truckped 13'

By Ryan Schimmel · Vespa Grande Deluxe · 1978

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Wrought from the jaws of craigslist for $75... this Vespa grande has been franken'd back to life. Geared low, variates late - it's setup for hauling my girl and I up and around the hills of UT Knoxville's campus. Top GPS speed of 52mph with stock gearing. Subframe reinforced for the end of the world and disk brake front end added for stoppies allllll day. If you're running a stock variator, get at me for some custom 2.8gr aluminum weights - really wakes the variator up!

Parts

carburetion

engine

exhaust

  • Vespa Techno Circuit

transmission

  • Polini Variator

electrical

  • Kinetic TFR CDI Ignition

Tuning

Main 70

Comments (2)

Ryan Schimmel — 12 years, 2 months ago

negative... 13.13... not sure how I got that wrong on the spec sheet. sorry dan!

Dan Kastner — 12 years, 3 months ago

Does it really have a 14.12 carb on there? Or is it the Vespa Dellorto?