Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] OT - motor scooters
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sat Aug 21 14:27:17 2004
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I am almost finished a Vespa Smallframe restoration/overhaul. I am 
riding it but there are a few small details to sort yet. I hopped up a 
100 sport with a (much) stronger engine and added a disc brake. I love 
it for around town. Now that the jetting is almost right I am getting 
about a 100 miles per imperial gallon and very peppy performance too. 
Wasn't cheap to do though. Mind you my next project is a Ducati single 
and that looks to be an order of magnitude more expensive!

John Collier

On Aug 21, 2004, at 2:52 PM, Oliver wrote:

> Since we seem to have experts or at least opinions on any subject, 
> would
> recent and/or current owners of Vespas or other motor scooters care to 
> share
> good and bad experiences with their vehicles? I haven't used one since 
> 1949
> or thereabouts. They seem to proliferate in San Francisco of late and 
> can
> even go up the steeper hills nowadays.


Replies: Reply from locke at straylight.ca (Greg Locke) ([Leica] OT - motor scooters)
In reply to: Message from oliverbryk at iqmail.net (Oliver) ([Leica] OT - motor scooters)