Kimjon's 50cc (then later ... 150cc and 400cc...then 1000cc) of awesomeness! Oh and a 2+1 wheeled machine...

[Kimjon]

[Kimjon]

Expansion chamber was such a winner. Gaining huge bottom to mid range power, and top end rev range increases too. Stoked!!

[Kimjon]

What's cooler than a vespa? A vespa with a sidecar of course...

Fuck yeah!!

[Kimjon]

[Kimjon]

[Kimjon]

Love this scooter, it's so badass!! Hangs with traffic on our new 110kph expressway, acceleration is awesome!!

Flash paint causes stress, so owning this is freedom from that worry.

[Kimjon]

 

[Kimjon]

Work in progress, but looking at removing the polini motor from the bare metal PX125 featured in the above couple posts and plonking it into this rather sexy black PX.

Less likely to attract negative attention, looking a bit more presentable.

[Kimjon]

I'm trying to make one working Vespa out of 4 parts bikes. Pretty much there now, just things like the brakes and complicated internal cable system are fighting me.

Tried bleeding the brakes the conventional way, but its still not getting a firm pressure on the hand controls. So I've ordered a sucky sucky brake bleeder to pull the fluid from top to bottom and hope that works? Fingers crossed the sucky sucky pulls whatever is stuck out of the lines...

Aside from that, it's turning out to be a very sexy looking scooter, in its tuxedo colours.

[tortron]

I have had luck with unbolting the caliper and hanging it from the rafters so the bubbles go up. 

Tho the vac bleeder things work too

[Kimjon]

For whatever reason these brakes were a cunt to get working.

This tool helped, but it seemed to suck fluid through, yet brakes still soft as. I put it down to an air leak around nipple thread? But after an hour of fucking around, I got the results I wanted. Everything is working fine now.

Got a handy tip from @Raizer on using ptfe tape to seal the nipple. I'll definitely try this next time.

[Kimjon]

Picked up another motor today. Vespa super 150cc, it's a going motor...so that's a win.

[Kimjon]

[Kimjon]

Motor in...fuck yeah

[Kimjon]

And boom!! Started up today, makes the right noise...happy days

 

 

[Kimjon]

I've sold 15 motorcycles/scooters in the past year, had a huge clean out.

Then I see this and all will power escapes me...damn it!!

Picking it up this week. Another project I don't need, but hey a classic 1966 small frame vespa will look great in my shed.

[Kimjon]

Got it, and I was right...it does look great in my shed. So sexy in its original paint and unmolested condition. Plan is to simply get it going and enjoy it as is.

[waspman]

Looks good, 3 speed 90 with the large engine door? Or asthmatic 50?

I have the early model 90, 1965, 3 speed with small door so engine upgrade options are almost nil. I used to have an SS90, that was a fun scoot - one I should never have sold

[Kimjon]

On 12/11/2022 at 19:43, waspman said:

Looks good, 3 speed 90 with the large engine door? Or asthmatic 50?

I have the early model 90, 1965, 3 speed with small door so engine upgrade options are almost nil. I used to have an SS90, that was a fun scoot - one I should never have sold

Its a large door 50s 4 speed. Im super stoked with it. Probably go down the rabbit hole of making it faster later on, but for now its not a priority to go fast.

[tortron]