So, I went out in the van...

[Cavcraft]

...to drop off a cycle I'd sold to a cracking bloke on Gumtree. I didn't really fancy going, but a promise is a promise and he wasn't far away. Dropped the bike off (spares source for another he bought off me Friday) and there's this thing in his kitchen.

 

What are you doing with that?/Oh, I'm selling it because the MOT has elapsed and I haven't bothered renewing it/OW MUTCH M8?/Very good price.

 

 

20 minutes later I'm back with empty van and cash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Parky]

How many broken Xboxes did he want for it?

[bub2006]

You sexy bastard

[Parky]

You sexy bastard

Cheers

[bub2006]

not my type hun xx

[red5]

Ah, PX ftw.

 

Although I was a small frame aficianado myself, I'd have a go on a larger one.

 

 

 

 

 

Atsnbe

[strangeangel]

Horrible things (and I say that as someone who mostly rides scooters), but RESULT cos you'll make £££ selling it on to a comedy mod/flying helmet wearing beardy hipster type.

[Rocket88]

It's true...........................put three antique dealers on a desert island with a chest of drawers, and they'll all make a living..........

[Six-cylinder]

Help educate me, what is it and why should I not have one?

[Cavcraft]

Vespa PX125, no reason not to have one!

[UltraWomble]

Help educate me, what is it and why should I not have one?

Its a Vespa PX125 ( EFL) so no nasty premixing. 

 

You should have one because they are cool.

 

You should not have one because Italian 'lectrics.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Horrible things (and I say that as someone who mostly rides scooters), but RESULT cos you'll make £££ selling it on to a comedy mod/flying helmet wearing beardy hipster type.

Really? What's so bad about them? I bought a PX which had been left unused in the elements a few years back. Easy fixer upper, and I rode it to the Isle of Wight whilst I owned it. Mega reliable, ran on fumes and cheap parts. Plus they have a decent manual box.

I made a few hundred on mine, and I can see the same with the one in the photo at the top (save the advert 'til spring though)

[strangeangel]

Help educate me, what is it and why should I not have one?

 

It's a 2-stroke Vespa, the Elyseo will be more reliable

[UltraWomble]

Needs m0ar mirrorz

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scooter-Retro-Mod-Chrome-Stadium-Mirror-2-Stems-Brackets-Lambretta-Vespa-/201703041599?hash=item2ef6702a3f:g:nAcAAOSwal5YFUlC

[plasticvandan]

Please forward in my general direction

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Whilst they are a bit scene I do like them. Not enough to be tempted away from real motorcycles you understand.

 

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[strangeangel]

Really? What's so bad about them? I bought a PX which had been left unused in the elements a few years back. Easy fixer upper, and I rode it to the Isle of Wight whilst I owned it. Mega reliable, ran on fumes and cheap parts. Plus they have a decent manual box.

I made a few hundred on mine, and I can see the same with the one in the photo at the top (save the advert 'til spring though)

 

My experience of 2-stroke Vespas has been that the parts are indeed cheap, but this is offset by needing a lot of them. Aftermarket parts can be a bit of a minefield, too, as many are badly-made crap from India/VN.

 

Twistgrip gearchange (esp the 4-speed ones) are hateful and feature 1002 neutrals, except for the one you actually want.

 

Lousy handling... the 1965 Sprint I had felt like you were riding on ice the whole time - never known anything like it.

 

Shit brakes.

 

Piss-poor electrics (I can remember spending an entire afternoon trying to get the indicators on a T5 to flash when I wanted them to flash - no chance).

 

However, I agree with you on earning potential - I would 100% buy another one if it was cheap enough. You wouldn't catch me riding it though*!

 

*perversely, there is an old Vespa in the garage, but that's a family thing.

[Matt]

I'd have a bash at that at the right price, not sure how I'd get it home mind.

[plasticvandan]

I enjoyed my T5 and my 150 Super,I'd have another if it wasn't for scene tax

[DodgeRover]

I remember a trip down the M1 in the rain when there was obviously a scooter rally on and it was breakdown chaos broken down vespas and Lambrettas every few 100 yards and little clusters sheltering underneath bridges, oh how a laughed on my RD125LC as the water gradually made it's way through my leathers stitching and pooled near my groin....

[Dick Cheeseburger]

*perversely, there is an old Vespa in the garage, but that's a family thing.

After singing the praises of Vespa, I'd also better contradict myself by admitting I've got a Lambretta sat in my garage.

[Cavcraft]

I went through clutch cables on my TX200 like they were going out of fashion, the worst occasion being as I pulled into the Ponderosa cafe (top of Horseshoe Pass) in a torrential downpour.

I wouldn't buy one for the handling, they're a style thing (IMHO) but if I had the choice I'd have a Lambretta, even though they're even more unreliable they're just so nice looks by and sounding, it's unreal.

 

 

*Edit: Terry Wogan, let's do a deal!

[strangeangel]

On my way back from Normandy earlier this year I passed two extremely old Lambrettas on the way back to the Chunnel, bucking and weaving along the motorway at about 45mph, with no support vehicle in sight. Hats off to them, they had bigger stones than me!

[billyboy406v6]

No good to me, my bum looks big in a parka

[plasticvandan]

This winnar turned up at a local bike night

[taxi paul]

GWM 62ON . The registration number of my 150 super . In 1982 ish. I can remember that but can't remember if I have put the bin out. Age is a wonderful thing.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I went through clutch cables on my TX200 like they were going out of fashion, the worst occasion being as I pulled into the Ponderosa cafe (top of Horseshoe Pass) in a torrential downpour.

I wouldn't buy one for the handling, they're a style thing (IMHO) but if I had the choice I'd have a Lambretta, even though they're even more unreliable they're just so nice looks by and sounding, it's unreal.

*Edit: Terry Wogan, let's do a deal!

I'll be honest, I'd need at least a million half-eaten packets of chocolate chip cookies, as well as an unrealistic quantity of dodgy import lagers.

[red5]

I went through clutch cables on my TX200 like they were going out of fashion, the worst occasion being as I pulled into the Ponderosa cafe (top of Horseshoe Pass) in a torrential downpour.

I wouldn't buy one for the handling, they're a style thing (IMHO) but if I had the choice I'd have a Lambretta, even though they're even more unreliable they're just so nice looks by and sounding, it's unreal.

 

 

*Edit: Terry Wogan, let's do a deal!

 

I had a TV175 for a bit. Mostly pushed it places.

[Dave_Q]

Yo Cav, that looks decent, hope you've got your regulation shitty stick ready for beating off the buyers. 

 

Here is a Vespa selling Facebook group, for some reason even a "spearres or repares" spec one with no MOT needing welding or something seems to be advertised for close to A FAAAHSAND PAAAAHNDS.

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/310266064867/

 

Get a test on it and you're probably looking at 1200 or so, I believe when selling it's de rigeuer to claim it has a 166 kit fitted but it's registered as a 125 M8.

[wuvvum]

When I was 18, I bought a small-frame PK50 with a 100cc engine fitted.  A49PVF was the reg - I remember that as it was my first number plate (all the mopeds I'd owned before that had been in France and thus unregistered).  I pushed it home from the seller's house 4 miles away as I didn't have any other form of transport - although about a mile and a half from home some bloke in an LDV Convoy took pity on me and gave me and the bike a lift home.  I had it running once, for about 15 seconds - could never get it going again after that.  I gave up on it and bought a Yamaha RS100.  Eventually it got nicked, I didn't bother to report it.  That is the extent of my experience with Vespas.

 

I'd like to try riding one once, just for the experience, but I think the Spacy is about as far as I want to go down the old scooter route.