shit together?

I agree with bitsa. I know it's shit, but it looks sweet.

All it needs is a recoiless rifle to carry those important documents

I know I shouldn't, and this makes me a really bad person, but I rather like it

I dunno...
Assuming that this is a low cost customization to someone's beat-up personal ride,
I think it has elements of greatness

Personally, I would have left off all of the Vespa insignias,
the chrome at the bottom of the horn cover,
and absolutely the tacky plastic floor mat

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Bodge. It's not a low cost customization, it's a low cost deathtrap.

Yes, it's more interesting than the regular 2-tone crap and some folks may get racooned by the chrome/style - finding it pretty and shiny, but it's still a bodge. A fucknugget travesty of the highest order. Just cause they picked a cool color doesn't make it any less suspect the way I do math.

look up a photo of a V98 prototype, the screws on the panels will make sense

Yeah, you're right--totally

I didn't catch that someone was trying to sell it off to third parties
I thought that was just a pic of what some amateur did to their own scooter

thats no amateur ......... thats some vietnamese craftmanship right there

The original was wayyyy more tasteful:

I think that this thread hits on an important facet of bodges- to the untrained eye they look great. If I didn't know anything about Vespas, it would be easy to think that this thing is an awesome looking scooter, because it does look awesome right until the point that you compare it to what a Vespa of that vintage should look like. If someone bought an old Allstate and modified it to give it the same look as this scooter, it would be fine. I would be the first to say that it is the owner's prerogative to modify to their heart's content and fly their freak flag high. However, this scooter was shipped from Vietnam and is now being sold for $4500!
I wouldn't even ride on this thing- I can't tell if the fork is messed up or if it is just the fender, but the front end doesn't look right to me.

I think that is why there is a flip flop involved there......

Correction... Sandle-Chock. 8)

Thanks Mike Z & Turtle GT re: V98

Also, the headlight looks crooked and the indicators have been stolen from my old 1986 Hyundai.

HEHEHEH = all of Saigon has the same damm tiles on sidewalk... plus all the bodge shops for the most part inhabit one or two blocks in the city ~ so me thinks they all use the same park to take pics ..

i wonder if they include the sandal in the sale so you can keep your scoot upright when parked?

still loving that ..........

........... wondered who would have a look for the daftest title now that bodge has been changed to farmers

Has anyone actually been killed or hurt riding these things or are they just called death traps because of the shady welding?

I know a guy who crashed because the front end was so badly welded together that the bike was SUPER unstable. So, yes people do get hurt on them.

This thread is old as dirt, but I have to say the new title is so much more fitting..

"Sandle-Chock" That pic stil makes me laugh like teenager huffing whippets.

Could it be an attempt to do a VietCong retro look?

I likes it!

Im also on the list of few that like the look of this scoot...the mechanics and quality is a different story though.