1979 Vespa P200E – Engine Rebuild I have made a point to call this an engine rebuild, rather than a scooter rebuilt. As I mentioned in the last post, this engine is going to find a home in my 1976 Vespa Sprint Veloce. It has been a few months since an update, and honestly much … [Read more…]
State of the Garage Address – 1 January 2017 Today is January 1st 2017, the first day of a new year. I have always found the start of a year to be a good time to pause and take stock on the operational state of my fleet. Last year started with the smallest fleet in … [Read more…]
RAM Mounting of Devices on a Vintage Vespa As silly as it sounds, even on vintage machines there is a desire to have modern technology readily on-hand. Personally I like the option to run a GPS, I have grown accustom to having a proper, dedicated navigation tool on a motorcycle or in my truck. A … [Read more…]
Initial Thoughts: KTM 1090 Adventure R Note: I also thought to title this “OMG KTM made a middle-weight bike by putting smaller jugs on an existing bike.” But that would have been silly, or something… I’ll be honest when I saw the news flow out from Intermot that KTM was releasing the 2017 1090 Adventure R I … [Read more…]
Alex Martens at Konflict Motorsports is a suspension wizard, there is no other way to put it. I normally do all of my own maintenance, I’ve split the cases on my LC8 to repair a transmission issue no problem. I’ve replaced more fork seals than I care to count over the years. Beyond that, even knowing … [Read more…]
1979 Vespa P200E – Engine Teardown You might have noticed the title has changed, this is an engine rebuild, that will turn into an engine transplant. The 1979 Vespa P200E chassis will be fully evaluated at some point, maybe this engine will return to it’s original home at some point. The engine was always the reason … [Read more…]
1979 Vespa P200E – Engine Harvesting After a busy month at work I took last weekend to just sleep, even though I had planned on starting to dig into the P200E I dragged it home a few days before. On Labor Day I found the time to dive in. With parts already ordered from ScooterWest.com … [Read more…]
Even with my best efforts to refrain from bring more broken strays home, this 1979 Vespa P200E slipped into my garage. I think I would call this a barn find, even though it was in a garage with lots of nice, restored stuff (an early Ford Mustang, some other scooters, a sweet 1960’s outboard motor). … [Read more…]
So you want to work on your own motorcycle, perform the regular services, add accessories, and replace worn components. We’re not talking about crank out rebuilds or restorations, rather regular service and maintenance. More complex and involved jobs may follow in time. What are the tools you will need to do these jobs? There are always discussions … [Read more…]
I’m breaking away from the normal garage or otherwise motorsport focused content here, and diving into food. This is the fuel for myself, something that I don’t ponder much like I do the fuel for the engines in my care, yet is still important. If I’m not firing on all cylinders how can I make … [Read more…]