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

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Latest addition. Its a 50cc, so no wof required.

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So I snuck this inside, then took a photo to wind up my wife by putting it on FB. I swiftly removed it before she came home to avoid conflict.

Well she spotted the FB photo, comes home and is disappointed its not there. Asks where it is, and explained that she kinda liked it. So here it is...back in the house again.

She's a keeper.

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New addition, 1959-1962 round tail vespa VBB. Just a frame...but I just so happen to have quite a few parts lol...

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Made my own brackets up to adapt a steering damper to my go-fast vespa project. Worked out perfectly, just tthe right amount of travel, and no interference issues. It articulates in a very flat arc, hardly moves from its parallel resting position from one extreme to the other.

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Shit photo, but I've started collecting parts for this round tail frame circa 1959-62 vintage. I put a PX disc brake front fork into it, which will also come with a 10" wheel conversion. Its a bit of a resto-mod build.

Frame is 100% rust free, but has a bit of front-end damage. Nothing a hammer can't fix. It was stored hanging from roof rafters for the past 30 years. So I got lucky finding one thats rust free.

Pretty much have most parts to slap this together. But no hurry to do so.

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Stacking them up.

Such a pleasure to look at, the lines of the earlier large frame vespas are so perfectly proportioned.

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Not terrible, looking pretty good now.

I shifted the lefthand side of the front shield forward fuckloads (almost 100mm), righthand side about 40% of fuckloads. Its within the ballpark now, I'll flatten out my sins from the beating it took (another day) with a planishing hammer, but overall its surprising good now given how much of a hit it had taken in the past.

Pretty happy with this so far. Be a fucking cool scooter when done.

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PX disc brake front end installation. 10" wheels (should be on 8's).

Ive got a "Vespa 150 Super" motor to go in it. Going together reasonably well. Few issues to sort out etc as you'd expect. But overall I feel like I'm on the winning team.

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Motors in, all fitting as it should.

Rolled it outside so I could stand back and admire it. Yep, pretty happy with it. Love the 10" wheels on it.

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Front fender.

I won't bore you with details...but It was pretty savage getting the cunt to fit. Wrong fork, wrong guard, wrong frame, wrong brakes, wrong wheel size...was it ever going to be easy?

It's rough, but it'll do for now. If i ever get the urge to do a restoration, I'll replace it and cut out the shock tower area like @64valiant did on his one. That's a tidy way of doing it and not distorting the pannel steel by beating the fuck out of it.

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Took a bit of figuring out, but I've done a mechanically operated hydraulic brake conversion to this vespa. Pretty stoked with how this fell into place.

 

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Toolbox arrived from Germany. Fits like a glove!

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And sSmallamount of progress with this one, brakes are functional now.

 

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This weekends mission...calling it a win.

Stupid fast polini kitted vespa motor, polini big bore kit taking it from 125cc to 177cc. Its awesome, can handle expressway speeds hangs with traffic no problem.

Made two vespas into one good one. Fast and pretty...not a bad combination.

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Cool little drawing project. Butt plug for my steering damper bracket. Fucking love my 3D printer...

 

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Needs a wet sand, as I did a quick hit with dry 80grit...but ran out of time. It'll come up sweet. So stoked that I can just whip up custom parts like this. 3D printing has 100% changed the game for me.

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Finished item. Pretty happy with this, really completes the look. And I get to insert my race number into it, which is something I put on everything I own.

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Got another vespa going. Im a sucker for a lost cause, try to save them all.

Using parts I had left over from various projects I was able to fix this motor and get it going again.

I put it into an LML Belladonna frame. Gave it a kick and it starts first kick...epic!!

Super happy.