Two wheeled stool - Lambretta bitsa

[4wheeledstool]

Struggling to find time to do much on this, did get the gearchange and throttle supports stripped of all paint today

Also stripped the paint off the back of the horncasing.

All aluminium parts are now ready for paint, hopefully I'll get it all away to a painter in the next week or so.

[4wheeledstool]

Bits and pieces dropped off with specialist scooter paint bloke this morning - colours chosen, ball rolling again!

[4wheeledstool]

This GP toolbox wasn't in the best condition when I fitted it to my bitsa back in 1990, it had numerous scuffs and scratches - this was why I painted it. This time I thought I'd have a go at restoring it. So far the paint has been removed with a soak in thinners, and I've started to eradicate the sanding marks and scuffs with wet and dry paper. I intend to go through the grades of paper until I can polish it up to a semi gloss finish.

 

 

If it all goes horribly wrong, I can always paint it again!

[I_am_Diesel]

 

 

As promised and better late than never, a pic of my PX200 Series Special.

 

I will get it tested next month and add a few miles come the better weather.

 

 

[4wheeledstool]

It's finally ready to collect...

No idea when it'll be built back up, the sooner I get a job sorted out, the sooner that'll be.  

[4wheeledstool]

I finally got round to collecting this assortment of freshly painted junk today. Now I'm officially flat broke! First job when I landed was to trial fit the side panel embellishments - their mounting holes usually shrink due to paint thickness. Careful rogering with a screwdriver opened the holes just enough for a snug fit. 

 

Many pieces needing packing away until I can afford to buy the stuff needed to build the thing. 

Biggest bits will be wrapped up and stored in the garage until the time comes. 

[Cavcraft]

Shit the bed, that looks glorious. What's needed to build it now? Have found out with my L.I that cheap means anything but, every time it goes in for a repair they find something else wrong with it! It'll never look as nice as yours.

[strangeangel]

That does look rather magnificent, I have to say.

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

That blue looks rather similar to my old SX... Mine was a Peugeot blue iirc.

Looking good!!!

 

[4wheeledstool]

14 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Shit the bed, that looks glorious. What's needed to build it now? Have found out with my L.I that cheap means anything but, every time it goes in for a repair they find something else wrong with it! It'll never look as nice as yours.

Thank you kindly. I need to buy new cables, floor runners, rubber trim, tyres, wiring loom, battery, seat and stainless fasteners for everything. Putting the old stuff back on isn't really an option now the paintwork is nice - it'll cost a fair few queen heads, but it'll be properly tidy when done.

[4wheeledstool]

Got all the painted pieces unwrapped on the living room floor. 

Side panel badges carefully fitted. 

Toolbox mounting brackets riveted on. 

As you can see, I bailed out of sanding and polishing this back to its original plastic finish. It was just taking far too much time. (I'm not usually bothered by laborious tasks, but this was ridiculous!) 

Whilst looking through the parts I already have for the rebuild, I spotted then biffed in the chrome steering lock ring that I bought for this many years ago. 

Merry Christmas one and all!

 

[4wheeledstool]

Its been most frustrating to not be able to get stuck in to this. I did however find a few decent fasteners that allowed me to fit a couple of parts to the frame. 

There's a few parts that need paint removing to allow assembly to happen, so I'll be getting that done while I wait for parts money to arrive.  

[4wheeledstool]

A couple of odds and sods arrived this morning from Scooter Restorations in Nottingham. This little package has allowed me to fit the toolbox door, fuel flap and headstock bearings/cups.

Hopefully it won't be too long before I can order up some more stuff to enable a decent bit of progress. 

[4wheeledstool]

Careful removal of paint from key areas allowed the steering lock gubbins to be fitted, closely followed by the dip switch, throttle + gear controls and finally the headstock clamp. 

No paint damage yet................ 

[4wheeledstool]

Still trying to find a new job, but managed to grab a bit of time on this today. Stand and splash plate went on. 

The threads in the handlebars, horn case and tail light housing were all cleaned up with suitably sized taps so that the screws ran in nicely. 

Just before teatime, the rear frame badge went on after a bit of a polish. 

More to come in the not too distant future.

[4wheeledstool]

Front hub was built up yesterday - really pleased that I didn't mark the paint! 

 Forks next - not looking forward to it! 

[puddlethumper]

I'm lovin your Lambo mate. Going to be a stunner when done. Doffing of hat and

stuff from me. I had an SX200 in the early 70's in the same colour scheme.

It had been bored out to 225 and the seller said it would do 95. Didn't fancy

seeing if it would, chickened out, so he could have been lying. 

