Dirty Scooters - Lambretta Li 150 series 2 restore and 64 GL malossi 221

this blog is a record of my scooter projects. The Dirty Rocket is finished for now, and I am about to begin restoring a '58 Lambretta Li150 series 2. The Dirty rocket started out as an attempt to build my ideal scooter from a rusted bare heap for as little money as possible. (The frame is a '57 VNA) now a 64 GL frame. TO FOLLOW THIS CHRONOLOGICALLY, START FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE... AND Please leave comments/ tips/ warnings!!!

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

frame jig finished




now the frame jig is finished there are no more excuses.
I must, at some stage, start putting steel into the thing.
Problem..... I saw a vna frame with no rust on ebay.
It would save me a lot of time, but I would end up with a standard vna frame rather than the re-inforced frame I plan to build out of my rusted wreck.
The frame strength problem is not so much handling and power, but the uprated braking.
Traditionally the front brakes and front suspension on these are very very poor, but stopping from only 40 mph was easy using the back brake. I am still using only the back brake on my current daily rider (LML t5 p200motor) as the front brake just doesn't work.
Once you start going over 100 km/h and riding it a little more like a motorcycle, the front disc brake will be used far more, thus putting the frame under more stress, as the weight of the rider and motor surges forward under heavy braking.

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