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Archive for September, 2009

» Conversion to 8″ wheels/tires complete

I decided to convert the Vespa back to the original 8″ wheels in preparation for the rest of the conversion back to original specs. I plan on painting it in one of the original factory colors and I’m now running 8″ wheels with blackwalls - much closer to the original equipment. One thing I do [...]

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» It runs again!

After many months of sitting idle in the garage, I decided today that I was bound and determined to get the VBB running. I pulled the flywheel off it, checked the points and saw that they were way off. Spent an hour adjusting the timing and cleaning things up, kicked it over twice and lo [...]

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