[4wheeledstool]

Forks now built up and ready to go. As is normal, it was a bit of a faff, but got there in the end without doing any damage. 

[4wheeledstool]

A little more time was found for this today - petrol tank, tap and air box all found their way back on to the frame. 

When fully tightened, the straps were still slightly slack. This was remedied later on with larger rubber buffers. 

[4wheeledstool]

Forks and handlebars now in position, I need to order in some more parts before I can get much further. 

[4wheeledstool]

Grabbed a little time for this after a job interview today - wheels + hubs were built up with new tyres and tubes. 

Dampers were then sprayed up after being bare metalled yesterday. 

Got a few odds and sods to paint still, but will hopefully be getting the engine in some time next week.

[mullett471]

5 hours ago, 4wheeledstool said:

Grabbed a little time for this after a job interview today

Good luck, hope it turns out for you,

[4wheeledstool]

Smartened up a few pieces after stripping them back to bare metal.

Made a start cleaning up the engine too. I'd originally planned a complete strip and rebuild, but theres nothing wrong with it, so a clean and spruce up will be fine for now. (gonna replace the carburettor though, the one on it is problematic) 

Whilst stripping parts off to ease the cleaning process, I noticed that the gear shift tie rod was worn, giving a sloppy gear change. The elongated hole was welded up and re drilled, which should reduce the travel of the handlebar considerably during shifts. 

Totally regret scrapping the frame that this engine came to me in - would have been an easy fix for me nowadays! 

[pauldoubleyou]

Great thread. 

 

For the curious, what can a rough / cheap project vespa or lambretta go for nowadays?

MY brother had a significant amount of them. I remember knocking one over when i was about 9 and setting the alarm off on it. He had a few choppers too, ill see if i can find pictures. 

[4wheeledstool]

On 2/18/2020 at 1:03 PM, pauldoubleyou said:

Great thread. 

 

For the curious, what can a rough / cheap project vespa or lambretta go for nowadays?

MY brother had a significant amount of them. I remember knocking one over when i was about 9 and setting the alarm off on it. He had a few choppers too, ill see if i can find pictures. 

Cheers! No idea what sort of prices projects go for nowadays - best place to look is scooter parts fairs apparently (dates of said parts fairs are published in Scootering magazine which is available online) 

Decommissioning work finished last week, so officially out of work now. I've been doing the training to become an MOT tester, and very nearly finished now, but managed to get a little time on this today. 

Number plate stripped

Plate repainted and characters cleaned back

Just needs a good buffing session and it's ready to go back on.

Was offered a job today too - it's a lot less money than my last job, but its the only job I've seen advertised that I'm actually interested in, so I accepted it, and start on Monday.  

[Matty]

Oh do tell, what is you've took (#hashtag nosy bugger) ?

[Alanism]

Sad news on the work situation and I hope things come together for you soon relating to such matters.  I had to comment on what a magnificent build this is.  I tend to mess about with newer Ducati (post 1990) but I keep admiring the scooter builds I see.  This is a beauty.

[UltraWomble]

Jjust caught up with this thread ( hence the shitload of likes  you will suddenly have got) loving it and well done on the job front - might lead on to other things.

[Cavcraft]

Congrat's on the job, great news.

 

What carb have you got and what are you replacing it with? Keep hearing good things about the Scootopia (22mm) ones and how they're 'fit and forget' but as yours is probably chucking some decent power out, would imagine you'll be using something bigger.

[4wheeledstool]

22 hours ago, Matty said:

Oh do tell, what is you've took (#hashtag nosy bugger) ?

Nothing super interesting, it's matching colours for a company that makes wood stains, paints, lacquers etc. I have done similar work in plastics previously, and it seems like a pretty relaxed laboratory environment which I'm accustomed to. Hopefully the pay will increase over time.  

20 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Congrat's on the job, great news.

 

What carb have you got and what are you replacing it with? Keep hearing good things about the Scootopia (22mm) ones and how they're 'fit and forget' but as yours is probably chucking some decent power out, would imagine you'll be using something bigger.

Cheers! A mate has one of those on his SX200 - its basically a very well remade standard GP200 carb - works beautifully on his standard(ish) motor. I've been running a 28mm PHBH Dellorto on the bitsa, it's fine most of the time but occasionally runs piss weak with no obvious reason why. I tried a 30mm PHBH borrowed from another mate and it seemed to be perfect, so I'll probably buy one of those and alter the jetting to run through the air box. Should still go well but look more like a standard set up.