Sunburst Finish

[Toddy]

Very nice Paul , what's that in the background

[Dazts1]

GP looking smart there Paul. Coming along quicker than you said it would.

I very nearly put an offer in for the t5 you have there. I was told it was sold to a lad from York. I'm guessing that fell through. I did here you bought it.

[Storkfoot]

Very nice Paul , what's that in the background

It's a green wheelie bin, Toddy

Daz, the mild Winter has helped. Also, I want to have it ready for Easter and to get some miles under the wheels in 2016

Sounds like it is the Mk1 T5 you are thinking of. I have stripped and rebuilt the engine since, and sorted a few gremlins It's used more as daily workhorse, to be honest, although I did do the 4 Nations on it as it was the only scoot I had on the road at the time. Ride safely, mate.

[coaster]

I like the pin striping

[Storkfoot]

There's a bit more pinstriping to be revealed on some of the rest of the bodywork, but not much. It's all personal taste but I think you can go a bit over the top with it at times.

The gold and navy of the pinstriping is a nod to the original colours of the original legshields, yellow and blue.

I'm not fully convinced by the red hubs and wheels at the moment (I painted these, the rest was professionally done). They may become silver again at some point in the year ahead, then again, I'll probably change my mind again

[Warkton Tornado No.1]

The gold and navy of the pinstriping is a nod to the original colours of the original legshields, yellow and blue.

I'm not fully convinced by the red hubs and wheels at the moment (I painted these, the rest was professionally done). They may become silver again at some point in the year ahead, then again, I'll probably change my mind again

I like the thinking behind the 'nod'

If you do change your mind & want to 'pick out' the hubs & rims, you could do worse than yellow rims & blue hubs, IMHO.......

[Storkfoot]

Well, I can set off for the AGM in the morning in the knowledge that the engine starts and ticks over Not really a surprise as it was running fine when the scoot was stripped.

The courier man also, finally, delivered a GP Silme seat cover

I always assumed that the Silme GP seat was the same as the Giuliari one. As the cover is specifically denoted that it is "Silme," I assume that they are different??

[citydaz]

Personaly I always prefer white hubs and white rims,
although the idea of yellow rims is quite appealling

[Storkfoot]

Apologies again. I rotate the picture on my laptop but it still appears the wrong way round when I download it onto Scoot Net

Anyway, just putting the seat cover on turned out to be quite time consuming as I needed to raise the base to keep the cover off the paintwork.

Then thought I'd at least get the legshields roughly in position. As usual for me, at the dry build stage, they seemed to fit fine. Now it would appear that I'll need a good slice of patience before I tackle this as they appear a bit skewed.

[Storkfoot]

Trying to get all the panelwork and rubbers lined up.

I have the legshields okay now. The front mudguard, however, is proving troublesome. It's an original Italian one but has been bashed around in the past. Oddly, it fitted alright with the Indian legsields that were on the scoot before I stripped it, but it's not such a good fit with these Italian leggies.

Hopefully, I'll get it all sorted next weekend.

[coaster]

Nice

[Toddy]

Nice work Paul

[Storkfoot]

Thanks, lads. I can't wait to ride it again. It seems so long since I had a lammy on the road

[Dazts1]

Very cool looking lambretta Paul. It's coming together nice.

[Mr G in NYC]

Looking good Kidda !! You might find yourself slipping off that seat at speed

[JETEX]

Very nice Paul. When I did the dry build on my Li Special ( it's on here ), I had a new stand crossmember welded on by Mike Phoenix and the frame checked for straightness on his jig. I took it apart for painting, and when I came to re-assemble it I was convinced that the painter had given me the wrong panel work back !. It was probably the sandblasters throwing the frame around. Had a nightmare getting all the panels lined up correctly, but all good now. Are you going to the Euro ?

[Storkfoot]

Sliding on the seat, no. Top tip - proper goretex kecks with rubber patches on your posterior

No Euro for me, too many other things going on in May and June, Geoff. A random tour of Scotland around the Mull rally is a distinct possibility though.

I have just looked at the fit of the mudguard and I now have a cunning plan to rectify it. I fitted the horncasting to the mudguard and was all set to fit it to the legshield like that. This is what I have successfully done many times before. Then I read something to say keep the adjoining boots loose. In doing this, I think the mudguard has splayed out.

That's the theory

[JETEX]

I think I would have fitted the horn grille to the horn cast before assembly. Mine had to be prised apart for the two screws to fit.

[Mr G in NYC]

Sliding on the seat, no. Top tip - proper goretex kecks with rubber patches on your posterior

Top tech tip pal . I did the last coast to coast with a newly waxed pair of Vintage Barbour over
pants and could not stay on the seat to the point that after 20 miles I pulled over and ditched
my oily over kegs !!
G

[Storkfoot]

I haven't posted for a few weeks as have been struggling to find time to sort out the last few remaining gremlins. One was rough running. This was sorted by a slight enrichment of mixture screw and tightening up the screw holding the choke mechanism in (I clearly forgot to tighten that).

The panel work will have to be what it is. The legshields aren't a great match with front mudguard but they'll do.

Next? Well LED rear light ( I don't especially like the look of the LED light pattern but they are considerably brighter and release more energy for the headlight). Also, MTech advance/ retard probably after Easter. Oh, yes, MOT runs out on Monday too.

I'll take some decent pics with a camera in the next week, or so, to finish off the thread.

Another annoying lopsided pic as I was messing about with the mixture screw