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Post by Ilan on Feb 13, 2009 14:05:20 GMT
greetings
the other day i was riding my sprint 68 , and on a stop, this guy on a Tmax said sth like "ah beautiful, but this needs to be put in the living room, not on the road"
so what do you guys think? do you ride your restored vespa/lambreta or keep it wrapped for the next century to come?
I ride mine almost daily and its already clocked 1500 km
i guess there will be some wear and tear over time, but, i dont see the use of having a nice antique ,and just putting in in nylons again
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Post by bryno on Feb 13, 2009 19:50:54 GMT
Hmm, tricky one Rudi..
My VBA has seen no action since completion, I'm not sure it will ever see the road..
My TV175 gets used every week, but I've started to feel bad about putting the miles on it, it's 44 years old and still in it's original paint, scoots like this are becoming rarer by the year.
With my GS150 I've part restored it but it's not mint, I want it that way so I'm not afraid to use it and wont get upset about the odd scuff and chip ;D
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Post by Ilan on Feb 14, 2009 10:32:25 GMT
I can relate to not wanting to ride a mint condition lambreta or any other rare scoot, but it is tempting :-P
one factor, for me at least, is the weather. wouldn't ride it in rain..
btw , UK wise, does each scoot has to have its own insurance to ride it, or like in some countries ,there is 1 RIDER insurance, enabling him to ride whatever scoot he owns?
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Post by Robjack on Feb 14, 2009 11:35:50 GMT
I'm definately in the 'should be ridden' camp on this one*. Having said that, and I realise my scooter doesn't fall into the restored category, I dont mind the cold and wet at all, but I want to look after my scooter so draw the line when the gritters come out. The roads here are covered with a thick layer of salt which loves to work its corrosive magic. The odd blast out is fine, but I wouldn't sleep if I didn't give it a thorough wash afterwards (and my scooter too ;D). And I'm too lazy to do this everyday. I suppose I'm lucky that I've got a choice. So sue me. *If I ever come into a load of money though, I'd probably have a couple of mint scooters on display in my New York loft style shagpad**.  If you have fully comprehensive insurance, you can ride any other bike you like (provided your licence covers it and you have permission obv) but only with third party cover. I could be wrong though, this is what I've always been led to believe. Most people with more than one bike get a multi bike policy which covers all their bikes. **You're all invited to the housewarming party.  |
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Post by jackthekipper on Feb 14, 2009 14:31:59 GMT
ride em' could get run over by a bus tomoro', !! what good would it be then   |
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Post by bryno on Feb 14, 2009 16:39:13 GMT
Fully comp 'genterally' gives you third party coverage but only for vehicles owned by someone else, so in the UK you need a policy for each scooter, or a multi bike policy..
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Post by bryno on Feb 14, 2009 16:40:03 GMT
ride em' could get run over by a bus tomoro', !! what good would it be then Be useful to the wife to raise a few quid |
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Post by Ilan on Feb 15, 2009 13:05:52 GMT
I'm definately in the 'should be ridden' camp on this one*. Having said that, and I realise my scooter doesn't fall into the restored category, I dont mind the cold and wet at all, but I want to look after my scooter so draw the line when the gritters come out. The roads here are covered with a thick layer of salt which loves to work its corrosive magic. The odd blast out is fine, but I wouldn't sleep if I didn't give it a thorough wash afterwards (and my scooter too ;D). And I'm too lazy to do this everyday. I suppose I'm lucky that I've got a choice. So sue me. *If I ever come into a load of money though, I'd probably have a couple of mint scooters on display in my New York loft style shagpad**. If you have fully comprehensive insurance, you can ride any other bike you like (provided your licence covers it and you have permission obv) but only with third party cover. I could be wrong though, this is what I've always been led to believe. Most people with more than one bike get a multi bike policy which covers all their bikes. **You're all invited to the housewarming party. just got back from NY saw some rust eaten cars sth horrible regarding multi bike policy, if its 10% more or sth like that then its worth it. anyway, here in IL its every scoot and its policy. there is a relatively low cost multi bike policy but, the catch here is that you can not be the owner of the scoot/motorcycle but, luckily antique vehicles here pay considerably less on annual tests and insurance. for ex the sprint the insurance is 200$ a year while the newer PX is almost 900$ |
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Post by mark on Feb 15, 2009 21:18:19 GMT
There are enough pristine examples of all scooters to keep the historians and anoracks happy so ride the bloody things thats what they were made for  |
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Post by Devo McDuff on Feb 16, 2009 11:19:43 GMT
There are enough pristine examples of all scooters to keep the historians and anoracks happy so ride the bloody things thats what they were made for Inclined to agree with Mark on this one. |
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Post by Ilan on Feb 16, 2009 13:55:54 GMT
There are enough pristine examples of all scooters to keep the historians and anoracks happy so ride the bloody things thats what they were made for right on! |
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Post by Robjack on Feb 16, 2009 18:34:16 GMT
There are enough pristine examples of all scooters to keep the historians and anoracks happy so ride the bloody things thats what they were made for I agree Mark, but I don't see anything wrong with wanting to look after your scooter either. |
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Post by Big Al on Feb 19, 2009 17:22:37 GMT
Riding a T5 hardly qualifies as keeping a classic on the road, but as far as my opinion regarding running a classic goes, THIS big beauty is my daily driver when I have to use 4 wheels...  |
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Post by jaz on Feb 19, 2009 18:57:32 GMT
^^^^^^^^ Nice wheels Al! Getting back to the subject in hand, my scoot was always used (and crashed) hard as daily transport in between its long layoffs stuck in the back of garages etc. It's not a restoration as such, rather than a rebuild using as much of the original bits as possible. My idea was always for it to look like it might have done if it had just continued being ridden, broken and fixed then ridden some more. A show winner it will never be, but that's fine because I intend to ride it. As soon as I finish it, like |
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Post by Spence on Mar 20, 2009 11:57:14 GMT
I have a 2002 PX, which I use for general slogging about and going on longer runs to rallies (I'll be going to Scarborough on it next month), and I also have a restored 1967 Sprint.
I feel guilty if I don't get out on the Sprint, so I tend to use it for rallies that are closer, or when I generally want to pose, like rideouts or the Isle of Wight. If I hadn't ridden it, it wouldn't have won prizes at Llandudno, Hemsby, the Isle of Man (thanks Barry) and Ginger's Egg Run (thanks Ginger), and it wouldn't have been on the front cover of the 21st Anniversary edition of Scootering (thanks Richie). Then again, it wouldn't have broken down on the way back from the IOW either, and I wouldn't be running in after a full engine rebuild.
I say restorations are for riding, but there's nothing wrong with treating them with a bit more care.
And Rudi, your guy on the TMax was talking out of his arse.
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Post by skrappey on Mar 20, 2009 21:18:46 GMT
Riding a T5 hardly qualifies as keeping a classic on the road, but as far as my opinion regarding running a classic goes, THIS big beauty is my daily driver when I have to use 4 wheels... Ride the bike, if you want to just look at it, get a big photo. Insurance PK '77 = £40 Ins PX = £60 You're being done. I had an Amazon once, four door, lovely ride. |
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