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Roger Ramjet
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Posted: 06 Nov 2017 at 22:46 |
I bought this as a 'barn find' two years ago - 1965 original. Shot to pieces and held together by rust! Spent 12 months stripping, blasting, cutting, welding, priming, spraying, re-looming, cabling and swearing! Dropped a 200 engine in so picks up to about 70mph - 10" wheels and drum brakes.........what could possibly go wrong?! I avidly avoid the scooter scene - some guy in a parka told me last weekend that I could put in a Pinasco 215 top end and get.......19bhp and 75mph......woooooo..........that's dropping into second gear on my Tuono! That said it's a fun little run around and looks nice sat next to my Nero Tuono - Beauty and the Beast! Perhaps I should let Griff loose on it - V-Twin GS Vespa - now there's a thought! |
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Paddedcell100
Moto GP Alien Joined: 01 Nov 2015 Location: Northampton Status: Offline Points: 2591 |
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Ooh...i like that ...had a couple of later Vespa's when I was a boy, not as nice as that though, very smart and a lovely addition to the collection, top work that man .
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Better to have something you don't need than need something you don't have....
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rsvwalt
Moto GP Alien Joined: 17 May 2016 Location: mansfield Status: Offline Points: 346 |
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I was always a lambretta man myself, did the scooter scene in the early 80's and had some great times, covering more miles than the so called bikers I worked with. Then I bought my mates kh250 and did over 40,000 miles on it and it's been bikes ever since.
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redratbike
Moderator Group The Collector Messiah Joined: 07 May 2008 Status: Offline Points: 16146 |
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nice vespa... wish I never sold my lambrettaported 190 kit, 24mm dellorto, kegra expansion pipe sounded like a moto-crosser disc brake front end with shortened headstock chopped legsheilds, no floor boards, rearset footpegs, it was no show winner but it flew and scare the crap out of me handling
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snowman
Premium Member Joined: 27 Oct 2010 Location: Romsey area Status: Offline Points: 1385 |
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Why! Itβs like sitting on a mobile toilet , no mirrors to kick either , ahhhhh those were the days !
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Paddedcell100
Moto GP Alien Joined: 01 Nov 2015 Location: Northampton Status: Offline Points: 2591 |
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How's about something like this π
http://classic-motorbikes.net/what-wed-like-to-buy-today-350-ypvs-lambretta/ |
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legend88
Premium Member Joined: 18 Aug 2013 Location: Newcastle Status: Online Points: 6598 |
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Nice but I think that would be lethal
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Paddedcell100
Moto GP Alien Joined: 01 Nov 2015 Location: Northampton Status: Offline Points: 2591 |
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Be funny on a trackday at Mallory though |
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redratbike
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have you ever seen the one with the rg500 engine squeezed in it!!!! infact if you like engine conversions into lammys check this out |
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www.apriliaperformance.co.uk www.apriliaforum.co.uk www.apriliaownersclub.co.uk |
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Paddedcell100
Moto GP Alien Joined: 01 Nov 2015 Location: Northampton Status: Offline Points: 2591 |
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Well that's just rude....hahaha...an RG500 powered Lammy ...i love things like that, that might be stretching it a bit far though .
I do love those 350 engined conversions though,I could have one of those in the collection quite happily |
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FTM
Moto GP Alien Joined: 04 Apr 2016 Location: Lovedean Status: Offline Points: 381 |
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Wasn't there a GPz900 engined scooter on YouTube once?
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Paddedcell100
Moto GP Alien Joined: 01 Nov 2015 Location: Northampton Status: Offline Points: 2591 |
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Just to take things that one step further though, what about this...i think it went up in flames shortly after being built(which was probably for the best ), but what a blast that would have been...
https://youtu.be/E5ASczHtLSw |
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legend88
Premium Member Joined: 18 Aug 2013 Location: Newcastle Status: Online Points: 6598 |
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Now, I like that!
Griff needs to get on with putting one of the 990's into his Grom! |
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Paddedcell100
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Amazingly well put together by the looks of it wasn't it, I think it could have done with some wheelie bars though |
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