Apoligies for those that may have already seen these pictures over on the LCGB site but I'm that excited with my finished GP project I thouight I'd share them here
I purchased the 125DL last march 2011 which although it looked ok in the pictures it was in need of some TLC along with some welding but was all complete & a good base to start.
A new 200 casing was purchased & cleaned up all by hand which felt like it took forever but came up ok in the end
New bearings, seals, original GP gearbox with 19 tooth front sprocket added, 58mm MEC EUR crank, BGM stator & intermediate lightened flywheel to be installed along with many other new bits & bobs.
Engine almost there
I was originally going down the TS1 route but had a change of plan while building the engine up & decided to go for the Avanti TT3 in the end
Starting to come together slowly
Job Done. Finally got it out in the sunshine today to take some better pictures & now fitted with the Franspeed Avanti pipe
Think I,m pretty pleased with the results which I think has taken me about 9 months from start to finish & my first rebuild of a Lambretta in almost 20 years when then I had my SX200. The only niggle I have is maybe the front brake won't be good enough so will have to look into this in the coming months once I have some miles on it & if the shoes bed in. Think I will end up going the Hydraulic brake route.
The Franspeed Avanti pipe fits a treat & the only niggle I had with this is getting the nut located onto the front bolt where the chaincase & exhaust bracket fix together, bit fiddly as the TT3 barrel is large so there's not much room to play with but I got there in the end & is a much better fit than my old JL3 on my Li
Spec:
Avanti TT3 kit, GP125/200 italian gearbox with 19/46 sprockets, 58mm Mec Eur race crank, 30mm PHBH with Ram air filter, Franspeed Avanti touring pipe, Timing at 17degs BTDC, squish set at 1.4mm
Gearing at the moment while running in I'll leave at 4.8 final drive & will see if it needs to come down once I get some miles on it.
MOT in a few weeks then off to get it registered & start getting some running in miles done
Cheers
Mike
Looks great Mike, I so your post on FB that you was picking up the exhaust, glad it fitted well, lovely looking scooter colour scheme works a treat, hope all goes well.
