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)
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:
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
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
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
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