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Post by northstandhero on Feb 27, 2024 14:47:02 GMT
Looks and sounds like my Sip Road 2 has blown, so looking for a replacement, would a Sip Road 3 be a straight plug and play swap without any upjetting? On a Px with 177 Dr kit. Cheers
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Post by northstandhero on Feb 16, 2023 13:35:54 GMT
Hi, just got a 2003 Px125 Its got a couple of paint chips that could do with sorting I've looked in the usual places for the paint code, but nothing there,it's a metallic blue and I'm wondering if it was a factory colour and if so what colour's did the 2003 px's come in as standard. Cheers
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Post by northstandhero on Feb 11, 2023 13:08:49 GMT
Cheers everyone Great to be back. CityDaz....Old Trafford mate.
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Post by northstandhero on Feb 6, 2023 15:14:42 GMT
Had quite a serious RTA in 2017 that wrote off my Px and had me off work for 4 months, Swore my riding days were over and then whist out shopping passed a dealer's and the Royal Alloy caught my eye. Fast forward 5 year's and the plastic Chinese thing has gone. Bought myself a Px with a Dr180 kit today. Just back from its first outing, How I've missed the sound, the smell, the clutch. Suspension that actually works. Glad to be finally home and I promise not to stray again.
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Post by northstandhero on Nov 1, 2016 20:48:46 GMT
Welcome aboard and enjoy your scoot, what colour did you go for? I would have shelled out the extra £300 if my dealer had the blue, but they only had the grey left.
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Post by northstandhero on Nov 1, 2016 20:45:09 GMT
The 2014 one will be fine.
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 30, 2016 9:26:54 GMT
Hiya Sime, yeah still has a warning light,on previous px's I'd always taken it as off, reserve,on. The graphics on the new bike could be interpreted as that or the pump could just be referring to the tap being for fuel. In all the years of having scoots I've never used the tap on reserve anyway.
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 30, 2016 9:02:11 GMT
I've got a new 2016 PX and they now come with this attached Makes life a lot easier for newcomers to Vespa's and for those of us who don't speak Italian.
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 30, 2016 7:49:52 GMT
Sat on the scooter looking down.Right is on,left is off and pointing up is reserve.
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 23, 2016 11:00:05 GMT
Nice one, just been out for an hour,trying to get some miles on the new tyres,45km later still a bit slippy but not sure if that's down to being new or just sh*te tyres, thought they'd be Michelin s83's but they're a brand I've never heard of.. Mitas??
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 23, 2016 6:16:46 GMT
Cheers H, have you any idea what happened to the Vespa Club of GB forum, used to be on there as well as here, but I'm not finding it anywhere?
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 22, 2016 11:41:15 GMT
Picked up this morning, great to have a proper scooter back again.
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 16, 2016 5:34:36 GMT
Tell me about it man, worst mistake I ever made,traded in a trusty px I'd got just how I wanted for the emperor's new clothes, 2 years of non starting and random cut outs and I'd had enough. You can put lipstick and a dress on a pig, but at the end of the day it's still bacon.
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 15, 2016 17:31:42 GMT
After a disastrous two year affair with dare I say it, a 4 stroke automatic LML, I'm coming back home, pick up my brand new PX next week and can't wait to have a clutch and a brake pedal again, and that smell! Oh smoke and 2stroke I've really missed you.
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Post by northstandhero on Nov 8, 2013 16:43:10 GMT
Pete Merchant at Rochdale, Only deals with Lambretta/Vespa's forgot more than I'll ever know about Scoots, been there since 1979, absolute gent. The Solely Scooters Shop Church buildings Water St, Rochdale Lancashire 0L16 1TL Tel 01706 355339
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Post by northstandhero on Nov 4, 2013 18:54:19 GMT
Just ordered the Michelin Winter City Grip, They're a M+S rated tyre,hopefully should be ok.
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Post by northstandhero on Nov 3, 2013 20:42:05 GMT
Looking at new tyres and with the adverse publicity with Schwalbe, they're off the table, currently running Sava's and hate them, Ran both the sm100's and the SIP performers in the past and found them both ok, what's people's opinions on which are the better tyre of the two to get me through the winter. Cheers
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Post by northstandhero on Mar 22, 2009 17:51:00 GMT
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Post by northstandhero on Mar 15, 2009 20:54:56 GMT
Firstly apologies if you've already read this request before as i've posted it on a couple of other forums too. I Think my front shock has given up the ghost, I'm diving like a german u-boat every time i touch my brakes and the handling is a little erratic, is chucking a new front shock on there a big job? i've changed the back over to a sebac and that was easy enough although a little fiddly under the tank. Is it simply unbolt top and bottom and replace, cause that sounds too easy, also riding a px disc and have heard that a lot of aftermarket mounts don't line up, so should i be looking for a straight swap for a new disc shock or would a sebac fit on a disc ok? Cheers
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 12, 2008 15:54:03 GMT
Work are being a bit arsey at the minute and are making all the employees wear Hi-Vis Vests on site, even though i've got scotchlite strips on my Bike jacket they are insisting i wear an orange Hi-Vis vest over the top of it on the works car parks etc, I can see the safety benefits of wearing it but i hate being told what i have to do, and i'll be funked if i'm walking around advertising for them, so is there anywhere i can get a Hi-Vis Vest with a Vespa or some other type osf Scootering logo on the back? Cheers
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Post by northstandhero on Oct 12, 2008 15:39:43 GMT
So I see you got round to getting an engine stand mate, from Beedspeed? and how did the fitting go ?, I might invest in one of these, must make changing a rear flat a hell of a lot easier.
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Post by northstandhero on Jun 24, 2008 16:17:53 GMT
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Post by northstandhero on Jun 21, 2008 5:56:35 GMT
I dont think you could add anything to your existing exhaust, you'll need to get a replacement and it all depends on what sort of noise you're after and what budget you have to play with, if you dont like the tinny sound keep away from the simonini pipes, the sito plus will give you a deeper noise but they rust as soon as you take them out of the box. what kind of sound are you looking for?
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Post by northstandhero on Jun 20, 2008 15:57:58 GMT
Is it just me , or are the sm100's soft as shíte? I seem to be going through them like billy-o. Can anyone recommend a good all year tyre that's grippy in the wet and not made out of butter?
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Post by northstandhero on Mar 10, 2007 13:07:05 GMT
We always know the score mate, i've got a number of a guy who could do your panels, top bloke but maybe a bit out of your way, he's in Darwen, Nr Blacburn if your wondering. www.scootlife.com/_pages/contact_us.htmWell worth giving him a bell or mailing him, If you dick Rovers in the cup dont tell him your a Bluenose though. all the best mate Mark
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Post by northstandhero on Mar 9, 2007 16:23:04 GMT
Hiya Dan, same city mate but different club ;o). The damage doesn't look as bad as i thought it would, you should easily get that repaired for a lot less than that qoute, and i mean a lot less i had a qoute for a mudguard and sidepanel repair and respray for around the £200 mark, I'd seriously think about changing your insurance company though, i had a px knicked last year and this years fully comp is under £200 All the best mate Mark
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Post by northstandhero on Mar 9, 2007 6:10:23 GMT
Hiya Dan, you could also check out Pete Merchant @ Solely Scooters Church Buildings,Water Stret, Rochdale,Greater Manchester, OL16 1TL 01706 355339
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Post by northstandhero on Mar 9, 2007 6:12:40 GMT
Cheers for that Nat, had a look at their site and the hoodies look quite good.
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Post by northstandhero on Mar 7, 2007 17:44:10 GMT
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