SBF Classic Vespa's Cafe 2009 / 2010

[ahqi]

hee cep i'm in the same boat as u 're now.. =D

 

lyao - roughly ard 24/26km/l depending on how u ride.

 

which side of ur lights, ur headlight? or signal lights.

[lyao]

oo.. all the lights at the same time.. like the whole set! haha.. head lights signal lights

[machine k]

::

kk >> curse you for winning the vespa jacket... HAHAHHAA~!!::

 

i'm sure you are jealous...like many others...i believe i was a 'public enemy' just for that one moment...

 

but how can anyone bear to hate me? hahahaha

[machine k]

oo.. all the lights at the same time.. like the whole set! haha.. head lights signal lights

 

check for loose wires with frays or what...

most likely ur bike's being grounded thanks to that wire..find it and tape it up

[fluffpuff]

 

but how can anyone bear to hate me? hahahaha

 

yikessssss sibei hou lian pi leh! hahaa lucky u really are that lil bit cute otherwise really sibei er xin lor

[machine k]

yeah~ at least u tink i'm cute..even if it's only that lil bit

[fluffpuff]

yeah~ at least u tink i'm cute..even if it's only that lil bit

 

haha u xiao ke ai mah... *pinch cheek* hehe

[machine k]

so in time for this?

 

[lyao]

!!! hahahhahahaha.. u guys are funny... : P

 

ohoh.. i checked .. dun reli have.. i mean i dont know where to check even! there is only a bunch of wires that is sticking out of the neck that goes towards the head i guess.. nothing seems wrong with those thou.. : p

[machine k]

plenty to check tho, but just find those more obvious ones..plus ur switch box, see if any wires frayed.

and also at the brake pedal, and signals, tail lights...

 

anyways, does the lights come on n off really randomly?

or when u change gear? clutch in? brakes? throttle? etc.

 

where u stay? if nearby, i can try help

[whazzup]

wana ask when anyone of u all do rewiring, whats the entire cost at the end.

coz i'm getting extra charges on top of the rewiring charges.

 

basically what is change during the rewiring process?

tai hin do it for like 170-180 i think plus worksmanship.... meaning change the whole system wiring all brand new which is for sprint v.

[scootRS.com]

Hi. I was asked to comment on this.

 

>>The guys that started Sterling Scooter Parts used to work for him, and in fact were the guys who came up with the design for the tubeless rim. After a fall out they parted ways and Sterling came out with the Stainless rims. Scootrs say that stainless is too brittle to be used in a wheel application, Sterling disagree.

 

That is completely false. Whoever told you that is making up a story. Let me try to clarify:

 

1) I'm sure some guy on an assembly line somewhere claims he designed the iPod too. We have many workers in our factory but the guys welding and painting didn't design them either. I personally designed our tubeless rim myself based on modern tubeless rims. The big problem was the stud holes because the hubs are so large. I had to try a few things to get them to work. You can see our world-first prototype in Sticky's Lambretta manual - in stainless. Then you can read the Scootering Magazine reviews of our first design after that, then another of our later one with safety bead. There are no magazine reviews of the knockoff of our old design you mention, for obvious reason.

 

2) A known thief claiming otherwise is pretty sad. We did fire a local Vietnamese guy maybe 2 years ago for poor work (too many customer claims) and theft of money after we did an investigation, and he was arrested by the police along with a girl also involved in theft of money in shipping. The two thieves then started Sterling/Spaq together. She also stole some private info and called some customers pretending to be scootRS, that sort of thing. He also stole some products from the shop and made rough copies of them, deliberately made to look like ours to trick consumers. For example, a rough sandcast disc brake kit made to look externally like our high-pressure cast one, a copy of our old tubeless rim design, exhausts with rough welds but made to look like ours, etc. They sell many local market items that we do inhouse to get better quality. Recently the police raided his house - it was on TV and full-page in the newspapers here with family handcuffed to the wall - when they broke up a big theft ring his family was involved in. Members of his extended family have come to us asking for jobs because they refuse to work with him. Gives you a good overview of these people.

 

3) We never said stainless was too brittle, we said it is more brittle than regular steel and is unproven on a solid rim over the long-term. (There are none made for other vehicles.) The thief only knew that we made our prototype in stainless but didn't know we held off selling it for safety reasons. He did zero testing - he didn't even graduate from high-school and wouldn't know the first thing about the properties of stainless, but he sold it to consumers who were unsuspecting guinea pigs testing it. We only recently started offering a stainless version openly because (thankfully) no reported problems heard of to date, though we still have a warning on our website so people know upfront. People selling knockoffs don't tell you anything about that because they don't know or care.

