Kimjon Posted December 17, 2022 Author Share Posted December 17, 2022 Latest addition. Its a 50cc, so no wof required. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kimjon Posted January 23, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2023 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. 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 New addition, 1959-1962 round tail vespa VBB. Just a frame...but I just so happen to have quite a few parts lol... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 Â 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 Stacking them up. Such a pleasure to look at, the lines of the earlier large frame vespas are so perfectly proportioned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 Â 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 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. Â 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 Toolbox arrived from Germany. Fits like a glove! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 And sSmallamount of progress with this one, brakes are functional now. Â 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kimjon Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 Cool little drawing project. Butt plug for my steering damper bracket. Fucking love my 3D printer... Â 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kimjon Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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