Go Hard or Go Home
Elsie the Lambretta update 2 After a bit of wire bushing and a bit of a clean Elsie is ready to go outside to the paint booth for painting. Good old matt black and silver should look OK. I masked everything up with some paper out of the printer as […]
Read moreElsie the Lambretta update 1 I managed to source a L/H side panel off ebay for the LC125 Lambretta frame I got from a local guy. It came from a very helpful German trader and is actually off an NSU Lambretta. Nick, one of the scooterists in the know, had […]
Read more1951 Lambretta LC 125 Was produced in Italy between 1950 and 1951 with a total of 42500 units. With 125 cc it has a Bore/Stroke of 52×58 mm and a carburetor Dellorto MA16. This model has 3 gears and 4.3 horse power, going up to 65-70 km/h with a consumption […]
Read moreWaiheke Scooter Rally Recently we were lucky enough to attend this event as an addition to a planned family holiday to the north island. Big thanks to Christiaan from Retroscooter who was kind enough to lend me his SS180 for the rally and to put us up for the night […]
Read moreBajaj scooter update 10 The Bajaj Super was a two-stroke 150 cc motor scooter produced in India by Bajaj Auto between 1976 and 2006. Early models were a licensed reproduction of the Italian-made eight-inch-wheeled Vespa Super. Production continued even after the licence agreement with Vespa expired in 1977. In response, Vespa’s […]
Read moreMrs JC update 1 So the new battery strap lasted about 2 days….an old inner tube soon got cut up to fit and so far is doing a great job. All of the other new parts turned up and have been installed and a couple of small issues have now […]
Read moreMods and Rockers 2014 Rack up another convincing win on Saturday to the MODs in the MAR yet again despite dubious judging and rigged events in the greasy Rockers favour. A barbecue to start off with at the First European motorcycle shop, 114 Carlyle Street in Sydenham and then a […]
Read moreMrs JC’s Super update So the Super is almost ready to go. I have ordered a new BGM shock and some other electrical bits and pieces and a strap for the new battery. With the old super shock in the bike the PX200 electric start was causing some issues as […]
Read moreMrs JC’s Super A while ago we brought a Super for her indoors to learn to ride on as Barry AKA the Bajaj and the Black Roughie turned into a bit of a work in progress. Purchased off trade me it looked and turned out to be an “asian import”. […]
Read moreVespa SS180 update 2 I’m still running in the SS180 so every chance I get, which isn’t as much as I’d like, I take it out for a spin. It’s got nearly 300kms on it now so only a couple of hundy to go. Whilst riding a couple of […]
Read moreVespa SS180 update 1 I finally got most of the SS180 sorted out. There’s been a few changes made to it since purchasing it last year and I was going to run it in the Mille Miglia but had to change to the PX200 at the last minute. Most of […]
Read moreMille Miglia 2014 Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since the Mille Miglia Scooter Challenge and the memories are still very good of the whole experience. Since then, due to a copyright infringement, the organizers have had to rename the event. From next year the event will be known […]
Read moreBajaj scooter update 9 So I got the shock mount sorted out, got it started and went for a ride. It ran very badly, not backfiring but reluctant to rev and just low on power. Also the new clutch needs adjusted and so do the gear cables. Back to the […]
Read moreBajaj scooter update 8 The journey continues…. So I got all the extra bits I needed installed and put humpty back together again, then added oil to the gearbox and fresh fuel in the tank. Took it off the lift and onto the stand, gave it some choke and tried […]
Read moreEaster 2013 While on holiday with family in christchurch over the Easter break, the opportunity to join the Canscoot guys on a ride out to Akaroa was too good to miss so the PX was packed onto the trailer for the drive to shakey town. The weather forecast was grim […]
Read moreVespa SS180 Scooter The Super Sport, or S.S., was the successor to the G.S. 160 and was built from 1964 to 1968. With the exception of the increase in cc’s, the motor and suspension design are very similar on the two scooters. On the other hand, the styling of the […]
Read moreBajaj scooter update 7 Hmm. The Bajaj has been left in the naughty corner for a bit after going “bang” the last time I tried to start it. I assumed the piston would have a hole in it but after opening the motor up, found it was fine. One thing […]
Read moreBajaj scooter update 6 OK. Still haven’t fixed the lights as Barry now has a fuel issue… The motor now runs but the carburetor leaks and if you leave the fuel tap on it empties on the floor – BAD BAD Bajaj !! Harumph! So, now I have got a […]
Read moreBajaj scooter update 5 So the new (reconditioned stator) does indeed run the bike as expected however this doesn’t help one iota with the lights. I got the 12v Scoots RS kit because it came with a new wiring loom and an additional loom that included the ignition and key […]
Read moreBajaj scooter update 4 Finally it lives !!! After giving up on the Scoot RS electronic kit, I got another flywheel and reconditioned stator from Bajaj Brookes aka Mr Skoot. I also found the HT lead had a broken tag at the spark plug connector end that went into the […]
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