when I started this project I had never even sat on a scooter, my very dear mate and motogp watching buddy was hugely into the lambretta scene, Writing for magazines, restoring scooters and locksmithing etc, all round diamond geezer. often sat looking at his SX200 outside and the idea was born that I would build my own scooter
not convert, "build" so I found a loop, and a set of forks, and from there just kind of guessed the rest, making my own headstock and front section
the basic idea was that it should all fit under standard panels, no widening etc, it should run 10" rims to keep that GP look, and be bike engined as thats what I know.
also I really dislike the tiny swingarm setup as the chain tension varies greatly and I really cant see the susepension working properly, so its all on a swingarm setup.
a ducati/Rossi paint scheme to keep the italian theme going. based loosely on a ducati scheme that I saw a venom cobra scooter painted in.
I picked up bits and pieces as and when I saw them cheap enough, scored a complete Cagiva mito engine with carb and black boxes etc for £150, bonus as its italian, and Rossi rode a cagiva long ago.
Sadly Vic was taken from us last October and I just binned off the project in honesty, didnt seem much point in finshing it., then I decided that I was just being silly, would mean that the time we spent chatting and discussing it etc would have been wasted and thats just wrong, so I started on it again
this weekend it rolled out of the garage into the light for the first time, leggies are just dropped on, but do bolt down into the correct places and sit square.
currently saving up for a pair of front shocks (bits of steel welded in place at moment) and rear suspension (2 options, either conventional under the panel, or laying a shock down between your feet along the floor) while I look at it outside and decide on ride height etc.
still long way to go, but maybe starting a thread on here will spur me along and get it sorted a bit quicker, theres no wheel spacers in this pics so they appear off centre, they wont be LOL, steel bar currently in the lathe being bored out.
I know that the front frame section is in the wrong place, but I kind of liked the idea that it was on show, just so that you can see its not a stock frame, and make more of a feature of it, henec the cross tubes that run through it, the legshield floors are still to be marked and trimmed in that area.
total spend from scratch so far is about £450, I will make the fuel tank, got radiator and lots of other parts already, fully expect to have it dry built and useable, minus paint, for about £600.
