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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

pbas - post byron anxiety syndrome
Coming down from the Byron trip was'nt easy, but was made a little better by driving over to my bro's and seeing my Vespa as naked as the day it was born. Garren had stripped 99% of the Italian stalion while I was away, and it was awaiting its delivery to the paint stripping man. Whilst this was a surprise and a major step forward in its rebirth it demonstrated that its past was less than favourable. Some loon had pop rivetted a piece of galvanised tin over a large hole, err crater, on the scoots front bottom section. The headset also had a small chunk missing - which would be more serious as it was aluminium, and thus required special welding, ugh. Oh well, acceptance is the first step to recovery. (Current mood: glass half missing)


3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ooohhhhh deeaaarrr...

Remember my mail, where i said "watch out for rust underneath"? :-) THIS is what i was thinking about.. although, this is even worse..

Good luck with it..
Oh, regarding the handlebar, check this one out:
http://www.sip-scootershop.com/pages/index.php?ID=14536&NOSUBNAVI=1&_requested_page=%2Fpages%2Fdetails.php

Is it worth all the welding trouble?

I'll keep on reading. :-)
Jörn

Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:13:00 am  
Blogger Drew Milne said...

Jörn,

Hah, I thought you'd like that picture! *8)

I think it had been sitting in a field somewhere for a while, but its not all bad. My brother and I can mig weld pretty well, so this should'nt be too big a hurdle. And old Vespa's are'nt for sale everyday down here!

Thanks for the handlebar link - but I think at this point ill stick with what i've got and get some stock welded to it that I can fashion into a front brake lever swing hole.

Damm these old contraptions! *8)
Drew

Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:40:00 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the hole may have been created to help get the cables through as they can be very very difficult to thread through.
I have just picked up an '69 SS90 here in NZ which needs some tlc to bring it back to life, Iwill follow your progress with interest.
ciao

Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:05:00 pm  

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