Archive for the “Rebuild 2009 – David” category

Tax time again.

by admin on April 25, 2009

Ok went to Mom’s place to do her taxes.   I am one week earlier this year.  The good news it that I found some old scooter bits that I had laying around, that was suppose to be part of this (…)

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Workload

by dyoshida on April 24, 2009

Chris is a workhorse when it comes to painting!! Ask him to sand or prep and he looks like you just shot his dog. But Dave and I don’t mind doing that if he keeps up the great paint work. (…)

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Thursday evening.

by dyoshida on April 24, 2009

We put in a four hours of time this evening and made some good progress. We sanded and primed some more parts. Chris was in charge of the paint booth. He only came out for smoke breaks. What a trooper. (…)

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Shocked

by dyoshida on April 23, 2009

I won a bid for a shock off of ebay that I plan to use on my Lambretta! Total of $65 USD for an 03 Yamaha YZF R6 Rear Shock. Anything is better than a standard Lami shock. Anything. When (…)

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28 days before… Is that a zombie on a gray scooter???

by dyoshida on April 17, 2009

We put in about four hours on Friday evening to do some hand sanding and priming. Norm (Niall’s bro) came by to give a hand with sanding. Spray priming ran into a snag.  The primer mixture need to be thinned down a (…)

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DIY Lambreta paint room.

by dyoshida on April 15, 2009

Last night Niall and Chris came by and we finished setting up the paint room.  Amazing what two rolls of $10 plastic, cardboard and half a garage can be converted into. Chris had borrowed an air compressor and spray gun from his bro (Vespa dad)  and brought (…)

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Colours – 27030

by admin on April 9, 2009

There has been emails going around today by Niall and Chris about finalizing the paint colours and recommendations. There are 3 gasket sets now on order. Good sign. Chris found an old rally patch from 7+ years ago. Which one (…)

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Weather – News Flash.

by admin on April 7, 2009

There is snow falling this moring…. really you ought to be kidding me… D.

Priming the frames

by admin on April 6, 2009

We spent the day continuing to sand the large parts such as the frames, leg shields and panels in my back yard. We were able to get the frames sanded and started some panels to get the first coat of (…)

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Dremel = Barrel porting.

by admin on April 2, 2009

Over the past few days we have been working on some barrel porting.  This involves a dremel with a flex shaft, face mask, and some steady hands.  Basically we take a stock barrel and widen the intake and exhaust ports to (…)

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