I am researching the bearings more, but here is a list of the parts I ordered.
L52-433 Flange - Rear Hub Seal Holding Plate 1.99
L52-435 Engine Rubber Bumpstop 1.99
L52-436 Washer-Engine Bumpstop Rubber 0.99
(qty: 2) L52-424 Cone Engine Bolt - Li Special/TV/SX/GP 11.98
L52-430 Distance Nut Spacing Cylinder Cover 1.29
8mm x 30
L52-523 Kickstart Rubber Bumpstop 1.59
HD-DN-008 Deep Nut - 8mm (EXHAUST - ENGINECASE) 0.79
(Qty:4) HD-JN-007 Nut - 7mm Jam (ENDPLATE) 0.80
(Qty: 4) HD-LW-007 Washer, Split Lock - 7mm 1.00
L52-442 6mm Grease Nipple 1.59 (can I reuse original?)
L52-520IT Oil Drain Plug - Magnetic 10.99 (can I reuse original?)
L52-438 Oil Throw Washer A16 0.99
L60-202R Seal Set - 5 Engines Seal ROLF 22.99
(Qty: 4) L52-444 DriveSide Oil Seal Plate Screw 1.96
*** DO YOU WANT SLOTTED, PHILIPS OR
ALLEN KEY? (I would like what ever would be stock on an 1962 Italian TV175)
L52-439 Spacer, Seal Retainer - Mag 2.59
L52-440 Spacer, Bearing Spacer - Mag 1.25
HD-IC-052 Circlip - Internal 52mm - MAG FLANGE 1.19 (needed with my TV crank?)
L56-300G Kickstart Pad - Ser 3 - Black 5.99
(Qty: 2) HD-BB-516 Ball Bearing-Cruciform 1.58 (needed with my TV crank?)
L60-303RIV Lambretta: Bearing, Rear Hub RIV Italian brand $60
Main jet (106 for Dell'Orto SH1/20 $4
Total: $137.68
Showing posts with label 1962 Lambretta TV175 Series 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1962 Lambretta TV175 Series 3. Show all posts
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Sunday, 16 March 2008
Reference: TV175
I found this TV175 S.3 posted on lambretta.org by Alex from Casa (I believe) and took the pictures so I can reference them when I begin restoring my TV. The more pictures I can get, especially stock, the better because they really help you be specific about what does and does not go on your bike or what should be painted a certain color or not. It helps keep you period specific or true.
This bike is either a 1962 or 1963. You can tell by the cowls -- no chrome finishers it just reads Lambretta. My TV is a 1962. I personally prefer how the earlier Series III look for the TV. It's cleaner in my opinion. Not too much going on.
You can sort off see the stock switch-side perch in the picture below. Not super easy to find original ones of those, but I was lucky and did find one.
The seat and frame I have are in near mint condition, but in red. My seat frame looks similar to the one below in quality.
This bike is either a 1962 or 1963. You can tell by the cowls -- no chrome finishers it just reads Lambretta. My TV is a 1962. I personally prefer how the earlier Series III look for the TV. It's cleaner in my opinion. Not too much going on.
You can sort off see the stock switch-side perch in the picture below. Not super easy to find original ones of those, but I was lucky and did find one.
The seat and frame I have are in near mint condition, but in red. My seat frame looks similar to the one below in quality.
Monday, 8 October 2007
The Vision (for when all is said and done)
In speaking with Stu I decided to use an R1/R6 shock conversion for my rear shock. He sent me to Lambretta Club of America (lambretta.org) where a group of guys were going in on a bulk order of shock springs and bushings for the conversion.
Wow! I'd first like to say that the folks in this club are so nice and helpful. These guys offer solutions and share information. The guy, Jake, who placed the order for the springs and bushings not only fronted the cash for everybody, he even drove from San Mateo to SF to deliver my parts to my dad's office. Seriously, good people at the Lambretta Club of America!
Sorry I digress . . .
While perusing the rest of the site I found a section on the "forums" where folks post pictures of their Lambretta's and I came across a 1962 Lambretta TV175 restored to Stone White with a Ox red seat . . . it is exactly the same bike that I have and I have decided to restore it to its original color as well as reuse my red seat. Looking at these photos of this Lambretta is basically like looking at my bike after the restoration is complete.
