new toy · Aussieveedubbers

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 4:24 pm

dont know when i will be able to ride again but it was to good to let go

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 4:25 pm

got to change that seat cover:repuke

bugbrained · 31 Aug 2006, 4:41 pm

real nice ( recomends wearing a neckbrace for when you hit the powerband ):thumb

seriously lovelly machine my eldest daughter is nuts on those things .

PHAT BUG · 31 Aug 2006, 4:46 pm

Thats awesome!!

Ive always wanted a scooter!

Rhettro.

megalania · 31 Aug 2006, 5:09 pm

Is it a vespa?

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 5:09 pm

i sold a rare race version three known to exist in oz .to a mate when i needed the cash this is the same body with the small motor the other one was good for 80mph on ten inch wheels you know your alive i will keep this one standard as it will be my daily as i dont want to drive the ghia to work every day and it will cost $5 a week to ride :bounce:bounce

Scarlet · 31 Aug 2006, 5:11 pm

hey thats cute... strap a tartan blanky to the seat cover...keeeewwwweeel!!
btw...hows your recovery, saw a couple of weeks ago that you had a bingle!

dak002 · 31 Aug 2006, 5:49 pm

are you gonna rat it?

and if you're gonna ride it.......
where's the side inpact protection?????

baybuscamperkid · 31 Aug 2006, 6:23 pm

nice one, i was watching that on ebay 😎

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 6:41 pm

it's a 1964 Lambretta those into scooters say they are better engineered having previously owned 5 vespas and 2 lambrettas i tend to agree they blow the doors off vespas and handle better they are a little longer i think it helps .the only shame is inocennti/lambretta went broke in the late 60's but they are immensly popular in europe and have there own race series!!

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 6:43 pm

dak002 wrote:are you gonna rat it?

and if you're gonna ride it.......
where's the side inpact protection?????

no rats bite!!!!guess i will use the plate ,screws and a pair of levis for impact protection:thumb

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 6:44 pm

Scarlet wrote:hey thats cute... strap a tartan blanky to the seat cover...keeeewwwweeel!!
btw...hows your recovery, saw a couple of weeks ago that you had a bingle!

still can't walk unassisted but i feel the leg getting stronger each day:thumb

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 6:46 pm

PHAT BUG wrote:Thats awesome!!

Ive always wanted a scooter!

Rhettro.

mate there should be heaps up your way im from geelong and picked up heaps of em from old chocos run an add in your local rag you might be surprised especially if there is a choco (read italian) community around

mscabrio · 31 Aug 2006, 7:38 pm

Wow! What a cool ride ..... I too am a fan of the scooter. Would dearly love to own a lipstick pink Vespa. But living in Werribee would surely get killed by the Gino's in their lowered Commodores ........

ColumBUS · 31 Aug 2006, 7:54 pm

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN wrote:guess i will use the plate ,screws and a pair of levis for impact protection:thumb

it is a well known fact that when riding retro scooters, one must wear full biking leathers, visored helmet, and hell's angels/rebels/bandido's insignia.

ride on brotha.

Fireball xl5 · 31 Aug 2006, 8:14 pm

had a vespa, wanted a lambretta.
looks nice, but how can you resist a small overbore and pipe kit?

malcolm · 31 Aug 2006, 8:26 pm

heres an upgrade

byronbus · 31 Aug 2006, 8:29 pm

I do regret selling my vespa last year, the fuel prices went up...and the price of scooters...

What does a decent reliable lambretta set you back?

65busser · 31 Aug 2006, 9:54 pm

I'd like to retrim that seat CPM. Quite like the brown...very period, but......

byronbus · 31 Aug 2006, 9:55 pm

I like the seat, i had a black vepsa with a tan seat...haha

crewcabconnection · 31 Aug 2006, 9:59 pm

go work on yer Barnie Bruce ... My kid loves his scooter, got Superman on it ... guess it means you dont get hurt when you fall off ... good to hear your feeling better mate....nothing beats a new toy to cheer ones self up...

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 10:19 pm

thanks ccc gee how old are you if your kids riding a scooter? guess i still haven't grown up just regressing

crewcabconnection · 31 Aug 2006, 10:34 pm

my kid is 3, we bought it at Target.

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 10:38 pm

thats ok then i gotta get specs of your van i love it

decked dubby · 31 Aug 2006, 10:55 pm

Jeez, thats super nice. Scooters are cool, i have a 1952 and a 1967 vespa.

shaihulud · 31 Aug 2006, 11:06 pm

My first vehicle was a Lambretta Model D 125. That is one of the very rare open models. They are mechanically the same as the Model LD which has enclosed body work.

That one in the pic looks like a Model Li or maybe a Tv.

I had a model D, A friend had a model B and another had a model F. They were rarish then (1960s) and they are collectors items now.

Even then we looked down on Vespa owners as wannabee Lambretta owners.

byronbus · 31 Aug 2006, 11:07 pm

Pics deckeddubby?

What does a decent reliable lambretta cost?

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 11:30 pm

i got this one for 3800 which is super cheap it's had a nut and bolt resto everything is brand new right down to the michelins :thumb i know that it cost me more than that in parts alone with other restos

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 31 Aug 2006, 11:34 pm

decked dubby wrote:Jeez, thats super nice. Scooters are cool, i have a 1952 and a 1967 vespa.

whats your 52' like thats quite an early one i missed out on a 48' down here a couple of years back and have been spewing ever since not as much as when i missed the one owner gs 160 with factory side car but thats another story:cry:cry:cry:cry

byronbus · 31 Aug 2006, 11:37 pm

That is super cheap, how reliable are they?

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN · 1 Sep 2006, 8:13 am

i rode a scooter daily for five years other than routine servicing and a couple of cable replacements no worries at all