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- Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:01 am
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: My Li150 S2
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10995
Re: My Li150 S2
That looks very nice, best of luck with it. As of October last year mine is fully road legal, here's a quick video of the first engine start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cgsvt7M66Y The poor old standard 150 engine is terribly slow, probably not helped by running on the piston shown in the video...
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:58 am
- Forum: Vespa Tech
- Topic: pk / pk fork conversion and wheels alignment?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1607
Re: pk / pk fork conversion and wheels alignment?
I've fitted pk forks to a smallframe and there's no issues with alignment but you do need to deal with a higher front end. Sip do sell shortened forks (expensive) but a simple way is to add a spacer on the rear shock to raise the back end, but you may need to extend the stand. I have some pictures i...
- Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:48 am
- Forum: Tech FAQ
- Topic: Smallblock Conversions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6319
Re: Smallblock Conversions
Ideally both, but of course it will have to be a compromise. The goal is for something suitable for longer distance riding.
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:02 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Cranks
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1519
Re: Cranks
Thanks @Rich_T, PM'ed you.
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 6:00 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Cranks
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1519
Cranks
I was hoping to look at putting a crank with either 62mm stroke or perhaps 64mm (if no welding required?), but didn't realise how tricky they are to come by. Does anyone have any pointers on suppliers? I understand some case machining may be needed, which I'm fine with, but don't want to get in to w...
- Fri Nov 27, 2015 11:47 am
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Lost piston ring peg
- Replies: 65
- Views: 22984
Re: Lost piston ring peg
Whilst these sort of reports are concerning (as I'm interested in the RT225/230 kit myself), I keep reminding myself that bad news always travels further & faster than good and for each person who's had a failure there'll hopefully be dozens who haven't. Surely all kits kill experience failures ...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:59 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: 305 engine
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13602
Re: 305 engine
For me personally I'd want to base my engine on a original crankcase, be it Vespa or Lambretta. I'm not a purist by any means, but if you're changing the crankcase for a modern re-make/motorcycle/auto, you lose something. As I said, my opinion only, as for me a big part of the love I have for scoote...
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Scooter Chat
- Topic: Registration.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8554
Re: Registration.
Submitted a V55 a couple of weeks ago for a S2 1961 and got the V5C yesterday without any inspection needed. When submitting the V55 I did include more than needed to try and cover off any issues, such as Dating Cert & MOT (required), Insurance cover note (I rode the scooter to the MOT station s...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 5:17 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Casa Lambretta 'SS225 Lydden Hill Replica'
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13209
Re: Casa Lambretta 'SS225 Lydden Hill Replica'
Anyone been running one of these kits for a while yet? Interested to hear how they are on the road & for distance.
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 4:21 pm
- Forum: Tech FAQ
- Topic: Smallblock Conversions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6319
Smallblock Conversions
Hello, Looking at options for my small block engine casing and wondered if there are any strong opinions either way on having them converted to large block spacing. Some months ago I asked Oiltek for pricing and I think it was around the £250 mark. I'm thinking that that could be around 10% of the o...