Modern Vespa

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Got my map case in the mail today.

The President is traveling thru my hood.

I went that way on my way to work!

what

Did ya see the motorcade.

Yeah.. I guess he's in town.. coming to Santa Monica tomorrow for fundraiser.

No silly.....he's in SM today.

When are you gonna be home so I can over put finger prints all over your bikes

I know the feeling bitsa. Its very hard not to look. Its hard cos they are normaly covered head to toe cos or tain and cold. I feel like a dog in heat

I used to live about 6 blocks away from his house in Hyde Park. Those motorcades were a pain in the ass!

Its Robbys birthday today.

Hes our Indo brother that coined the phrase "do not buy vespa from Indo".

Happy happy Robby

B'Day for Robby! Hope it's a good one with good company!

I finished assembling my new fork for the colorful Allstate. I had 'borrowed' a Vespa VNB fork for it from a bike since sold that it was returned to. I like the wheels & brakes on a Super & picked up a complete Super fork. super cheap .

Then I found it wasn't plug n play as I had hoped, wrong stops and maybe some offsets too (no research, stoopid!). So I decided to convert the original Allstate stem to use the Super lower end by welding shock mount tabs on the stem. Pretty much copied my '62 VNB for location. Still need to dress it up a bit, paint & install mud guard. Seems to work so far, I'll see how it rides soon.


The welding is solid, but looks a bit dodgy as I did it in short bursts to avoid overheating the stem.

Awesome T...

There's not a downed plane near by is there? a little deeper in the jungle?

Good work brother.. You gonna add to the patchwork w/ a color or two?

Possibly... gotta be careful not to ruin a beautiful composition ya know.

I was thinking of a nice pale green. Like you used to have on your Super!

Put the front carrier on...



... And almost got ran off the road for the first time.

as always nice weld Terry

many thanks guys! sorry didn't spend much time on MV nowadays
best regards!

Happy birthday Robby!!

Rode around in the sun. Bike was out of commission because there was something being munched behind the flywheel. Pulled the flywheel and found a munched hex nut. All 4 case studs had their nuts. Stator has some dings but the bike is running well. Glad it wasn't something more serious. Damn Gremlins, i tell ya. Someone send me a gremlin bell.

That looks like Vader's molar cavity that got blown into his pipe when he was doing some quirky decoking regimen.

send me a PM with your address and it will be on its way.

Damn, that took some impact to do that! Good thing you didn't shear the woodruff key.

heh heh, when I first read your post I saw "Rode around the sun." & thought WoW, that'd take a while!

Are you sure that isn't a piece of a gremlin bell?

Anyway today (as mentioned elsewhere)?I did not stall or flood my bike once I finally got it set and I can ride like I did any other bike I have owned. Good day for sure

Woke up around 9 a.m. Took the scoot out... Messenger style... Ripping down the alley ways... Made a bank deposit for the jewelry store... Headed to my buddys to work on my wood carving... About another month and he will have a pretty badass statue of an abstract female figure in his backyard... Going to paint it with textured "stone" spraypaint when I am finished... Came back home... Took off my fuel line from the carb... Let it drain in a empty gas can to see if the flow was continuous... Checked out ok... Not sure why I am stalling. Carb was just rebuilt before the engine rebuild and porting work. New fuel tap too. CDI is a year old. Gick and I are in the process of addressing the issue. No fears!

Today I......


washed my scooter in the morning rain, and then,
rode out to meet the sun.

Thanks oops, pm sent. If you don't have one, I'll return the favor.

Charging a new battery, will toss it in tomorrow.

Adjusted my carb just a touch. Running sweet. *knock on wood*

warn sunny times .... upped me jet to 114 ... runs like a vespa

Put the 177 back in, ready to rebuild the 200... sarted up easily and seemed to run fine. So I took it out a short distance down the road and wasn't running as well as i remembered from last time. Stopped, had a think and recalled that I had swapped a main jet into the 200 but couldn't think what I put back in. So turned around and went back... opened it up to check... guess what I had in there?

NO JET STACK AT ALL!!! I was surprised to say the least! Amazing that it ran at all.

does bugger all until full throttle






im doing bugger all aswell

Went to Madison to visit the in-laws and our new little niece. Got here to find her dressed to the nines in a Factory Tools onesie.

Met mighty_triceratops this morning and he was kind enough to give me some parts to rebuild my carb. Disassembly completed and hopefully I can finish this afternoon.

Went for a shakedown ride today, Way too foggy and cold on the other side of the city.

She'd be way cooler in a Lambretta one.

Isn't that the truth.Tell Matt, I think his woman makes them.

lambretta shirts are 10 a penny ... and pants n jeans n socks n trainers n shoes n hats n coats n shampoo n shower gel n hair gel n bags n i think they made scooters too

Very nice, but where are your cowls?

Just got back from a hike up to Mnt Hollywood with the kids.

Excersize is for the birds.

This bike makes me nervous like I've never felt on any bike, ever, so the cowls were in the garage for the ride. I put them on after the ride and got the ulma crashbars spaced with enough clearance so they don't touch the cowls.

Today I...

- Buttoned up my motor and confirmed that the gear-skipping problem was reduced by reducing the play in the gear stack. Hurray!!!

- Replaced my flasher unit. It was failing.

- Replaced the open-cell foam filter on my Vortex carb. It was BEAT.