SBF Classic Vespa's Cafe 2009 / 2010

[whazzup]

ok peeps!! when down to starauto today, saw my baby ! finally ah hua started doing her up a lil. ok this is how she looks like when i took pictures.... and yah , i have send some part to kallang for chroming and polishing....total bill $61. 2 rim cover (polishing), 2 clutch and brack lever (polishing) and 2 rim wheel knock (chroming). alright, got some kit and when home to do up exhause. wire brush and sand them, wash the inside part ....full of dirt, grease, particles....or what ever u wanna call it. it look like black coffee thot. haha. gonna get it spray tomolo wif high temp. paint.

[etwy]

right in my office basement car park. $90 juz flew away..........

 

I'm gonna try to hunt this S.O.B. down and tear him apart.

[Sharpey]

Good going whazzup.... soon your scoot will be totally naked

[Sharpey]

Office basement carpark @ Ford! Wierd.... someone have a vendetta or something??

 

Damn shittttttyyyyy luck there...

 

Buy a cover man... makes your scoot practically invisible to Wankers.... !

[Wildswans]

That's bad.....

 

But i dun recall seeing any vespas when i was there 2 weeks back on sat

[whazzup]

yah la! whenever people see nice nice things....their hands starting to itch! bloodly mindset!! my fren rx8 also got long long scratch for no reason!

[Wildswans]

Yah....

 

Pple itchy finger.... no cure...

[Wildswans]

So wat's the status of the meet-up?

[whazzup]

ya man ! i wanna see her naked! but she will rust fast ! surface rust...

[Wildswans]

So you need to get rid of the rust first before sending for chroming?

[whazzup]

porberly ...but the surface rust is refering to the scooter body....cos when he sand the old paint off, only the bare metel is expose....if it's left there for too long, air will start to make is go rusty. so , ah hua gonna apply the anti-rust thingy fast...

[Wildswans]

Okie........

[zen n 2wheels maintenance]

heard it's no good to cover either...as cover catches fire easily and there are lots of pple who likes to anyhow throw butts...

[lyao]

hihi just wondering.. is it difficult to find a px200 disc? and umm.. i went down to jincheng.. and they suggested i get a restored px150 is it going to be more ex? den buying 1 from ta and doing it up ? haha just wondering.. it seems like a great idea though must wait quite a while . queue up to get it restored. then how do i choose wat bike to get from them? i mean the restored one.. not too sure

[maz]

does the PX150 & 200 share the same clutch?

 

Actually both have the same design. but not exactly the same. 150 has 5 spring and 4 plates. 200 has 7 spring and 3 clutch place. diameter wise 200 is slightly bigger. Its not a straight swap. dont be mistaken. some slight modification has to be done on the engine case where the clutch is, IF u want to use a 200 or cosa clutch on ur 150. The number of teeth on ur clutch depends on the ur main drive (christmas tree). Different combinations give u different performance. there is a few combination. one for pick up one for long distance. i im not wrong one of the combi is 23/64 and the other one i forget.

[-ResiDue-]

maz >is it possible to properly fit a sprint/super's mudguard on a px's fork,the non-3-legged one?

[maz]

cannot fit properly. need to weld if not wrong and match the hole.

[etwy]

maz >is it possible to properly fit a sprint/super's mudguard on a px's fork,the non-3-legged one?

 

morning, remember i told you it'll cost you about $200 for 3 items? These are brand new.

 

(1) Left side cowl (w/lock & keys for the compartment)

(2) Right side cowl

(3) front fender with modification to suit the PX fork system.

[Sharpey]

Right then Maz... learn something new every day eh To be honest I don't know much about 150 engines.... I still think that the new cosa ones are the same (save for the number of teeth...) Anyone can confirm?

[Sharpey]

hihi just wondering.. is it difficult to find a px200 disc? and umm.. i went down to jincheng.. and they suggested i get a restored px150 is it going to be more ex? den buying 1 from ta and doing it up ? haha just wondering.. it seems like a great idea though must wait quite a while . queue up to get it restored. then how do i choose wat bike to get from them? i mean the restored one.. not too sure

 

 

Ummm finding a px200disc isn't difficult... you just need to be patient and look in more than one place (the classified section of the newspaper often has hidden gems inside)...

 

Do you want a 150cc or a 200cc? 150's tend to vibrate less and have better fuel economy... 200's are more powerful, better at pillioning and are more stable at speed (as they are heavier)...

 

A restored PX150... depends on what's been "restored".... You need to ask questions about the engine... when it was last rebuilt, what was changed etc... Many, if not most "restored" scoots look great on the outside... but there's no way to check the integrity of the innards without doing an engine rebuild... These engines should be re-built every 40-80,000 kms to change parts that are designed to wear out... if this isn't done, the engine's integrity and reliability will suffer.

 

Perhaps buying one already restored is like buying a Dell PC... sure it looks good, but can you be sure of all the components...

 

You can DIY restoration at another shop (eg TA or Hendra) and spend about 2k (if you want it to look like a sprint) or 1k if you want it to look as good as it did when it left the factory... This is ontop of the price of the scoot (1-1.5k) and should include a full engine rebuild and a full dissassembly after which the components are painted by an autoshop (we can help) and baked, then reassembled by the scooter mechanic... 1K may sound like alot... but you can be 100% confident in your scoot.

 

Just my opinion here... option 1 may indeed be the better option if you don't have the time/patience to wait for a scoot to be restored (provided the scoot in question at AJ has already been restored)....

 

If it were me, I'd go with option 2... but that's just my (admittedly biased) opinion

[-ResiDue-]

maz > thanx....

etwy > yup yup, i remember......

[Wildswans]

There are PX200 discs out there, just have to look for them

[zen n 2wheels maintenance]

more newbie questions:

 

is the suspension for vespa generally bad or is it just me? - when i ran through uneven ground or even those hump, there's a 'proom blroom' sound, felt kinda unsteady and not smooth at all. is this normal or i need to change my suspension? how and when do i know it's time to change suspension?

 

How do i know when it's time to 'clean' my exhaust?

 

How often to lubricate the clutch cables and how to do it? what brand of lubrication to use?

 

thanks

[Wildswans]

Gotta wait for the guys to come back....

 

Zen: how much was your bike?

[-ResiDue-]

the lubrication can just be bought from TA,just ask for grease.

i usually lubricate the clutch cable once,upon installation.