Monday, October 30, 2006

Rainbow of Wires


So it appears that I might of found a "source" for some wires...freakin sweet. It's funny, wires are cheap as hell, but when you need 12 different color wires in about 5-7ft range it starts to add up since you have buy spools of each one. How can something so small need so many different freaking wires! So now if I can get the wires I'm going to try to build my own wiring harness. I think this will be a pretty cool thing to do, I'll know a lot more about the bike if I do this myself and maybe I can try to come up with a slightly less confusing way to do it. I haven't decided the best way to bundle them all together. I might go the fancy heat shrink wrap method or just zip ties...we'll see.

Wire Colors Needed:
1. Red
2. Brown
3. Green
4. Black
5. White
6. Purple
7. Pink
8. Light Blue
9. Dark Blue
10. Yellow
11. White/Red
12. White/Green

Sunday, October 22, 2006

WIRES!


So it appears that I need to get a new wire harness for my Vespa. I really tried to avoid buying one, but it seems that there is no other option. The existing wires are all jacked up and broken. I even thought about making one myself but it didn't make sense since it would only be maybe $10-20 cheaper than buying a premade one. So hopefully I'll order one on Monday and I'll be able to get back to work. I also have to pick up a flywheel removing tool. There is a frayed wire coming from my stator and I need to replace it.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Lounge Lizard


The vespa getting some rays before the wheels and engine were installed.

So so close



The Vespa is coming together really well. The engine was a serious bitch to get into the frame, but its in there now. I'm amazed that the bike is now able to be pushed around on its own wheels! Unfortunately the battery that I had was dead, but this was to be expected. It sat in different people's sheds for years and by the time we were ready to install the battery it was past 6pm so no go. Now I just need to get a new battery, some new tires and also a spark plug cable and she's going to be rocking. That is if we wired the wires right.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Progress!!



I almost gave up on putting my scooter together on my own. I even went as far as to put some posts out trying to find someone to do it for me....instead of getting offers though people kept telling me to stop being a loser and do it myself.

So I partially took their advice. I started working but I also enlisted some help from a good friend and now we are starting to get some progress done!!!