New to the Scooter Scene, life long fan!

[vw53]

Hi everyone, My name is Tim and i'm from just outside belfast in Northern Ireland. I am 33 years old and this is my first Vespa!

I took delivery of my 1990 Vespa Douglas PX125e on Thursday night! It was restored a couple of years back but could do with a small amount of TLC now but is prefect as a first scooter!

I believe it has a Sprints horn cover and an 80s Px 125 engine as it at onetime had a tuner 200cc engine. I would like to upgrade the engine myself after this summers over and fit a s/s exhaust. I love a winter project!

At the moment I have booked my CBT and just want to concentrate on learning to ride the thing!

Any advice welcome!

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[sbwnik]

Looks OK... Stay away from stainless exhausts though, they're not a good idea.


Welcome to our world.

[vw53]

Hi. Thanks for the advice, way are stainless steel exhausts a bad idea? What would you suggest instead?

[sbwnik]

SIP Road is the current king of the hill for more-or-less standard bikes.

Stainless has some odd resonance issues, although they don't rust, they will split and won't perform as well as their mild steel counterpart

[kru251]

Stainless steel by its nature is less malleable so wil crack rather than flex.
Nice looking "Herbie" scoot by the way

www.pgc.com.au/409/herbie-the-love-bug-volkswagen-beetle-decal-kit/