Proper intro

[stehughes]

I've been lurking around the forum for a while now and thought it was about time I introduce myself.

My name is Steve Hughes and I'm a Brit (grew up in N. Wales) living in Portland, Oregon... USA. Last year I acquired quite a tidy Vespa 100 Sport that spent most of it's life in Southern California with just 3060 miles on it. The frame has a couple of very minor dents and just a little surface rust here and there.

The plan for this scooter is to do a complete rebuild including paint (removing the nasty turn signals and rear light the US Gov. forced Vespa to ruin the smallframe lines with), an ET3 4 speed box, DR 130 ported kit and Polini exhaust etc.

So far I have the scooter stripped and am currently working on removing the dents and rust and prepping the frame for paint while I wait for engine parts to arrive.

So far I have learned a great deal from the forum and appreciate the speedy answers I have got from a couple of questions. Also seems like there's a decent sense of humour around here too which is great!

Here's some photos for ya. If anyone is interested in my progress I would be happy to start a thread in the Projects area. Cheers:

[scooterslag]

Welcome aboard chap, will be good to see what you do with the 100 sport ( without the shite indicators ;D) owned two myself over the years and they're great little bikes. All the best Paul

[nellee]

Hi, like the look of that scooter, it looks great, i love that colour, thinking of doing my next project in that colour, looking forward to what you have planned.
paul