spast1kunt wrote:Il Duce wrote:Well the PX sold for more than I expected and I've received the money. It's going to G12 Glasgow.
Dis or Stuart?
Scott (apt) from Dowanhill.
spast1kunt wrote:Il Duce wrote:Well the PX sold for more than I expected and I've received the money. It's going to G12 Glasgow.
Dis or Stuart?
spast1kunt wrote:If you're sure that it will all go back together and that he hasn't abandoned the project because he knows there's a nasty surprise in there somewhere that seems like a good idea. A bike in bits is surely only worth half the price of an assembled one.
Deuteronomy wrote:spast1kunt wrote:If you're sure that it will all go back together and that he hasn't abandoned the project because he knows there's a nasty surprise in there somewhere that seems like a good idea. A bike in bits is surely only worth half the price of an assembled one.
There can't be that much to go wrong, there's so few components!
Deuteronomy wrote:spast1kunt wrote:If you're sure that it will all go back together and that he hasn't abandoned the project because he knows there's a nasty surprise in there somewhere that seems like a good idea. A bike in bits is surely only worth half the price of an assembled one.
There can't be that much to go wrong, there's so few components!
thekungfury wrote:pretty
Il Duce wrote:Also he's done quite a few full restorations and is well known in Vespa circles. I've seen his restos and they are perfect and his workshop is like a surgery. He started to concentrate on Lambrettas but had two smallframes to complete. He did the one:
Strawman wrote:Il Duce wrote:Also he's done quite a few full restorations and is well known in Vespa circles. I've seen his restos and they are perfect and his workshop is like a surgery. He started to concentrate on Lambrettas but had two smallframes to complete. He did the one:
I like the stripes, could you do this with a white and green stripe?
Il Duce wrote:Strawman wrote:Il Duce wrote:Also he's done quite a few full restorations and is well known in Vespa circles. I've seen his restos and they are perfect and his workshop is like a surgery. He started to concentrate on Lambrettas but had two smallframes to complete. He did the one:
I like the stripes, could you do this with a white and green stripe?
Oh yes.
But I wouldn't.
Because it wouldn't work: green stripe, white stripe, massive red stripe on the right.
Il Duce wrote:Arsebiscuits!
Just had a call from the repairers to say that adjusting the cables didn't solve the gear jumping problem. As I thought anyway.
This means that the engine has to be removed and split.
And while it's split there are parts that maybe part worn that might as well be changed: clutch, bearings, oil seals, primary gear....
Sigh.
tanglerat wrote:Il Duce wrote:Arsebiscuits!
Just had a call from the repairers to say that adjusting the cables didn't solve the gear jumping problem. As I thought anyway.
This means that the engine has to be removed and split.
And while it's split there are parts that maybe part worn that might as well be changed: clutch, bearings, oil seals, primary gear....
Sigh.
Good. No wait, bad?
Good if you're going to do this and the restro-thread is off in unexpected directions. That's proper restro stuff, that is.
Surely to God you're not just going to pay the spannermen to do it whilst they're at it, are you?
Il Duce wrote:I bought it back in August and have only managed 100m on it due to the slipping gears so as soon as the roads are dry I'm going out on it.
HappyGoLucky wrote:Il Duce wrote:I bought it back in August and have only managed 100m on it due to the slipping gears so as soon as the roads are dry I'm going out on it.
Has someone got a cup to put his balls in when he tears them off on the newly chromed legshield?
Il Duce wrote:HappyGoLucky wrote:Il Duce wrote:I bought it back in August and have only managed 100m on it due to the slipping gears so as soon as the roads are dry I'm going out on it.
Has someone got a cup to put his balls in when he tears them off on the newly chromed legshield?
Despite what you dream of in your fiddle fantasy I shall be riding it in raw selvedge denim.
No contest in a battle with thin Italian metal.
Il Duce wrote:Looks like they're all largeframes.
I only restore smallframes.
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