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Post by hedgeling106 on Feb 24, 2017 14:35:47 GMT
would you need to cut or modify px engine mount to fit in lambretta frame?
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Post by henri on Feb 24, 2017 17:44:45 GMT
a "vespbretta" , usual way is to alter frame not engine ,cut behind loop an fabricate a new sub-frame to accept a vespa engine . lots of work ,followed by lots of slagging , you better be a real-good welder an fabricator or know one ,an I dont count .
they do look different/nice , but having done one years ago an knowing the grief it is ,nowadays consider it a wasted frame ,even if it is a "lame-bed-wetter" frame . H
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Post by hedgeling106 on Feb 24, 2017 18:08:35 GMT
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Post by citydaz on Mar 2, 2017 18:22:21 GMT
seems to me that it would be a waste of a vespa engine and a waste of a lambretta frame!  |
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Post by hedgeling106 on Mar 3, 2017 0:32:17 GMT
was one on fleabay, back. in. the day when u could buy a lambrettas for a giro no one cared and everyone had garages. full of old scoots, remember bining lds and a primmi caused mother wanted the. garage tidy, couldnt give em. away, bought me first gp125 for 150 quid and sprayed it purple. yuk. had worn gear selector. that came off spindle if you went over a bump
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Post by hedgeling106 on Mar 3, 2017 0:37:48 GMT
There was a vesbretta on fleabay, back in the day when u could buy a lambretta for a giro no one cared and everyone had garages full of old scoots, remember bining lds and a primmi cause mother wanted the garage tidy, couldnt give em away, bought me first gp125 for 150 quid and sprayed it purple. yuk. had worn gear selector that came off spindle if you went over a bump. diy mig welders wernt common or cheap, to the average kid cutting the rot out was best option. i dought too many people would hacksaw up a lambretta today.
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Post by hedgeling106 on Mar 3, 2017 1:05:43 GMT
i remember a mate chopping an sx200 and spending dosh on an opaque pearl flip flop light blue paint job took him years to get it back together then flogged it quick, yeah and i remember mod revival, bunch of posh kids prancing round in posh clothes their mum bought. and burgandy tanktops and staypress trousers, union jack blazers that should be outlawed . mullets and all the girls at school crying cause the jam split.
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Post by mushroom on Mar 5, 2017 20:46:50 GMT
There was a vesbretta on fleabay, back in the day when u could buy a lambretta for a giro no one cared and everyone had garages full of old scoots, remember bining lds and a primmi cause mother wanted the garage tidy, couldnt give em away, bought me first gp125 for 150 quid and sprayed it purple. yuk. had worn gear selector that came off spindle if you went over a bump. diy mig welders wernt common or cheap, to the average kid cutting the rot out was best option. i dought too many people would hacksaw up a lambretta today. I swapped my old VHS video recorder for a cutdown '59 Li back in the late '80s (video recorder as worth about £100 at best)  |
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Post by hedgeling106 on Mar 6, 2017 7:38:23 GMT
sold my gp 125 for 130 quid, after failing bike test and getting banned for year, think I'm still oved £50 QUID OF THAT NOW. hey ho.
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Post by ironsloth on Mar 6, 2017 19:22:35 GMT
Swapped a sound P range 1983 frame which I bought for £30, for a T5 cutdown frame with tank (87 I think), because I couldn't bring a grinder to the 83. Started stripping it back for paint... Bloody tank was 'fillered' in, along with the whole back half of the frame!! Still managed to sell it for £70 quid mind, but the buyer didn't believe me when I told him about the filler!! And showed him!! He built it within months and ran it for a year. Took it off the road for paint, and wondered how he never had a shock absorber suppository!! You just can't help some people!!This was 8-9 years ago.
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Post by henri on Mar 6, 2017 21:03:53 GMT
shock absorber suppository ? , i like that one ,made me laugh . mate pulled up once an said "have a look its making a funny noise " .it was sat so low i didnt look underneath ,just lifted the seat an showed him were the shocker was trying to push thru by the seat pin ,on a sprint frame ,big bulge startin to tear .his answer "is that why it was so hard to get seat unlocked to fill up on way here" . had to walk away an sit down ,laughin that hard . H
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