Manky Monkey Motors

hey guys what do yall recon im going to start my trike project soon its going to be quite unusual but i think it will be a laugh, ive got hold of an old vespa with no engine and im going to make a hardtail frame coming off the back and then mount a 250cc chain driven bike engine sideways in the frame so i can link it with a shaft straight to a reliant or rascal axle i have a poor computer drawing of what it might look like on paint. Any comments? ;D :o ;)

How many projects are you doing now? You are going to need a hanger to store everything soon. What's happened to the MR2 thing?

 ;D ;D ;D ha ha i would love a hanger then i can have even more ha ha , i got rid of the mr2 as i wasnt sure of what was legal etc if you know what i mean ;) so its gone away to the banger track
now i have more room in my garage i can do my triumph tina, vespa trike and my vs750,
its all good
he he he

Good luck. I think you'll need it  ;D

I guess you're no nuttier than the rest on here!   ;D

This is very true. You need a minimum of 2 projects to qualify  ;D

How nutty does that make me ??? go for it mate it will look the mutt's when done, mad but the mutt's all the same ;D.
So youhave a Tina then? what you gonna do with her then ;) I almost purchased one off a mate last year as I fancied building a "Hotrod" style scooter ::) ::) ::)

Ive always got different projects on the go he he  ;D, oh yes i recon itl look pretty cool when its done, i already have my vespa and a old suzuki running donor just need a axle when ive got some money,

OMG someone else knows what a triumph tina is :o :o, thats a relief he he ;D he, im going to restore it i have loads of parts , i havent found one older than mine anywhere its a 1962 only 2 months in to when they were first made and its my pride and joy, just cant wait to get it on the road and to a show, its done 3400 miles from new,
that sounds cool thaught about hotrodding mine ages ago but that was a moment of madness i could never have done that to it i realy want to get it to as original as possible

I didn't mean chopping it about, just an old school paint job etc ;)

did you see this one...

mad ;D ;D ;D ;D

black with flames ha ha  ;D
ooohh yea i seen this one for sale on ebay a while back it was very cheap but i had nowhere to put it and no money cool tho

Hi Willy are those hoops on the back of that trike for a poly tunnel   ;D ;D ;D

I to know what a triumph tina is, a sixties attempt to grab some of the market held by lambretta and vespa. they all tried it, bsa dandy,ariel leader even the usa with the cushman. Ive talked to bike shop owners who are bikers and they say a vespa engine is a perfect engine, no chain, no valves,no tensioners, just one complete little package, and no im not a mod and never have been, each cult has its good bits.

oh well i like it and it did set a trend as it was the first fully automatic scooter so it did its bit for history, it will be something different at the shows instead of a vespa or lambretta which alot of people have.
i do agree that the vespa engine is bulletproof and if its linked to a lambretta then you have the perfect scooter ;D but hey mines just as good becvause i have 2 spare engines ha ha  ;D ;).

My first 2 wheel ride was a BSA Dandy - they didn't try it for very long, only made them for about a year I think, terrible thing!

I would love a Tina, a mate has a really nice Heinkel that he is restoring for someone in his barn plus a couple of strange 60's scooters rusting in his shed. Will have to pop in for a look.

yea you should pop in and see what else hes got, you never know he might have something,

 ;D :o ;D

Hey Bpsycho, have you collected the other vespa bits yet?
Need me to ghet them over to your garage, we can collect them one day next week if you like!