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practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:27 pm
by byron
picked a Serveta 150 Special up just before christmas.
plan was to make a practical daily ride using bits i already had around, and give my Special bit of a rest
seemed to work out ok
not original indicators, but fit in with look ok, and only £10 from ebay, and paid the same for the Craven topbox, which is very handy.
total outlay inc original purchase, mot, registration etc about £1200
it is fun to ride around, feels and sounds just like a Lambretta
hopefully it will need minimal maintenance and just do what it was built for
Re: practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:17 pm
by RICSPEED
cant get my head round the spot but all elce looks good
Re: practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:39 pm
by byron
RICSPEED wrote:cant get my head round the spot
it's to light the way on dark rural roads, and works very well; I already had it, just sitting on a shelf, so that's what i used...
Re: practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:52 pm
by Doom Patrol
The indicators look a bit sturdier than the originals and I like the way you've mounted the rear ones as well.
Re: practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:22 pm
by storkfoot
I think it's great, Jarv. Hope to see it out and about sometime this year
Did you fettle with the engine?
Re: practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:09 pm
by scooterslag
byron wrote:picked a Serveta 150 Special up just before christmas.
plan was to make a practical daily ride using bits i already had around, and give my Special bit of a rest
seemed to work out ok
not original indicators, but fit in with look ok, and only £10 from ebay, and paid the same for the Craven topbox, which is very handy.
total outlay inc original purchase, mot, registration etc about £1200
it is fun to ride around, feels and sounds just like a Lambretta
hopefully it will need minimal maintenance and just do what it was built for
Lovely scoot, good to see that nice wheels can be put on the road without breaking the bank
Re: practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:27 pm
by e type
That's value for money when u look at what you can get for your £1200 in scooter world
Re: practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:36 pm
by Toddy
Very nice mate and well budgeted
Re: practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:57 am
by scooterjet
Very nice. The only trouble is, with that look you will keep being followed everywhere by scooterists thinking you are an old codger so they can offer you £50 for it like we all used to do back in the 80's :biggrin:
Re: practical scootering on a budget
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:22 pm
by byron
scooterjet wrote:... will keep being followed everywhere by scooterists thinking you are an old codger so they can offer you £50 for it like we all used to do back in the 80's :biggrin:
which will only get worse if i fit the flyscreen to it!