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Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:37 pm
by Bofs
Keep the pics coming, looks great so far.
You`re a man after my own heart. Have been gathering bits up for a modern version of the 6 day racer too.
Have an old teabag 42L2, a Polini P2 engine and ET4 hydraulic front end. A bit to go yet though.
Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:05 pm
by ArmandTanzarian
It somehow seems appropriate that its back from the blasters on Halloween.
Behold......
FRANKENSCOOT!
On the plus side, it may not be pretty but its as solid as a rock. A tub or three of filler and it will be as good as new!
The project goes on!
Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:36 pm
by warts
Ooh err indeed mate, bit of fettling still, but a very worthy project. Good luck & enjoy.
Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:37 pm
by WINTERMODEL150
Hi,silly question as I'm a lambretta man myself ! but why did you need to blast the complete frame? it just seems you've created more work with having to re-fill the legshields again.
Keep the pics coming as it looks interesting.
Dean
Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:35 am
by ArmandTanzarian
WINTERMODEL150 wrote:Hi,silly question as I'm a lambretta man myself ! but why did you need to blast the complete frame? it just seems you've created more work with having to re-fill the legshields again.
Keep the pics coming as it looks interesting.
Dean
I wanted to see what I was dealing with. As it turns out it was worse than I'd hoped but better than I'd feared. It may look awful but it's nice and solid. The floor looks brand new but the leg shields are going to be a pain. They aren't supposed to have any trim on the sides and I don't think they're up to it.
Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:26 am
by KCB
Those engine mounts look decidely dodgy Frankie, hardly any weld on them by the looks.
No wonder you are changing them!
Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:37 pm
by ArmandTanzarian
Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:57 pm
by GLscoot
Vespa GS GS150 by
glmods, on Flickr
If you look at the front end closely, this is a disc front end built for the GL, Super ect. but also fits the GS150 front hub. Unfortunatly it was recalled after the internal axel collapsed, which I found out on a test run and nearly trashed my lovely MOD GS. Contacted the company and they told me there was a fault. Anyway, it is being redeveloped and thought you might be interested as you are looking for a disc front end. It's a bit expensive though around £400. I have also done the other disc conversion, which looks no where near as good. I also think that Worb5 do one as well, but that's even more money.
Gary
Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:04 pm
by ArmandTanzarian
A quick go at the handlebars with an angle grinder and Voila!
I'm going to cut off the headlight just leaving the speedo housing.
BTW. Does anyone know where I can get a brake light switch for that master cylinder? It's a Grimeca so it isn't too obscure.
Re: Spirito di Sei Giorni (Spirit of Six Day)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:12 pm
by soulsurfer
f****n 'ell Frank you don't care do you, he who dares an' all that?
Excellent project, but I can't help suspecting that the frame was originally a Lambretta that's been cut, shut, smashed, bashed and welded into what we see here, reminds me of that old Peugeot 206 advert
Fair play tho' I like the look of this
Where did you get the master cylinder from, I'm after a clutch side?
