Parts in the mail & new scooter clothing business

In the usual part order fashion crap happens and hoops appear from no where for you jump through. I received the fuel rod from Scooters Origanli late last week. My brake switch, rivets for glove box door, and the foam trim for the glove box door should go out in Monday's mail. I want the bike running by June 1st and ready for AmeriVespa the July 4th weekend. We have our tickets.

Living in PA afforded us more disposable income than CA does and restoring my Lambretta TV175 S.3 so I have had to get clever with fundraising for my hobby:
I have started a micro business that sells shirts for infants through toddlers with applique scooter patches. I will be making some SS180 patches and other various Vespa models. If you're interested you can me out at GoGo510. Vespa shirts and patches will be available soon!

Pictured above is my son wearing a Lambretta Series 2 shirt I made for him.

Update for April

What can I say? I am waiting on parts. That's it!

I did find out that I need a USA released Rally 200 brake switch and found one through Mic at Scooter Shop (it's an SIP one). He asked me if I had a round or square horn button. And that cued him in on exactly what I needed. It should be on its way along with the glove box door sponge trim.

In the meantime I have been posting a lot of research on my Lambretta site.

Update for March

Folks, I am working on the Vespa -- just started. I have my list and am working on it here and there. Photos to follow soon.

Today I worked on my wife's Bajaj Chetak, which needed hammer and dolly work. It was my first time. Worked out pretty good. It's documented here.

Update: August 30, 2008

Readers,

Alive and healthy, BUT my life is stressfully nuts. My family and I are staying with my parents in SF. Our life is in storage -- including the Vespa VSC. I work in East Oakland and therefore commute. We are hunting to buy a house and get our own space and a garage for the Vespa in Oakland or Berkeley. Once we have that, I can work on the Vespa and finish it up, but as you know it is so damn close.

Honestly, I'd like to start my Lambretta too.

I haven't forgotten this blog and there will be some closure with the completion of the bike . . . thanx for your patience.

In the mean time, I hope this blog remains useful for you.

Best,

Jeremy

4th of July Update

Happy 4th of July folks and 38th wedding anniversary to my parents!

Just a quick update . . . VSC is in storage. I am not doing much work on it until my wife and I get our own place in the Bay Area and I have garage to work on it in. There is very little left to do -- probably can be done in a total of 5 casual hours.

I am hunting for a job (I am an English teacher) and that is where much of my energy is going right now.

Regarding scooters . . . I have decided to begin to research and assemble a parts quote to begin restoring my 1962 Lambretta TV175. I will be blogging that restoration just as I have with my wife's Vespa, but I will be doing a lot more of the work on my own. You can begin to follow that blog, but it is moving slower than the Vespa's. Since I don't have the ability to work on the SS180, I figure I can do a lot of work on planning the TV's restoration from behind my computer.

Also, for you total newbies I have another blog that offers great generic information for all scooterists as well as the Bajaj/Stella/P-Series crowd. The site is titled Bajaj Restoration, but it has nothing to do with restoring a Bajaj -- I just wanted to keep my blog names similar. Nonetheless, I believe it offers useful tips.

Have a Happy 4th!