The bike first looked like this. It was restored by Mike Anhalt, a member of Lambretta Club of America. His post said, "Fully redone TV175 with a GT186, 24mm mikuni, Casa Exhaust. All stainless hardware and proper stickers with orgional floor board extentions. Took about 7 months start to finish (50 hours of 2 hour weekends and mornings)."
Mike wrote the bike was an East Coast rust scoot when he first got it. He was hired by someone to restore it as if Mike was restoring it for himself.
The bike looks a little rougher than my bike, but then again it was 100% complete when Mike received it -- as far as I can tell from the photos.
The beauty in this bike is in the details, I believe. It is clear to me that Mike Anhalt is an experienced restorer and has the eye-of-a-jeweler -- all the small details matter to him. That is the mark of a true restorer. Notice the R1/R6 shock conversion, not stock, but an inexpensive way to build a performance rear shock. I will also build a R1 shock for my TV.
At first I thought that all white scooters were a bit of bore, but with the ox blood red seat the bike really pops. Furthermore, the idea of having the bike look nearly exact the way it did coming out of the factory over 40 years ago seems very cool to me.
I will not add a GT badge on my Lammy, but I will use a Dean's Speed 190 kit so performance wise it may not be different than the 186 kit Mike put on the top end of this TV.
All in all my bike will look pretty similar and also be very mildly customed. My goal, like Mike, is to keep the TV as true to the era.
If bike comes out anything like the one above, I will be so happy.
Wow! I'd first like to say that the folks in this club are so nice and helpful. These guys offer solutions and share information. The guy, Jake, who placed the order for the springs and bushings not only fronted the cash for everybody, he even drove from San Mateo to SF to deliver my parts to my dad's office. Seriously, good people at the Lambretta Club of America!
Sorry I digress . . .
While perusing the rest of the site I found a section on the "forums" where folks post pictures of their Lambretta's and I came across a 1962 Lambretta TV175 restored to Stone White with a Ox red seat . . . it is exactly the same bike that I have and I have decided to restore it to its original color as well as reuse my red seat. Looking at these photos of this Lambretta is basically like looking at my bike after the restoration is complete.
The bike first looked like this. It was restored by Mike Anhalt, a member of Lambretta Club of America. His post said, "Fully redone TV175 with a GT186, 24mm mikuni, Casa Exhaust. All stainless hardware and proper stickers with orgional floor board extentions. Took about 7 months start to finish (50 hours of 2 hour weekends and mornings)."
Mike wrote the bike was an East Coast rust scoot when he first got it. He was hired by someone to restore it as if Mike was restoring it for himself.
The bike looks a little rougher than my bike, but then again it was 100% complete when Mike received it -- as far as I can tell from the photos.
The beauty in this bike is in the details, I believe. It is clear to me that Mike Anhalt is an experienced restorer and has the eye-of-a-jeweler -- all the small details matter to him. That is the mark of a true restorer. Notice the R1/R6 shock conversion, not stock, but an inexpensive way to build a performance rear shock. I will also build a R1 shock for my TV.
At first I thought that all white scooters were a bit of bore, but with the ox blood red seat the bike really pops. Furthermore, the idea of having the bike look nearly exact the way it did coming out of the factory over 40 years ago seems very cool to me.
I will not add a GT badge on my Lammy, but I will use a Dean's Speed 190 kit so performance wise it may not be different than the 186 kit Mike put on the top end of this TV.All in all my bike will look pretty similar and also be very mildly customed. My goal, like Mike, is to keep the TV as true to the era.
If bike comes out anything like the one above, I will be so happy.
Friday, 18 May 2007
How to disasemble a Lammy Li
Lambretta LI Stripdown 60's promo film made by Innocenti for dealer and there mechanics. (thanx to scootr99 on YouTube.com)
Thursday, 8 March 2007
Picture: TV 175 Series 3
It is not easy to find a photo of a 1962 TV 175 online. I poked around for a while before I found this USA model for sale on Scooter BBS SPAM forum. My Lambretta is an Italian model, but the exact same year and model. The scoot pictured above was described as a first or second kick and sold for $3,000. That is a GREAT deal. My Lammy was $1,000 and did not include all the parts, which will quickly add up in costs, but it did come with two motors. The nice thing about this Lambretta is no paint is required.1962 was the tail end of the early Series 3 cowls. I believe it was in 1964 or 1965 that the cowls changed and looked more like the common Li.
TVs have become more sought after because its big brother, the SX200, is very hard to find in old barns and such so collectors now go after the next biggest engine . . . 175cc.
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