Lockdown project Vespa

[3narf]

Hello, this is my 1966 Vespa 150 Standard (VBB2T) - I've been off since 22 March which has given me time to do some modifications including converting the front fork to a disc brake type (from a donor LML Star Lite), a total rewire and a bit of instant personality with spray cans and Campag stickers.

I have some engine work planned over the winter but TBH it runs so well I'm quite enjoying just riding it as it is!

Last pic is 'before' for reference. The mudguard had to be modified to expose the shock and it divides opinion... I quite like it compared to some of the German industrial solutions for this type of conversion, which put a big bulge over the shock.

 

[tyred]

Nice job. I'd love one of those but would need to sit a driving test to be able to use it.

 

[steveindenmark]

It takes the Corona virus to make us do what a lot of us did on our driveways every Saturday morning with a coffee and a Haynes manual. 😁

 

[oldwheels]

Nice but I never had a Vespa. We had a 150cc Lambretta on which we travelled with camping gear from Glasgow to Belgium and back. I rather fancy a Vespa now in my old age but I don't think that will ever happen.

 

[Drago]

Over 3 decades ago I had a GSXR1100. One day I was razzing up the A5 when in the distance I spotted a group of a dozen or so scooter boys putt putting up the road. I dropped a gear and gunned it and shot through the middle of the group at a three figure speed closer to having a 2 at the beginning than a 1. I looked in my mirrors to see them wobbling all over the place like well dressed skittles.

Despite such loutish behaviour, I actually like scooters.

 

[davidphilips]

Lol Drago wonder how many of the scotter boys remember looking for some where to buy new under wear?

 

[Kempstonian]

Over 3 decades ago I had a GSXR1100. One day I was razzing up the A5 when in the distance I spotted a group of a dozen or so scooter boys putt putting up the road. I dropped a gear and gunned it and shot through the middle of the group at a three figure speed closer to having a 2 at the beginning than a 1. I looked in my mirrors to see them wobbling all over the place like well dressed skittles.

Despite such loutish behaviour, I actually like scooters.

I had a Lambretta GT200. Didn't do much 'putt putting' on that. It was quick for a scooter but still slow compared to your machine, although on a gradual descent on the A1(M) approaching Biggleswade (where I worked) I used to get it off the clock.. probably around 80-85mph. That was fast enough for me on a scooter. Problem is scooters aren't at all aerodynamic!

 

[rogerzilla]

Ah, an Italian hairdryer. Are you going to fit 24 rear-view mirrors and a ginormous aerial with a fox tail on the end?

 

[Gunk]

Nice, however I don’t quite get the relevance of the Campagnolo stickers.

 

[Drago]

The Campagbolo stickers indicated the alternative mode of transport he uses when the scooter is not working. Consider it a stylish alternative to an AA grille badge.

 

[MarkF]

I don't like the disc brake, why would you do that and not just buy a PX or a cheap LML? I like it......... but I preferred it before, sorry the disc front ruins it for me. I have a 1962 Gran Lusso, I know the brakes are useless but it looks better and that is what is more important to me.

 

[rogerzilla]

Nice, however I don’t quite get the relevance of the Campagnolo stickers.

Did they ever make wheels for scooters? They did for cars.

 

[Kempstonian]

Ah, an Italian hairdryer. Are you going to fit 24 rear-view mirrors and a ginormous aerial with a fox tail on the end?

Actually its 24 lights and half a dozen mirrors!

 

[Dave7]

@3narf . I am totally useless at anything mechanical but I think its a beautiful machine.
Having said that.......back in 1964 it would not have looked right with my ice blue jeans, tab collar shirt, blue serge waistcoat and cuban heels..........it had to be a motor bike

 

[3narf]

I don't like the disc brake, why would you do that and not just buy a PX or a cheap LML? I like it......... but I preferred it before, sorry the disc front ruins it for me. I have a 1962 Gran Lusso, I know the brakes are useless but it looks better and that is what is more important to me.

Not me, it has to work dynamically as well. I swore after my last Rally 200 I would never ride with that type of front end again. I converted my ETS to disc in 2011 if you remember, and it was always my intention to do this one too. The PX drum is just about usable in modern traffic but not your old pogo job.

I still have the old fork if you want to make an offer! It's not going back on any of my machines!