hmmmnz Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 ok ill post all in 1 big hit, and follow up in the next few weeks, a mate borrowed it for a bit, and dinged up the old girl so she has had a panel beat and is away getting repainted by a pro.... not me and my rattle can glory, as you can see, its had a pretty rough life and has been cut down, a bit of a fad in the late 80's, so thats the bad, the good is the engine has had extensive work done, porting, the the crank intake has been modified, and she runs pretty damn well breathing through the 200cc carb, its also been fitted with a custom expansion chamber, and 10" wheels to give her a bit of clearance, any way, the wee vespa will never be an original scoot again, so there is no point even trying to make it so, but i will give her a complete strip down and try and give it a bit of normalcy again, strip down, take 1 some one has cut of the side panel, so the engine is always exposed now engine out (less than 30mins) what they had to do to fit the larger engine in. its to push the shock back wards so it doesnt hit the engine, ill come up with a better method and front end off all the cables out and done!! so thats stage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 i have cut a new floor and welded it in place i also re-inforced the floor its mostlty just spoted in place on both sides, except for the very front where its welded right the way down the seam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 ]stage 3, primer down, and i think i have picked up most of the little chips and nicks etc, so should be good to lay down the first layer of colour tonight heres the pics as you can see the under side of the vespa is black, ive used a hard wearing but flexible chassis paint that hopfully will do the job of protecting the exposed areas from chips etc, it dents but doesnt chip or flake the rest is just filled and primed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 paint is done.... dun dun dun tomorrow ill put all the cabling in place, along with the wiring, ande hopefully fit the front end, and if all goes well ill pop the engine back in after i strip down the top end. here is the almost finished result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgweiser Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Yeah, 150 in a small frame, what zorst are ya running? I see you brought it off Matt brookes, is that a 10' conversion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 yeah, i got it off matt, great guy, certainly knows his stuff the exhaust was a bodge-together special, so loud its obnoxious it does come on the pipe but not untill quite high up the rev range, doesnt help with the 10" wheels either, in its former cut down life, it was by far and away the dodgiest 2 wheeled thing i have ever ridden, frame used to flex like you wouldnt believe, and the dampener is buggered so dives under braking still pretty funny on the motorway cruising past cars, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Looks like the scootrs 10" wheels on 8" hubs, Matt swears by them. How's the braking? They all dive under braking, it's the suspension design. Going around bumpy corners on a vespa is interesting when you get a bit of that sideways shuffle going on. 100km/h never felt as fast as it does on a vespa! OT: James, u still want these radios? else I'm gonna chuck them or bang them on TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 edit : yeah matt chucked thos rims on, it would be nice to have that little extra torque of the smaller 8" wheels, but with the massive expansion chamber it would scrape every where, plus 8" wheels never feel very stable as for braking ..... well aided with your feet ... it stops you just have to plan ahead and use the gears right bitches, its been a while since the vespa had any love, just got back from my mate (the worlds slowest painter) fmbwXC0n2fI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Rode this this arvo, it goes mean!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 did brendan bring it some where?? could do with a new front shock me thinks, by far and away the scariest bike ive ever owned, handling is just this side of a death trap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Na we went over to see his girls. I can only agree, his loose gravel driveway doesn't help either hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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