Vespa engine rebuild torrent

If you send us your motor, we'll tear it down, give you an estimate, and once you're ready, we'll put it back together. All this for us happens in a short amount of time.

We can even build a motor to your specification. Are you looking to race this scooter? We can do that or we could go stock if you prefer, but rebuilding a motor gives you a huge range of possibilities, and we have the capability to go as big as your imagination allows.

With a combined years of Vespa motor rebuilding, we can say with certainty how much time it will take to rebuild a motor.

If you're interested in this service, send us your motor and we'll put together a comprehensive estimate that lists all the parts you need and the time it will take to complete. You can also call us first to get an initial assessment. This is yet another mail-order service that Vespa Motorsport offers with a competency unrivaled anywhere. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. Engine Rebuilds. Add to Cart. They think nothing of welding a fork together or putting a screw in to fill a stripped thread or even bodging in main bearings.

And they do it. To almost every one of these. And they run… for a little while. And often the motors are not worth nor even can be rebuilt. And some cases the bodies snap in half or the Forks break and make dangerous situations.

This occurs like 9 times out of If you want to really see one of these I have one sitting in my project shed. This one the body was atypicaly good but the motor, although running, cannot be rebuilt. Its been modified and its one of a kind now. Lots of other little cheats.

But it sure is shiney! Remember, the bikes they use have been much used for years. Whole familes have ridden on them. They have been rebuilt like five or six times already.

They are worn out. Much better source is little used domestic ones sitting in a barn for 30 years that have miles on them. Also for your information it more often takes about as much money to redo one as you could get out of it. And thats with you doing all of the work yourself. I do a few. I break even sometimes. I know. But there are already a bunch of entreprenuers bringing these things in and selling em on the cheap.

The back rooms of many a Vespa shop are littered with them. Many of them not safe nor salvagable. They prey on the recent demand. And catch the greedy. Be part of the solution and rethink your position on this. I am strongy in favor of mechanical restoration and rebuilding whenever it makes sense. I have to admit, the appearance of these restorations is appealing but from the comments of those who are in the know, these rebuilds seem to be a disaster waiting to happen.

I like mechanical work well done and, as you say, these scooters probably had a hard life before undergoing restoration. As to the cost of a rebuild being equal to what you could get out of it, that seems to be the case in many areas.

I used to work on old E type Jaguars, believe me, I know. Try reading the blog over at vespatude. It has details which sheds more light on the issue than one can get from just being told they are bad. It really shows how bad they can be. It it looked great and ran OK for a while.

But there were issues. The paint dissolved immediately on contact with fuel. When it started having some problems shifting, I opened up the engine and found some unusual repairs — which anybody with some mechanical skills would agree qualified as a bodge. I know you arent really taking sides on this, but my advice to your readers is to look at any scooter from southeast Asia with a microscope before laying down any cash.

Newbies should avoid them all together. These were people who posted positive feedback because they got a nice looking bike, but shortly after is when they started having problems, electrical or mechanical, many spending as much as they spent to not have a running bike still. I have also talked to people with the newest crop of restorations and these are still mechanically suspect in some cases.

That all said there are some great deals out there but do you want to risk your life figuring out which is rebuilt well and which will have parts or even frames fall apart while on the road? How is the supply of old body work and other parts outside of Vietnam? This could get your supply higher at a good price. I have to agree with others that most of these scooters are poorly put together. Hi: I read you topics about vietnam scooter, but you could give the best and the worst companies for buy a scooter i need this infromation because i will buy one this month, please send me your feedbacks.

Hello first can i state that the worst scooters i have seen coming into the uk are not infact from vietnam but from INDIA.

I have seen so many shit lambrettas from india and seen some unbelievable repairs. It seems from my experiences that you should stay very distant from these.

However getting back to vespas from vietnam i actually imported one 7 months ago and the finish quality is excellent. For the money i paid you could not restore yourself to this standard even in parts let along labour. It went straight through the mot and after doing miles only on it taking out 5 times it still starts first time everytime. Obviously i have not taken engine apart as it runs perfectly.

Also you only have to look at the bike to see that everything is like new and all numbers are matching. Well I hope this is not what is considered a personal attack. I had met Huy on one of my many trips to Vietnam, I thought meeting him and reviewing his operations along with looking at his sample bikes that I would come out with an awesome Scooter. I also spoke to him about importing two scooter a month to the US to resell.

Given those points, you would think the guy would bend over backwards to send a good first quality product. A rear hub that was cracked and partially rewelded. A frame that was in an accident and was tweaked. Very little new parts and lots of incorrect parts and rusted parts. When asking Huy to fix the problems under warranty, he refused.

He offers satisfaction guaranteed and a 90 day warranty but that is an empty offer. Keep in mind, I never even started the bike. All the information floating around the internet about Viet Scooter shops never seems to be first hand. I am looking for real experience to add to the site. I would also like to request that thekneeslider. I bought a full restaurated vietnamese lambretta some month ago. It came to germany in Nice looking like the blue-white one.

The owner drove it only about 50 km in 4 years because it was never running. Not one part of the engine was ok. Hi Guys, I have recently started restoring scooters and like to think I make a good job. He purchased it from a large uk scootering restoration company less than 8 months ago that I guess has become greedy.

It was sold to him as an italian restoration that they imported. To start with the kick start was snagging the exhaust when kicked down.

The scooter is a very poor starter, the carb had the old float needle so was flooding and the power from the magneto was so poor a bump start was usually required. The side panels did not fit properly and the headset top the speedo housing was not LI so did not fit.