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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

ok its done, and it works

A collection of Vespa bits occupying too much space in my already small shed was not a good conclusion for the 150 Super, so a few late nights were dedicated to its several 'issues'. Intermittent ignition problems were traced to a messy Vietnamese solder job on the after market flywheel that was shorting the timing pulse. The non-existent brakes were traced to the Vespa factory of old where they decided that combining tiny, narrow drums along with rock hard brake lining material was the best option to keep the kids on their toes. Registration was next, and receiving differing information regarding scoot and paperwork requirements from the same department got a bit tedious, and wasn't quite as thrilling as nearly losing the beast from the trailer over a random piece of road but was all sorted in the end. To surprise, set apart and illuminate the beast (once registered) I mounted a set of twin air horns and a couple of blue underbody neon lights, damn.