Look At My Orange Shiney Helmet

Wow its christmas again, i must be getting old it doesn't seem like 12 months has gone by, i hope you had a good xmas and lets hope next year isn't as bad as thay say its going to be. still christmas brings presents and look what my lovely wife got me a new lid not just any lid but a orange one Result!. I have also now got the funds to get most of the missing bits. On a different note i,ve been overhauling my tool box and buying some new tools this should help in the future

Headlight And Wiring

As i,ve been doing the sportique (see vbb-vespa.blogspot.com) and the lack of money (recession) the progress has been a bit slow. I have bought a new headlight and have done some wiring as well as other bits and pieces. Hopefully i should have all the bits i need to finish by the new year

First Run

Rebuild

I've got on with putting it back together over the last few weeks but it's been slow going, i'm short on parts and have run out of dosh (Times are hard). Today it ran for the first time and it ran well!. There won't be much more done til i find more funds

Paint Job Clip

More Paint Job

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Enlarge and you can just see the pearl

Some more photos

Paint Job

Set up ready to go Undercoat
Topcoat


Well its painted thou i still have to put the decals on and relacquer it but it went well. Its painted in DuPont 2K, first went on the undercoat then topcoat which has gold pearl in it then two coats of lacquer.

Ready To Paint

Its all rubbed down at last and ready to paint. I will get it to work this week and paint next weekend. The decals have been done and have turned out great, the fun will start when i try and put them on. I have also made a hole in the engine side panel to let in cold air to the carb

Wet flat

Today i got on with sanding down the scooter with 800 wet and dry, i have ordered the decals last week so thought i'd better get on with it. The scooter was stripped to bare metal then repaired and primed last year so it has gone very hard

Dropped

Its been along time since i put an update on but things never go how they are supposed to. First scootrs have let me down on the headset and my wife got her way and i had to fit a new kitchen which swallowed all my spare time and left us broke!. I have had a rethink and have decided to shelve the drops and rebox the s.i.p seat ( might do that next year ) instead i have ordered a bespoke trimmed seat from the scooter republic on ebay thay have kept intouch and even sent pictures of my finished seat before sending it to see if i'm happy, which i most definatley am. The engine has been finished and now ready to fit. Its now time to get on with the paint job

Engine

I did this work a couple of weeks ago but not had time to do the blog, anyway, the bits came to finish the engine. The casings have had the inlet modified and milling to match the malossi kit, then they were rubbed down, etch primed and painted jet black.

I put the gearbox together with the new cruciform and selector shaft and t5 short 4th gear, not forgeting to check the shim gap. Then the malossi clutch plates were soaked in oil overnight then i put the clutch together with a polini straight cut gear up kit ( Maybe it would have been better to go for a cosa clutch but i already had the gear up and love the sound they make)

The casings were fitted with new bearings and seals then the christmas tree was put in followed by the main shaft with gears then the Mazzucchelli gas flow crank. New kick start stop buffers, kog and spring.

I then put the 2 halves of the casings together with a fresh gasket and bolted together using stainless steel nuts and washers. Checking that all moved freely and the crank run true. I slipped the clutch and torqued it up. Next on went the piston, studs, Cylinder and a modified pinasco head, then the stater plate, hp4 light flywheel, selector box, backplate, shoes and hub, the carb and cowlin are just resting on for the picture.

I am still waiting for the flywheel cover, it's coming with the headset from Scootrs. I have been given a date of 20th of this month. As soon as it arrives i will be able to get on with the paint job.

Forks

A wet and windy day and not much to do except build the forks up. The disc went on ok but it did not come with a speedo drive, bolts to hold the calapor on or a seal curclip and d washer to attach it to the forks. The shocker is a sebac unit with a biturbo spring

Pete Tong

Well it all went pete tong over the holidays. I was going to build my engine but a pattern cruciform wrecked the thread on the selector shaft and that was that, still, some of the items i ordered arrived. One being my disc brake, a grimeca semi-hydraulic classic from the scootercentre in germany with10% off, free post and a free t/shirt xl Result!!

Before Painting
After painting. I also made a stainless steel plate to cover the semi-hydraulic master cylinder. I have also ordered drop handle bars from scootrs they will probably take a while to arrive. I will have to wait till the end of the month before i can order the new (Genuine) parts for the motor and a lovely hard and probably uncomfy s.i.p race seat (Looks before comfort)