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Posted about the twist a couple weeks ago. After thinking and thinking this is the best I could come up with outside of some jig that would take me 2 days to design and build. Twist was roughly 3/4 out and now it is 3/8 out, not sure I could’ve gotten much more out of it without 20 more straps and hard points to grab. Looking back, I should’ve put the larger tow strap on the bottom left instead of the orange one, as it’s getting pulled against the most. One of these days I will just take it to a frame shop, they can probably get it done without any disassembly.

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Just spliting my vespa engine (px case) for maintenace, then noticing the "wall/lip"(?) On flywheel side crank just torn off, somehow i find the bit that snap and promptly glue it with stell epoxy (the black bit in the picture), im still in shock and panicked rn, furiously scouring the internet for solution, found some in forum post with same problem, sadly its doest have the update i need, please give me some advice, is this case kaput or not, thanks

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Hi all,

I hate to do the “please donate to my thing” posts, but I’m taking part in the Cambridge, UK Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride on Sunday the 17th, and figured it was worth making an exception for a great cause.

I’ll be riding my 1967 Vespa SS90, which feels entirely in keeping with an event centred around old machinery, questionable judgement, and dressing far more formally than the situation really demands.

For anyone unfamiliar with DGR, it raises money through Movember for men’s mental health initiatives and prostate cancer research. It’s one of the few genuinely global charity events that still feels enthusiast-led rather than corporate, and the causes themselves are obviously worth supporting. Men are still remarkably bad at talking about mental health until things have gone properly sideways, so anything helping improve that is a good thing in my book.

If anyone fancies chucking a few quid towards a really good cause, the donation page is here.

The optimistic outcome is that the SS90 and I complete the ride looking more distinguished than bedraggled. The more accurate outcome probably involves me at the side of the road in a cashmere sports jacket, tools strewn everywhere, cussing out Italian engineers and/or my own workmanship, but that’s old scooters for you.

If anyone else here is doing DGR this year, would love to see what you’re taking out. Pics to follow on Monday, I promise!

Cheers,

Auk

Noticed something was off with the steering, then stsrted staring at the whole body. The laser shows the truth, somehow this body is twisted, even though it seems like it has never been crashed, the leg shield is too straight. Unsure how that is even possible. I found one or two other posts online of this same thing, and the only answer I found (that I can do at home) is remove the steering tube etc, and mount the body flat and firm to a level surface. Then find a long tube about the same thickness and torque it over, slowly and gently. If there are any better ideas please do comment. I’d rather not disassemble the front end but this feels necessary, even though I rode it this way before.