Post by SuusCustoms on Dec 15, 2013 3:32:07 GMT
It's taken me a while to post this one, mostly because it has taken me a while to start on the project.
A few weeks back we got our hands on a Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon scooter. These were built in the 1960's and were incredibly popular in Japan and quite possibly Mitsubishi's first vehicle import into Australia. At 200cc they got along OK too. The one we purchased came with no motor and no swingarm, but a stack of spare panels, so while we waited to work out what to do about the missing parts we decided to make use of the spare panels.
The Vmoto is a popular little Chinese scooter with a good reputation for reliability and decent handling, so we figured it would surely be nicer to ride than the original scooter. They are sold in good quantities and seemed to be similar proportions, so we thought what have we got to lose?
We got our hands on a secondhand Vmoto with some damage to the plastics (not a concern since they are going into the bin anyway) and rode it around a bit to make sure everything moved and functioned as it should.
So today the weather was beautiful and we had a couple of hours to spare so we had a bit of a play, and we are wrapped with the result so far! Mounts for the plastic panels and ignition switch are all that has needed to be trimmed from the Vmoto frame so far, and only minor tweaks have been done so far to the Pigeon's footplate. Still a huge amount of work to go but we can't believe how closely related the dimensions are between the 2 scooters.
Anyway, less talk more pictures!
Here's what a GOOD Silver Pigeon looks like:
And a VMoto Monaco:
And here's how they come together:
A few weeks back we got our hands on a Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon scooter. These were built in the 1960's and were incredibly popular in Japan and quite possibly Mitsubishi's first vehicle import into Australia. At 200cc they got along OK too. The one we purchased came with no motor and no swingarm, but a stack of spare panels, so while we waited to work out what to do about the missing parts we decided to make use of the spare panels.
The Vmoto is a popular little Chinese scooter with a good reputation for reliability and decent handling, so we figured it would surely be nicer to ride than the original scooter. They are sold in good quantities and seemed to be similar proportions, so we thought what have we got to lose?
We got our hands on a secondhand Vmoto with some damage to the plastics (not a concern since they are going into the bin anyway) and rode it around a bit to make sure everything moved and functioned as it should.
So today the weather was beautiful and we had a couple of hours to spare so we had a bit of a play, and we are wrapped with the result so far! Mounts for the plastic panels and ignition switch are all that has needed to be trimmed from the Vmoto frame so far, and only minor tweaks have been done so far to the Pigeon's footplate. Still a huge amount of work to go but we can't believe how closely related the dimensions are between the 2 scooters.
Anyway, less talk more pictures!
Here's what a GOOD Silver Pigeon looks like:
And a VMoto Monaco:
And here's how they come together: