I went to the dark side

The original 2-stroke Genuine scooter and its 4-stroke manual and automatic offspring

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Neurotic-Hapi-Snak
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I went to the dark side

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Proud owner of a Vespa PX200 now. Just picked it up today.
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It ain't the darkside.... Enjoy the px!!! Pics Pls.....
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Do tell... color, year, price, etc?
Very nice.
Ive had my 81 for 4-5 years now.. rock solid and very fast.
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Smart move!
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Here ya go
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Nice bike. What year is it?
I see a disc brake on the front.
Good find. Wish i could find one rhat sweet here in the USA
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I'm not quite sure of the age, but I'd guess it's 98+, probably a Millennium based on the horncast. A little over 16,000km on the ODO when I bought it. It might be an Italian used import, because it has a (I think) Italian dealership sticker on the underside of the seat, at least a sticker in either Italian or Spanish there, I'm not too knowledgeable in Romance languages .

Not all fun and games, though. Had to pull the head and lapp it because it was leaking. Also noticed a crack in the barrel, but it turned out to be nothing, there's a ring cast in the cooling fins around the exhaust stub , that's where the crack was. The rest of the the barrel is good.

Will get kitted with with a Pinasco or Polini once I have the funds. For now maybe just a SIP road. Kind of silly when a 200cc 2 stroke gets out accelerated by a 125cc 4 stroke.

Man, does it sound nice, though. That great gurgle-gurgle-cough-cough at idle, but sounds like a diesel truck under load.
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The SIP Road waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay increases power compared to the stock pipe. And yours probably has a converter which makes it worse.
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I thought using car tires on bikes was being 'darkside'?
It is with the goldwing riders over on pashnet forum.
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