Scooterotica

I'm up to 5 scooters now. The green and black scooter is a 65 s3 Tv 175. Has a 190 DeanSpeed kit in it, as the previous owner put a hole in the head. I just got it for 2000 $ Canadian. The white Li150 is a 1963 and I got that for free. It was a wreck and was this past winters restoration project. The Ochre Jet200 is completely stock. I got it along with the TV175, also for 2,000$. The Orange Vespa is a Rally 200, but I have it painted and badged as a Rally 180. Shoot me, but I just like the paint colour and older style badging a lot more.

The blue and white lambretta is an early Eibar Jet 200. It had 4,000 miles on it when I got it, and had just been freshly painted. I think I paid 3,500$ for it. Its not running a Grand Tourismo kit, I was the first person in Canada with one.

I'm not sure which one I will start on, the TV or the Ochre Jet. Both are fine, but I wont trust them until I rebuild the engine myself and go over all of it.

For some reason I dont understand I seem to attract scooters. I've turned down a fair few as I cant own them all, and pass along the deals to my club mates (about 150 now in our club).

Having fun in Toronto.

Nice collection you have there David.

it seems that we are entering a period where the guys who were into it in the 80's, have stopped riding, but hung onto their machines, are starting to sell them off. A TV200 and Silver Special just showed up for sale (a few hours away). But its not a steal, 11,000 US$ for the pair. Over here that is pricy. But you could sell the Special and its getting a TV200 relatively cheaply. The biggest issue we have is Americans, as were are only a 2 hr drive from the boarder and their $ is worth 25-30% more than ours. If anything doesnt get sold quickly it goes south.