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coad 
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The Boss of all Bosses has been Jonesin' for a Heinkel Tourist... then she sees how people drive around here and wants no part of it.  They do look like fun, though. |
The Heinkel Club in Germany is fantastic. Anything you need, they have. It's a big operation with their own warehouse, and employees, and they reproduce a ton of parts. I've heard their summer meets are great.
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Brezelwerks
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Yes the Heinkel Club is great, quality is very good and often great of their parts, I joined the club a few years back to get parts for my A1 Tourist, which is how you can purchase their parts, but they also don't make everything, but they do make alot.
The Tourists aren't very fast as 175cc scooters, but they are decent cruisers, and interestingly are bomb proof 4 stroke motors, where nearly all others of the era were two strokes. While I find them nice looking most think of them as having a face only a mother could love. A local guy, who was rather well known in the vintage scooter world, John Gerber, recently passed on but wrote alot about his travels all over the planet on his Heinkel Tourist, and his stories were always an interesting read. |
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Dave24
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1960 VESPA 400
| Hyman Ltd Classic Cars wrote: |
| In Italian "Vespa" means wasp, which couldn't be more appropriate for this bright yellow and black Vespa 400 coupe. Introduced in 1957 and engineered by Piaggio, the Italian manufacturer of the ubiquitous motor scooters which inspired a generation of La Dolce Vita, the Vespa automobile was built in Piaggio's French factory. A rear-mounted 393cc 2-stroke twin produced 20 brake horsepower and drove through a 3-speed transmission to the rear wheels. Only one body style was offered, a 2-door coupe with folding fabric sunroof, but it weighed only 850 pounds at the curb. It was only 112" long; ... |
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Tram
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Location: Still Feelin' the Bern- Once you've felt it you can't un- feel it.
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1960 VESPA 400
| Hyman Ltd Classic Cars wrote: |
| In Italian "Vespa" means wasp, which couldn't be more appropriate for this bright yellow and black Vespa 400 coupe. Introduced in 1957 and engineered by Piaggio, the Italian manufacturer of the ubiquitous motor scooters which inspired a generation of La Dolce Vita, the Vespa automobile was built in Piaggio's French factory. A rear-mounted 393cc 2-stroke twin produced 20 brake horsepower and drove through a 3-speed transmission to the rear wheels. Only one body style was offered, a 2-door coupe with folding fabric sunroof, but it weighed only 850 pounds at the curb. It was only 112" long; ... |
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That's not a damn scooter. 
Can't you freaking maggots learn to stay on topic in this here off- topic forum? 
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Dave24
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| It IS a Vespa though... |
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Tram
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| It IS a Vespa though... |
Damn WASPs!
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| Just my hands. And a little lube. No tools. |
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Bloog
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave24 wrote: |
| It IS a Vespa though... |
Damn WASPs! |
We call them WAPS here because it's easier to say.
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norcalmike
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heres my 78 Vespa Bravo. a craigslist freebie! good shape. been sitting for 3 years. gonna get it to fire up today.
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gavin.dude
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I love my vespa, I have a 79 and it's faster than my bug from 0-45 and it's indestructible. I t-boned some lady that pulled out in front of me doin almost 30 and bent the front fender out and straightened the handlebars and rode it home. I didn't even get hurt except for a black eye where my face hit the side of her car. Another guy I know has a rally 180 that hes wrecked multiple times and its still holdin up fine. The last time he wrecked it he layed it down on the freeway doin 85. He sat on top of the side cover while it slid to a stop, then rode it home.
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gavin.dude
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| Dave24 wrote: |
1960 VESPA 400
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| In Italian "Vespa" means wasp, which couldn't be more appropriate for this bright yellow and black Vespa 400 coupe. Introduced in 1957 and engineered by Piaggio, the Italian manufacturer of the ubiquitous motor scooters which inspired a generation of La Dolce Vita, the Vespa automobile was built in Piaggio's French factory. A rear-mounted 393cc 2-stroke twin produced 20 brake horsepower and drove through a 3-speed transmission to the rear wheels. Only one body style was offered, a 2-door coupe with folding fabric sunroof, but it weighed only 850 pounds at the curb. It was only 112" long; ... |
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That's not a damn scooter.
Can't you freaking maggots learn to stay on topic in this here off- topic forum? |
I saw one in person once and it was freakin awesome, theres a farm down here where we have rallies and the guy that owns the farm also has a micro car musuem
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sparkleplenty
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Very nice work sparkleplenty....my custom build Series 2 will be finished late summer hopefully. Here is my recent last build, a shot from the photoshoot for a Scootering Magazine feature this fall:
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Very, very nice...Love it
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gavin.dude
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Anybody plan on goin to any rallys? Hill on Wheels tennesee is comin up and Resurgence Atlanta in October
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turdburgler
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1981 Vespa P200e.. Very nice ride..Decent speed..
