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On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:42:19 -0400, "Don White"
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Dropped into our local Vespa scooter shop this afternoon and picked
up a '2%
oil mix cup'.
Overpriced at $6.88 + tax and somewhat cheaply made plastic (had to
smooth a
few sharp edges with emery cloth), this cup is very handy for quick
oil/gas
ratio mixing.
It is marked for the metric system, US measurements and the old
Imperial
system. note: geared for 50:1 mix
Although the new Vespas are 4 stroke, the counter guy told me all the
old 2
stroke scooter owners have this cup.

I thought everyone just used an empty 16oz Busch can. ;-)
Close enough for a 6 gallon tank.


This one is fool proof.... even the Dingy Dans of the world couldn't
screw it up. ;-)
On the metric scale...you see a one liter mark... 2 liter mark all the
way up to 5 liters.
As long as you know much gas you pumped into the can, you fill the oil
to the corresponding mark.
No guesswork, and because the cup is tall for it's width, it should be
easy to accurately pour the correct amount of oil into it.

Mildly connected...I checked out a couple of VESPAS on the company site
and was horrified to see a couple of $5000+ scooters. Scooters! You
gotta be nuts to pay that kinda money for a motor scooter. And who the
hell would want to go 60 mph on a motor scooter?

Someone has brought back the Lambretta name: www.lambrettausa.com


Whoever is doing this has a line of two cycle scooters at around $2000
that top end at 30 mph, which is about as fast as a scooter oughta go.

When we bought one for my son we paid around a grand for it.......and it
was used. He sold it for the same price.

It was fun to ride.

That's what I remember about them. And not that fast, either.

Years ago, there was movie of the motor scooter races on the Isle of Mann
during the TT races. Fantastic video. They are racing the Vespa's, etc
like a trail bike. Getting air offroad, etc. Would like to get a copy of
that movie on CD.