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Sunday, April 30, 2006
Out of the frying pan...
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Don't let the pictures fool you! Things are not all good in Vespaville.
At the time these pictures were taken (by my eight-year old daughter), the scooter still would not go into fourth gear (at least it wouldn't stay in fourth), "the clutch actuating pad was toast" (as Trace rightly deduced from the picture in a previous post), and the wiring to the side car was not working. Even though things were not working, I decided to go ahead and put the sidecar back on so I could take my little kids for a ride around the block like I had been promising them for weeks now. They had a blast even though I never got out of third (that is probably just as well because I wouldn't want to go fast with them anyway).
I even got the beautiful redhead in there! That was a major feat. Riding in a Vespa sidecar is not her speed. It was fun though to have her in there as we tooled around the neighborhood. I need to get her one of those Keiser helmets and big black googles... NOT!
So, where things stand now is I need to order the pad, some new cables (I broke one trying to adjust the gears, and I probably need to order a new shifting cross as well. I dread going back into that engine, but I don't know if I have another choice. If only I had the cash right now, I would buy a new engine...
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