lets see your projects ..heres my rusty Lambretta

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Hi Guys, 
as per my other post lets see your projects , they can be non aprilia, even non-bike related , we like to see what you are up to.

any racebike buils going on?, custom exhaust, gen 2 engine or head conversions for your old gen1 to give it a new lease of life?

shed/garage/mancave builds

garden landscape,driveway stuff even decorating! 

got any classic bike builds or just resurrecting a bike that may have sat for a year or 2 ..I know I have the  falco to sort not ridden it since 2018!! needs clutch slave cylinder for starters then a service..

but first I in the list to sort is a 1960 lambretta 

and this is what its meant to look like , mine looks nothing like this 

mine is a pile of rusty crap..i kid you not...look below 

as you can see it has the all important V5 so that saves messing about it needs everything and then some.

it was literally a frame and some panels, the cost to replace the missing   

the engine had a snapped con rod and the bottom end was solid so not even looked at that

the last time I had a Lambretta was 20 years and have prices increased since then for parts etc.

I was in a good position , my mate who has the same model was about to upgrade his with all manner of goodies so I bought from him a rebuilt engine with a 200cc topend...slightly tuned of course, wheels/tyres ,saddle covers,hubs, brakes  and few other bit and bobs.

work so far has included getting all the bits sand blasted , realising that some of it is scrap, the frame needs some repair plates welded due to rust , only one hole but a little dimpled in places and of course the frame loop needs welding on..not the one in the pics as that is too far gone and has been butchered by the previous owner. I managed to track another frame loop and panels ( still quite rough but better then what I had ) on FB and managed to get one of the aprilia boys to pick it up and drop off to Griff and Snox who kindly boxed it up and sent it on.

 I have started to buy bits and bobs for the rebuild ,  just handle bars and horncast( where the headlight bolts too ) can cost more than I have paid for the project if you buy genuine italian innocenti parts so I have bought some Indian made part , they are a little rough round the edges but I couldn't justify the cost of Italian parts.

 I paid approx. 270 for this complete kit of the handlebars with all control rods etc light,kill switch etc etc  , I would have just got a bare horncasting for that !!!

so I'm currently at a stage where I am waiting for a mate to weld it up so I can start putting it back together ..its never going to be a shiny show ride so its going to be a ratlook scooter , the purists will hate it , not that I care 

so that's me , the scooter is spread between 2 lockups  no power etc so as always with my stuff will go together as and when..but I'd like to be riding this year some time.

so that's what I am up to ...lets see what you guys are doing ...either here on this post or start your own, 