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RE: Visibility and colour - Duncan Grimmond - 23-05-2024
Eurrgh, scooter boys, on a Seven site? I were a greaser, me, and want to know where the rest of the Domi' racers are......
RE: Visibility and colour - JohnD - 23-05-2024
My mispent youth - Vespa chopper with Harley Tank and extended forks - Built this around 2008-9 - A Proper Scooter Boy machine! None of your lights and mirros and whippy aerials here!
Chop at Secret Bunker.jpg (Size: 108.3 KB / Downloads: 436)
RE: Visibility and colour - Reckless Rat - 23-05-2024
Anyway, moving swiftly on...
RE: Visibility and colour - Steve Bryant - 26-05-2024
*Or as swiftly as our cars will go....
Stephen
RE: Visibility and colour - Tony Press - 26-05-2024
(23-05-2024, 09:53 AM)JohnD Wrote: My mispent youth - Vespa chopper with Harley Tank and extended forks - Built this around 2008-9 - A Proper Scooter Boy machine! None of your lights and mirros and whippy aerials here!
Goodness ! And I thought an Austin 7 was a dangerous drive
RE: Visibility and colour - Austin in the Shed - 27-05-2024
(23-05-2024, 09:53 AM)JohnD Wrote: My mispent youth - Vespa chopper with Harley Tank and extended forks - Built this around 2008-9 - A Proper Scooter Boy machine! None of your lights and mirros and whippy aerials here!
As a school kid,pre driving licence age many of us wanted to enjoy riding a motorbike.There was a lane locally about a mile long up to a tip where many would ride.
My dad had a garage and some old trade in bikes which I sold to some of them.The best bikes had gone but was left with this early 60’s Vespa,hand painted black with red side panels,big heavy thing it seemed.
Anyway I managed to sell it and later it ended up on the track.
We were all into doing wheelies and this one of the Vespa’s several owners did,being a 175 it was quite powerful compared to the mostly 50’s we had and the rider managed to completely flip it over.Luckily neither rider or bike sustained much damage but it did gain the name “The black demon”.
I think at some point it was deemed unsuitable for it’s purpose and it engine became a donor for a go kart built in the school metalwork shop.
RE: Visibility and colour - David Witton - 27-05-2024
The stars and stripes and union jack flapping in the breeze kept us safe in the USA
RE: Visibility and colour - JonE - 28-05-2024
I've just bought some old signalling pennants for future use. I note the letter X is "Stop carrying out your intentions and watch for my signals". J+W is 'I have sprung a leak'...
RE: Visibility and colour - JonE - 03-06-2024
Ok, another thought. I've just found an old warning triangle in the shed and I'm going to remove the centre triangle parts so they can go on the spare wheel. But, thinking of Hugh's Leyzne bike unit and other bright lights, is anyone using 2 rechargeables for main rear lighting to enable the lights to be up high either side - hood corners or on hood retainer brackets etc rather than in their low position on the older cars? It would mean one didnt have to worry about wiring runs (and they could be removeable when doing daytime duties when lights really not necessary, and when parked up looking vintage).
RE: Visibility and colour - Stumpi - 03-06-2024
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155234208003?chn=ps&_ul=GB&mkevt=1&mkcid=28
These may be of interest.