New Bike =) Piaggio Vespa Douglas
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Last week I took ownership of a new motorbike for my collections
It's a 1979 Piaggio Vespa Douglas with a Malossi 210cc kit and a full nut and bolt restoration. I mainly bought it as it's registered as a historic vehicle and as such is now MOT and Tax exempt, and the cost to insure was peanuts so it's basically ready to ride and enjoy.
It was built in 2019 and used at the local meets for a few years, so it has the odd blemish here and there, but overall it's in mint condition.
This was purchased off my Dad who, in recent years, has gone absolutely scooter bonkers.
He bought a brand new Piaggio Vespa shell in 2019 and replaced the original rotten shell.
This isn't concourse, it has lots of great mods on it, like modern front suspension and brakes, SIP digital speedo and SIP Road 2 exhaust.
I've never ridden a scooter before, but I actually really enjoy it. I enjoy the simplicity and the basicness of it. The four speed gearbox has tripped me up a few times and its quite sketchy having it on the handlebars, but is quite rewarding when you're nailing it through the gears.
I don't need any more projects on the go, although I would also like to modify this in years to come, but for now it's good to have a bike that someone has done all the work to and is basically ready to ride.
Any scooter fans out there?
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Last couple of days I 'm considering to get a Piaggio Vespa for general use and no project bike,just good take care.
But the prices are to the sky high and I don't want a restored, or a trash bike to restore.
Just a good condition runner this category in Greece is non existant.
Only 200cc Cosa's and 50cc/125cc PK's models are relatively cheap because they are not wanted but not well maintained.I need my tools and a pile of junk.....
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Last couple of days I 'm considering to get a Piaggio Vespa for general use and no project bike,just good take care.
But the prices are to the sky high and I don't want a restored, or a trash bike to restore.
Just a good condition runner this category in Greece is non existant.
Only 200cc Cosa's and 50cc/125cc PK's models are relatively cheap because they are not wanted but not well maintained.It's not my thing, I am not sure I would have gotten one if my Dad wasn't massively into them. But I do get it, they're fun to ride.
It's a shame you can't get any viable options though, but I'm pretty sure the bottom ends are all the same, so if you can get the 125, you'll easily be able to slap on a bigger bore to get a few more ponies.
This rides pretty well to be fair, seems to pull well for what it is.
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