Modern Vespa

At least you own your own home Ebeth. I hate paying rent!

My ex-wife owns my own home now.

Today I rode my Super with the re-built motor in it.
I was riding and laughing because it's so freakin good! An amazing transformation.

Last week I had VBC 3-port case, a little matching to a stock Pinasco 177, Worb5 longstroke crank, 24/24 and Sito+.
For ages now I've had bad vibration that kicks in around 3/4 max revs. Ruled out almost everything by replacing almost everything but the vibration stayed.
Then I came across a new LML case on ebay from Scooter-Center fairly cheap....

Over the weekend I swapped out all my stuff from the old case and into the new, matched the ports and added a MMW-modified Malossi head. I broke a ring (again) so I've got to run it in, but from first impressions I'm incredibly happy with it. Just want to rev it's head off!

...had the original bar-ends adapted for the Oberon mirrors and painted them satin black...

bought a pair of gortex gloves ready for summer

got word of a mk1 t5, need to find the logbook for my px so I can flip it to fund t5 purchase

i hope u get that T5 Jackson

me too. iv always wanted one

Same as any other day, working, the norm!

Although, as we speak I am trying to negotiate an engine off a chap!

jackson .... ya know the usual rot spot on the poleys dont ya ????

Received a brand new Piaggio horncast badge from member brown_beret7. He kindly picked one up for me from the last Vespa fayre he attended, along with the generosity of AKP last month and brown_beret7 this month, just shows Modern Vespa members are the most caring and most friendly on any forum!

cheers Aaron and Paul, you have made Dexter what it is today!

on that wonderfully square arse I reckon. iv a chap that knows his mk1 on the case.

ohh cool ...... if the gromits are missing itll be full o rust ...... i have had one of each ... one with gromits n arse was mint ... one without that was supposed to be a recent rebuild so i put some in but it was too late

its a mk1 in its original paint and well kept. with a malossi. I dunno bout the pipe but sure ill get a good un later if it doesnt have one. I need to flip my px though. my redundancy probably wont be got for a couple months and I dont wanna miss it

ooooh a 172 .... i would love one in the bastard but with my funds i think itll be another polini [hopefully]

Just bagged a PX125 lump, it needs stator, flywheel and clutch cover, but paid £150 which isn't a bad price!

Pick it up next Sat!

if u finally swap to malossi, can i steal ur stock barrel, piston and head with Bitsa cracked engine frame all i need is just a gearing and carb in future

picked up 2 engines, drove home my mates newly purchased suzuki carry van

tomoza drop of the Prange at my mates for getn a southern cross sprayed on it

sundee getn back my old dog kelpie/dingo/staffietype back after years..........an maybe borrow a lammy for a club run

that aint a bad price, where you gotta get it from?

Chap who lives near me, luckily! Member of a local Scooter club. Don't have any spare cash till next week so picking it up then.

Congrats ! A step foward in the project

Are you going to upgrade the top end ?

I'm considering buying the 166 kit for it, all in with the parts needed to complete the engine i've just bought it'd run at about £400'ish which isn't too bad. (including cost of malossi kit)

It isn't something I considered originally, but something considering the engine is cheap'ish I'm looking at for the future.

So far I've got new shocks, springs, cables, brakes, fork link cover, wheels (sip black rims), tyres (S1's), tubes, fixing kit, front headlight surround, badges along with the engine, but the weather has been crap and I haven't had the time to fit them all!

So parts wise im getting there slowly, immediate future is to get it up and running and MOT'd (and then registered) so I can work on it and actually test drive it through summer.

Sounds cool 8)

Have you thought of a new colour for it ?

I'm staying with the original colour I think.

For the moment I'm going to get it mechanically sound, and then run it through the summer months with the original yellow/orange paint (i think its Giallo Arancio) and then strip it in winter for a proper respray.

Unless I am convinced otherwise I'll be staying with yellow paint with black stripe combo.

Noooooooo! Just completley burned up my dremel... after going through 3 metal routing bits... and VERY slow going at that... the shit just burned to a halt.. kind of did this sad dying gasp, the light out... won't turn at all... R.I.P sweet Dremel... Now what... F! gotta go find another... job 1/2 done
Want an air one, but more cheddy
Aaaahhh... Total jam in my program

Bummer, condolences. When are the services, I'll send flowers. Got Harbor Freight nearby? Cheap & stronger than another Dremel, I think: this one

Thanks brother... looks good... I got my hands one... call that part: Done!
What a friggin beeaaatch though... wheew
Onward... 3hrs till the boss comes home

I got a few things done today, but mostly all dry fitting & planning. None of this is mounted permanently yet(if ever). Foglites are gone til next winter.



did a little more body work to bashed rear end & ditched the ass falsey(toupee? ...trailer fender half on the ground)


tail lite & plate scheme, switching out mudguards - the black matches the cowls better(handmade, maybe 'Nam?)


made tail lite for Prim, cast aluminum housing & glass '40 Chevy lens


can I get away with this?


ass variety

I like that tail light, and the clear one too...
I like your fogs too... pull up behind someone on an empty stretch of road... like Close Encounters... "Can you tell me where Conrbread is?....Turkey!"

Weather is crap outside so no chance on working on the actual bike, but whilst indoors I decided to assemble my new matte black split rims from SIP.

Tyres fitted are Michelin S1's.

Fitting was reasonably straight forward, tyre grease and vice grips are ESSENTIAL for doing this, I'm not sure whether it was because of the rigidity of the walls on the S1's or what, but the vice grips were very useful.

are you sure the grease wont fuck with the rubber .... i like to smear a good finger of love lube on me rim before i rubber up ...........
















but thats another story fnaaaaaaaaarr

Ha -I just followed SIP's youtube guide, a huge amount of grease isn't needed, and the vice grips did most of the work to be fair.

Those look nice man...

Agree with you there !

Got the engine in the frame today, waiting for the wiring loom to show up so I can shove the fork in



Edit: What are those targets for? I seem to have earned half of one somehow

The primer grey is awesome... such a cool frame... like a clay monster-scooter.
8)

think when people give you the thumbs up at the bottom of your post it adds up to target yokes. just got one from me, keep rockin that shit kid

is this a vw turn signal u are creative mate



have a nice day and cheer

ps: Garagerocker.. ur bike is stuning dude

Finished my Lambretta yesterday. Thing sounds like an animal in heat.