Any Vespa lovers out there ?

[jongood]

My RD is still on the same engine rebuild after 21 years, don’t use it much and have restored it twice in that time.
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Loving the pipes! My brother has got one almost identical but he's managed to blow a hole in one of the crankcases.

 

[glenn2926]

My RD is still on the same engine rebuild after 21 years, don’t use it much and have restored it twice in that time.

Wow, that’s lovely. A mate has one of each engine size of those as well as one of each engine size of the LCs. They’re all in immaculate condition.

 

[bobnick]

My RD is still on the same engine rebuild after 21 years, don’t use it much and have restored it twice in that time.
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Blimey that's proper nice. Bordering on too nice to ride.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Loving the pipes! My brother has got one almost identical but he's managed to blow a hole in one of the crankcases.

They do sound nice, I did have the original pipes with NOS headers but sold them with all my other NOS spares a few years back as I lost interest in restoring bikes
Someone on eBay just paid £270+ for a NOS mirror
Think I should have kept the other bikes

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Blimey that's proper nice. Bordering on too nice to ride.

It does get a good thrashing although not been on the road for 3 years as I’ve been busy on other stuff
Will strip it and clean it up ready for next year and it will go in the MH garage

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[denisejoe]

was a lamby myself last week in Lanzarote saw an immaculate TV175 until I had a closer look it never had a footbrake? All that I had did.

 

[PaulC70]

was a lamby myself last week in Lanzarote saw an immaculate TV175 until I had a closer look it never had a footbrake? All that I had did.

Might have been one of the new twist and go's that are a blatent copy.

 

[Scotch mist]

Sorry to say my first thought were ( thats not original )

I’ve owned over 200 bikes of which 15 were probably scoots
I think one was a lambretta 225 special with 2 saddles
that was 45 years ago & it was old then

 

[Wannabee]

My RD is still on the same engine rebuild after 21 years, don’t use it much and have restored it twice in that time.
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Used to have one in the same colour!

 

[denisejoe]

Sorry to say my first thought were ( thats not original )

I’ve owned over 200 bikes of which 15 were probably scoots
I think one was a lambretta 225 special with 2 saddles
that was 45 years ago & it was old then

The lambretta was probably a LD150

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[Scotch mist]

The lambretta was probably a LD150

I remember it as a lambrettta 225 special BUT could be wrong , long time ago lol

 

[deleted79651]

A GP 225 Special? The LD series was replaced, IIRC, by the GP [Grand Prix] series, but Inever progressed beyond the 3 speed Lambretta J125 ...

Steve

 

[Orion]

……..but you can also find some wonderfully different bikes, in a variety of styles. The Guzzi, Ducati, Triumph ranges being a case in point.

Yes, we have some of those. Not the latest iterations but from an era with stonking engines from the Carcano, Tonti & Todero era.

 

[Gaston aires]

Might be better off getting it checked out over there as there's no point in shipping it over (with all the associated expense) if it's not genuine.

That is exactly what I’m going to do before shipping.
Phil

 

[Gaston aires]

Scam or no scam.
I can’t say except even if it’s a scam it looks amazing. My sons friends mother gave it to my son free so no scam there. As for its credence it looks like some investigation is necessary but no money was involved so I can’t see it as an intentional scam. If they are “nammers” then I certainly wouldn’t ship one over and I thank you all for the input highlighting the potential problem.
Funsters unite in the face of adversity once again.
Phil

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[PaulC70]

A GP 225 Special? The LD series was replaced, IIRC, by the GP [Grand Prix] series, but Inever progressed beyond the 3 speed Lambretta J125 ...

Steve

Nope, LD was replaced by the Series 1, then Series 2 then Series 3 slimstyles.

 

[Scotch mist]

PaulC70 , do you know if there was a 225 special lambertta ( don’t think it was a Vespa )

it was so long ago & I can’t find any info on it

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

PaulC70 , do you know if there was a 225 special lambertta ( don’t think it was a Vespa )

it was so long ago & I can’t find any info on it

AF (Arthur Francis) Rayspeed used to rollout tuned ‘S-Type’ Lambrettas which were bloody lovely, they did 225 and maybe 250 versions.

 

[Scotch mist]

I remember it as having the 225special written on a chrome badge in cursive/script hand writing

 

[PaulC70]

there wasn't a factory 225 special. Silver specials from factory were 125 and 150, Golden specials the same, the only 200cc's were the Series 3 SX, TV or GP (GP had a rectangular headlight).
As said above though, it was not uncommon for the 200 to be bored out to 225 and some dealers did this as a dealer "special"

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[RowleyBirkinQC]

I remember it as having the 225special written on a chrome badge in cursive/script hand writing

I think there used to be a Vespa 225 Special by Armando.

 

[denisejoe]

A GP 225 Special? The LD series was replaced, IIRC, by the GP [Grand Prix] series, but Inever progressed beyond the 3 speed Lambretta J125 ...

Steve

The LD series Lambretta was very early I had one it had smaller front and came with single seats the one I had had only one seat the Li series followed.

 

[denisejoe]

Know Your Lambretta!

 

[denisejoe]

Passed my test on an LD with a single seat and one of the questions was (what would you need to do to the bike to carry a passenger)