Monday – Colour
by admin on April 28, 2009
Here is a pic of colour on Niall’s frame, and a spare set of white side panels where put on to get and idea of how the final composition will look. D.
Rain delay, sort of.
by dyoshida on April 26, 2009
Saturday end up to be the odd day. I thought we would have clear great weather for a full day. We were trucking good till the heavy wind and rain came down. The wind was so strong that a small (…)
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 (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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 (…)
Forks and Dampers
by dyoshida on April 23, 2009
Just a quick picture of my forks. This Year I want to make sure that there is NO lambretta dive. Went out and purchased the fork compression tool. No more jamming 2 screw drivers in the forks and covering your (…)
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 (…)
Couldn’t sleep cause of bikes
by dyoshida on April 15, 2009
Another productive night. (Or…its all coming back to me now) So Niall, Dave and I got together Tuesday night (foregoing our usual night of escaping the wives) and hit the 3 lambrettas hard. There are now less than 30 days (…)
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 (…)