... use of the positelock, here. I saw many of you advertising their beloved vehicle for sale, so I’ll surf that wave too.
I’m hereby selling a glorious piece of Italian engineering (by “glorious” I mean “designed on the back of a napkin at lunch after a bottle of wine or three, by the side of Lake Como”. Also probably built on a Friday afternoon.)
Behold the 1979 Vespa P125X :
I purchased it at an estate sale in Houston about 8 years ago, in a poor shape, peeling paint, flat & rotten tires, engine not running, broken everything. Also, being a Vespa, the level of attention it regularly needs is somewhat similar to those of an helicopter : one hour of flight, four hours of maintenance. Therefore, I didn’t just refresh the consumables but rebuilt the poor thing about entirely, in and out.
Don’t be fooled by the 125 moniker, it now displaces a whopping 166 cc, thanks to a freshly installed new “big bore” kit. Nothing means business like a two stroke 166 cc single cylinder air cooled pre-WW2 designed engine. Move aside, Ninjas and LS swaps !
It runs like a scalded cat, the race numbers themselves provide at least half a horsepower each, and there are three of them ... See, no details were left ignored, you’ll be the meanest and fastest hipster on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, or at least on that side of your favorite coffee shop.
New clutch, seals & gaskets everywhere, new tires, brake shoes, professional paint, electronic ignition, cables (@#$%& cables, routed inside the pressed steel body of the god forsaken thing). Did I mention electronic ignition ? No points to set, peace of mind and cold morning starts galore. The separate oiling system means no chemistry to be done by the side of the fuel pump. Better mpg than your neighbor’s Prius, you’re the most environment-friendly hipster on the block !
There is always room for improvement. First of all, pain & misery be brought upon the Italian electrical engineer, he and his descendant up to the 17th generation, who designed the electrical system. Headlight, taillight and brake lights work great, but not the blinkers. (I gave up after many alternators/generators and upgrade kits were purchased from the cool kids @ Vespa Motorsports in San Diego). You don’t need no blinkers, you’re too fast, too cool, too stylish, too handsome/pretty, nobody would see the blinkers anyway.
It does sweat horsepower, one drop at a time. I should replace the copper crush seal. Mark your territory at the above mentioned coffee shop.
Title, what title ? (Errr, as you read above it came from an estate sale, the old lady had passed away, no paperwork to be found). A bill of sale will do, that or the Vermont trick. See, now you’re the fastest, cleanest, most stylish and the smartest hipster in town !
I mentioned Houston, San Diego and Lake Como, but it’s located in Minnepolis, MN. Sorry for the confusion. No need for this urban-assault vehicle anymore, as I’m moving out of my most-oppo house ever in the city, to a even more oppo-house on the outskirts of town, but that’s a story for another time.
Any interest feel free to shoot me a note.