I bought an Italian thing!

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 08/19/2018 at 23:07 • Filed to: Two Wheels Good

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Tonight I went and picked up this 2009 Vespa 150 LX. It has 8800 miles on it, it’s been dropped once, but it is in perfect mechanical shape. It is the perfect scooter for my wife to learn on. And indeed, this one is for her.

I wouldn’t be riding if I hadn’t bought us a 5-hour scooter class for her birthday a couple years ago. I took right to it, but she had some trouble with low speed manuvering, and hasn’t riden since. She’s always wanted a Vespa, so when this one popped up on Facebook at an affordable price, I quite literally emptied my piggy bank to buy it for her. She deserves it, and I want her to ride with me. She is very excited.

First impressions of riding it: it’s kinda slow off the line , but I saw the high side of 55mph with my fat butt on it. I gotta say though , it’s super comfortable, and the thing soaks u p bumps like an old Cadillac. Overall, this was a good purchase.

xsnowpig > shop-teacher 08/19/2018 at 23:29

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Nice work!

Mercedes Streeter > shop-teacher 08/19/2018 at 23:39

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Yaaaaaas!!!

BTW, I sold the Buell tonight. You know what that means! More vintage hardware! :D

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 08/19/2018 at 23:42

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Awesome! Let me know if you want the manuals and I’ll send ‘em along! :)

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 08/19/2018 at 23:42

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Awesome!  Looks great- hope she enjoys it!!

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 08/19/2018 at 23:43

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That’s so cool that you’ll be able to ride together.

shop-teacher > Mercedes Streeter 08/19/2018 at 23:44

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Nice!

shop-teacher > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/19/2018 at 23:44

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Yes please! Still have my email?

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 08/19/2018 at 23:45

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She's very excited! I need to buy her a helmet now.

shop-teacher > xsnowpig 08/19/2018 at 23:45

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Thanks!

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 08/19/2018 at 23:45

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I’m really looking forward to it.

vondon302 > shop-teacher 08/20/2018 at 07:15

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Hey your supposed to be finishing that kitchen not making wasteful Italian purchases.

;)

Nice score

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 08/20/2018 at 08:38

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No need, I can just do it this way! :)

Just reply to me once you’ve got it all and I’ll take it down again! :

The Part Number Catalogs, Wi ring Diagrams, Service Manuals and User Manual are in there. Hope it helps!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/20/2018 at 09:06

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Help if I actually shared the link...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1c2YXu552EPfHPqJZNaX6uP_jQPm7kkyB

shop-teacher > vondon302 08/20/2018 at 09:11

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I know, right ! If I had bought this for myself, I’d have to live in it.

I made some good progress on the kitchen this weekend as well.  I’ll make a post later.

shop-teacher > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/20/2018 at 09:15

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I got it all, thanks!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 08/20/2018 at 09:37

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Awe some, glad to be of service! :D

shop-teacher > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/20/2018 at 12:26

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You are a gentleman and a scholar :)

That said, I totally did that wrong (my google-drive-fu is weak).  Could you reshare please?  This time I’ll actually download it!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 08/20/2018 at 14:27

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Hahaha, no worries! :D

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1c2YXu552EPfHPqJZNaX6uP_jQPm7kkyB

shop-teacher > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/20/2018 at 14:37

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Got it for reals this time!  Thanks again :D

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 08/20/2018 at 15:11

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*narrows his eyes* Are you SURE? :P

No worries friend, there are some LX 50cc manuals in there too, but I think all the manuals for the 150 are there as well too. At least you could use the 50cc ones for things like body trim, etc as it would be the same on those!

shop-teacher > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/20/2018 at 15:38

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I mean ... I think so :)

Thanks again man!

facw > shop-teacher 08/20/2018 at 16:52

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What’s the euro-sticker for? I was thinking it might be arstechnica, but it seems their official sticker used lowercase letters:

shop-teacher > facw 08/20/2018 at 21:43

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No idea, to be honest. The first thing my wife wants to do, is pull the stickers off of it.

facw > shop-teacher 08/20/2018 at 21:47

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Fair enough, I’d assume the other one is the Chicago flag, though I don’t know what happened to its blue bars.

shop-teacher > facw 08/20/2018 at 22:16

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They faded away. The red stars are now pink.