SBF Classic Vespa's Cafe 2009

[machine k]

happy 2009 everyone! Ride safe man!

[bennett]

any outing coming up for vespa guys????

[Sharpey]

Let's set one up!

[bennett]

when?? wkend, wkday? evening? wat time? meet up for dinner? or meet up just to tok cor? meet up to spin around singapore? come on man... more people... vespa need to traval in a big group.... and slow.... is gonna be nice... im in.

[Sharpey]

Am also in.... evening can...

[whazzup]

yay!!! i has being a while!!

[Sharpey]

Coolio...

 

Hey Whazzup...saw your scoot at Ngee Ann last week.... Thinking of joining the Poly??

Your paintjob still looks new btw

[Sharpey]

Hey there...

 

The folks over on vespaclub.sg are organising a little shindig... care to join?

 

Anyone care to la kopi / teh before the CNY?

 

Date: Friday, 23 Jan 2009

Time: 19:30~

Venue: KTM (Old Train Station at Tanjong Pagar)

 

01) Sharpey

[Sharpey]

Come on chaps and chapettes.... sign up... I will buy one round of kopi

[whazzup]

hey james.. yah , was there for the open house, just looking around thot. how come i din't see ur scooter ?

[Wildswans]

The thread is moving so slowly these days

[Sharpey]

Hey Kenny.... well, it would have been, except for the fact that I've since had to buy a car to ferry my kid around in... drive him to childcare (also at poly) every day... So the scooter is now for "recreation only".... well actually... it's in bits at the painters at the moment... finally doing my overhaul...

 

 

Hey swans... hope you're doing good also...

 

You guys free tomorrow for a quick kopi at KTM??

[whazzup]

woah ...u send it for painting?

where thot? okay , yah a car is ideal now since u have more then one more to ferry around... yah, i might come for KTM tomorrow. will text u if anything.

[Sharpey]

yep.. sent for dismantling (I helped to cut costs at Tong Aik), then gave all the bits a wash and transported to Mechem Engineering (Benoi area near tuas) for sand blasting and phosphate dip (antil rust)... they've got this huge tank of phosphate... they dunked the whole frame in after blasting all the old paint and rust of... came out looking brand new then sent the fork, levers, stand etc for powdercoating at Spectra in AMK Industrial Park 2... Not cheap... but again, all parts look brand new now.

 

The other bits got sent in my car (thank god I bought one with a big boot) (the frame managed to fit in my back seat!) to Alan the painter at the VW import centre in Tuas... they do all the dealer prep, and dealer re-spray on VW cars... v.professional. Alan has a reputation for very high quality painting (the whole scoot including my new metal custom top box is costing $750 to paint) Will be black with 3 coats of clear ontop for extra lustre... All seams sealed with an elastic antirust sealant... underbody sprayed with durable paint etc...

 

Not exactly the cheap way to do things... but I really don't want to have the scooter rusting out from the inside (frames made post 96 are made with inferior metal and rot easily)... Wish I had an older frame... they are much better made...

 

So yeah... it's a labour of love... Have been saving my makan money for nearly 2 years to pay for this (wife won't allow me to spend salary!)

 

Hope to see you later... if not, another time...

 

Cheers,

 

James.

[bennett]

tml wat time? how to go to tat place? i wan to go... pls call or text me at 92326461....

[Sharpey]

ok... will do...

 

7pm at the ktm railway station on keppel road (underneath the aye/ecp flyover)...it'll be on the map...

[machine k]

good turnout =)

just to boost the numbers, a couple of us frm ntu vespa will be there too for our usual meetup. Haha

[whazzup]

hey , james....very detailed! so.. how r u gonna come in tonight to KTM? u got another scooter or car ? yah , most porbebly i will see u guys tonight. haha. kkk, seeya and ur ntu clan! ciao..

[machine k]

james got a car lah, with big boot..haha

come earlier if you can la, i will be there earlier =)

[Sharpey]

Got 2nd Vespa lor.... The blue beast My Father-in-law and Mother-in-law ride it to work every day... but it's registered in my name... It's nice having a *mostly* stock bike... gotta low that low-end torque with the sito+

[whazzup]

we forgot to take pics!!!

[machine k]

haha is ok lah, pic is in the mind. As long as we remember we had the meetup.

Nice to see everyone around =)

[Seth37]

Hello all, i lost my handphone over the weekend and thus my contact list. Can someone please PM me Ah joo's number? I'll buy you kopi. Its real urgent! Many thanks!

[Sharpey]

http://vesporeanfaq.wikispaces.com/Jin+Cheng+Motors

has the shop number... not his hp though

[stonecow]

moved.....

Edited February 7, 2009 by stonecow