VESPAAAAAAA :)

saw this non runner on facebook a few miles away, seems like i had to buy it

was restored a long time ago then just left out in the garden



Borrowed my mates van to collect it



what a lovely coil wire



carbs a bit gooey too, but the 2 strokes kept it from corroding


those point dont look to clever

 

What’s the going rate for mixed scrap?

 

Great restoration project

 

a small fortune

 

Is that it? I thought you'd got a phone full of recommissioning pictures

 

slowly slowly catchy monkey

 

You can have the next month off...x

 

I so want a Vespa. I had a Taiwanese knockoff of a PX150 back in the 80’s. It would go just fast enough to kill ya. Just a basic P200E would do it. They are not so numerous in the northeastern US. California smog laws resulted in the 2 stroke models no longer being imported. Only 1 state but it was most of the US market.

 

You gonna Subaru dat?

 

easy peasy

 

I’m definitely much cooler now I have one

 

after a gentle tickle she purred into life

 

tyres had been sat flat for 10 years, went through the mot though
better safe than sorry so a threw caution to the wind and purchased 2 bra new tyres

little bit of wood for the perfectly balanced scoot

 

Dump the split rims and get some tubeless ones

 

nah, theyre minta now

 

They go down very quick as well when punctured , far safer to go tubeless with slime

 

Curious about your Vespa. What model is it? What size engine does it have? Do you have any plans to kit the engine, etc?

I recently picked up a 1962 Vespa VBB 150. It is slower than the 80’s 150 I had years ago. The body is rough but not rusty. The engine has a lurchy third gear. I’m considering rebuilding the engine with a 177 piston kit. I hope to use it for longer distance rides on secondary roads so hoping to get the cruising speed closer to 55-60 mph.

Nice scoot!