Thunder’s Vespa 125

So check it out I got this scooter last year in trade for a 50cc pocket bike worth about $50 bucks to me . She was in bad shape when I got her but check out what I did to here to bring her back to life. So here is how she started out. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8192/1040462.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7212/1040461.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1492/1040456.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8439/1040455.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5467/1040458.jpg[/IMG] So I got busy stripping her down to bare metal , did some body work and primed her for Paint. [IMG]http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/416/sany0162.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5139/sany0118.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1980/sany0113.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1251/sany0111.jpg[/IMG] I than built a small paint booth in the back of our warehouse and began to do the painting . First the white base coat. [IMG]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3789/sany0156w.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4053/sany0120.jpg[/IMG] Then the racing stripes were added. [IMG]http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7310/sany0119.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/223/sany0144.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8138/sany0141.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1907/sany0143d.jpg[/IMG] Then I added the numbers 53 “Herbie” [IMG]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6315/sany0180k.jpg[/IMG] I than worked on the back cowls doing them in gloss black [IMG]http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3453/sany0181.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2514/sany0161.jpg[/IMG] Then I semi assembled the scoot before the detail paiting [IMG]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7757/sany0145.jpg[/IMG] Then I flamed the rear cowls and cleared the entire scooter [IMG]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1000/fxcd0096.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4936/fxcd0098.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8869/fxcd0101.jpg[/IMG] Then I went over the engine that I will be keeping stock for now. It ran great and only had 6,000 miles on it. [IMG]http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3984/1040460.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3312/sany0153.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2108/sany0155.jpg[/IMG] Then I reinstalled engine , front forks , ran all new cables , installed new brakes and white wall tires. [IMG]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2474/sany0200.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5562/sany0196t.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3818/sany0199r.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5941/sany0197.jpg[/IMG] Sorry the date in the picture is wrong the build was just finished this past summer this pic is from the first ride I took . [IMG]http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4449/pict1156m.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6200/sany0011w.jpg[/IMG] Thanks for checking out my build . ;D She is sweet. Turns heads every where I go . I really took a chance with the paint scheme , but it worked when it all came together. More on this scoot later.