 

So, if you want tubeless rims for both Vespa and Lambretta, you have:

 

1) a local Vietnam market knockoff of our old design by the above thieves, welding a little rough, and no safety bead. Bizarrely, they try to charge even more than...

 

2) the original by scootRS, full backup and quality control by a Western-owned business, reviewed over 3 issues of Scootering. Now on our 3rd generation design complete with safety bead. Starts at only $39!

 

>>So, assuming that the mild steel coming out of Vietnam is likely to be of similar quality as that coming out of Indonesia, I'd stick with the Fabbri rims that we can currently get here...

 

Quality depends heavily upon the thickness and manufacturing, of course, not just the raw material. I've never seen one so can't comment, but read they are very soft and no safety bead like ours. Our latest design is based upon years of experience from the time we invented them, and are thicker than before. Check them out.

 

>>swans and cep... don't give business to ScootRs if you can help it. US forum...

 

It's unfortunate that a guy running one US forum you mention you visit doesn't like it that we have told people he is selling knockoffs, but nothing we can do about that except state the facts politely. Most people are fine, but there are also unfortunately a number of real loudmouths on US forums who are quite ignorant and hate anything from Asia, and you can't change that. With other guys if you ever post and dare to disagree they become hostile. Crazy, when the whole reason for a forum is discussion, but what can you do?

 

If curious about scootRS, try the LCGB forum where you'll find civil discussion by very knowledgable scooter people - and an excellent rep for scootRS products. There's a reason why we supply the shops everywhere. See our recent blog posts on how we've had to move and expand our factory recently due to demand.

 

Hope that helps clarify :-)

 

If any questions, don't hesitate to email us and ask. We have quite a few customers in Singapore already but always nice to hear from more.

 

Cheers.

 

Our tubeless rims are here.

 

http://scootrs.com/images/lambretta/rim_tubeless_bead.jpg

[etwy]

oh my god. great stuff. mass order?

[-ResiDue-]

if only they provided test products......

thanx for the reassurance and info scootRS.....

anyone here willing to bring in items??

say, do you fabricate one off items?

[fluffpuff]

so in time for this?

 

 

virtual one no kick la..will give u a real one when i see u how's that

[maes2ro]

virtual one no kick la..will give u a real one when i see u how's that

 

:: o_O o_O ::

[-ResiDue-]

morning peeps....

how are you guys today????

[ahqi]

morning.. i got a shock today..

 

a collegue cook fer me when i told her i gonna eat grass fer this mth.

[-ResiDue-]

wah!!!!!......ahqi got admirer!!!!!!

muhhahahaha..

ask her out when u have the cash..

it's the least u could do...

and the most courteours too....

[ahqi]

eh bro.. i dun go easy on girls HAHA

 

juz got a call from ta.. going down later to do a breakdown on the list of the cost of all changes.

 

anyone going ta?

[ahqi]

btw Hi Zen, it was nice bumping into u yesterday.. i really like ur jacket where u got it from?

[-ResiDue-]

alermak bro,i also want to go TA...

but only after work...

sian sian...

hung out at Cik Ali's yest with some of the forumers...

then go makan!..

muahahaha....damn cool...

impromptu ride to marina square...

probably gonna "sampan" my scoot

[ahqi]

jzu came back from ta wif my scoot.

 

hmm yup it feel's better wif the throttle. still nd to take out the casing to check what have they done wif my scoot. =D only after when i reach home.

[-ResiDue-]

oooo....gd to hear.....

when's the next outing?

[lyao]

Machine K > plenty to check tho, but just find those more obvious ones..plus ur switch box, see if any wires frayed.

and also at the brake pedal, and signals, tail lights...

 

anyways, does the lights come on n off really randomly?

or when u change gear? clutch in? brakes? throttle? etc.

 

where u stay? if nearby, i can try help

 

uhhh the lights come on and off really very randomly. like sometimes when i hit a bump it comes on. or when i just go straight normally it comes on and off after a while like as and when it likes. mm i stay near adam rd fd centre!! is that near? or if u stay in d east i'd love to go down : D