It is for sale right now..Trying to get a new VW project going and could use the money..
It will be missed..
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Spezialist
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1981 Vespa P200e.. Very nice ride..Decent speed..
It is for sale right now..Trying to get a new VW project going and could use the money..
It will be missed..
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What! Are you going to use for a parts chaser?
VWs and Vespa's are symbiotic in that regard.
I'm putting together a 64 vbb with a 200 rally engine currently.
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wuzmop
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I'm looking into the possibility of a 150cc 74 Vespa as a daily. My daily commute round trip is about 50 miles, on a Vespa I would stay off the highways so I have to contend with stop and go. Currently I drive my VW's. How can I expect it to hold up? Engine rebuilds and such, just like my VW's are the cost of doing business, so I'm not worried about that. Pipe dream, or are they tough enough to endure a lifestyle like that? It would probably be alternated with a car, so maybe 3 days a week tops would be it's duty.
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KILLERWATT
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| I'm looking into the possibility of a 150cc 74 Vespa as a daily. My daily commute round trip is about 50 miles, on a Vespa I would stay off the highways so I have to contend with stop and go. Currently I drive my VW's. How can I expect it to hold up? Engine rebuilds and such, just like my VW's are the cost of doing business, so I'm not worried about that. Pipe dream, or are they tough enough to endure a lifestyle like that? It would probably be alternated with a car, so maybe 3 days a week tops would be it's duty. |
In my opinion they require more maintenance than a VW. The engineering and the parts aren't as forgiving or as available as VW either. Plugs foul easier, everything is cables that require the proper tension and specialty tools. I only had a 20 mile commute and I did it for a year while building a bus...brutal.
I still love vintage scooters and will probably get another one but they're made for short trips. In rush hour I had people pull out in front of me, roll through stop signs while looking through me, I'm maxed out at 45mph with a 150cc and people are blowing by you at 60mph flicking cigarettes at you.
In that year I had the motor seize at 45mph causing me to skid 30 feet on US1, I had the steel wheel rust chips blow out the rear inner tube twice. The stator got scrambled by a piece of the flywheel and I went through two high tension coils. |
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gavin.dude
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I've ridden mine on a couple trips over a hundred miles to rallies. Holds up fine. Keep a spare plug and cables and you are good to go. They go through plugs because they are two stroke. Depending on your set up you can run all day in 100 degree weather and not worry about siezing. The DR kits are good for commuting. Not mallosi power but a lot less likely to sieze up. You can rip the engine out and rebuild it and have it back on in a couple hours. The engine is held on by 2 bolts, just unhook all the cables and wires and have someone hold the back up and you can just roll the engine out from under it with the tire still attached.
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gavin.dude
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| I'm looking into the possibility of a 150cc 74 Vespa as a daily. My daily commute round trip is about 50 miles, on a Vespa I would stay off the highways so I have to contend with stop and go. Currently I drive my VW's. How can I expect it to hold up? Engine rebuilds and such, just like my VW's are the cost of doing business, so I'm not worried about that. Pipe dream, or are they tough enough to endure a lifestyle like that? It would probably be alternated with a car, so maybe 3 days a week tops would be it's duty. |
In my opinion they require more maintenance than a VW. The engineering and the parts aren't as forgiving or as available as VW either. Plugs foul easier, everything is cables that require the proper tension and specialty tools. I only had a 20 mile commute and I did it for a year while building a bus...brutal.
I still love vintage scooters and will probably get another one but they're made for short trips. In rush hour I had people pull out in front of me, roll through stop signs while looking through me, I'm maxed out at 45mph with a 150cc and people are blowing by you at 60mph flicking cigarettes at you.
In that year I had the motor seize at 45mph causing me to skid 30 feet on US1, I had the steel wheel rust chips blow out the rear inner tube twice. The stator got scrambled by a piece of the flywheel and I went through two high tension coils. |
maxed out at 45 is whack, I have a p125 and it tops out at 60, can cruise 50 easily. DR177 and si24 carb but stock gearing and exhuast. According to haynes manual top speed for the stock p125 is like 62 or something. Really though anything over 45 gets sketchy if theres any wind at all, thing starts weavin all over lol
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coad
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I'm thinking of selling my 54 Lambretta LD150, probably on ebay.
I know it hurts that I'm in the middle of nowhere (Nebraska) so shipping will be expensive and there isn't a lot of local interest, but even with that, what should this thing sell for?
https://picasaweb.google.com/103130925760850358933...directlink
It's in good condition, but it's an older repaint with the usual little scratches and dings, but mechanically it's fine, and it's a really nice scooter to ride. |
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