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The fourth Aachen roll-up started on Saturday. The official pictures can be found here. We took this opportunity and were there with our Silver Fern. So that we could properly test our project. With arrival and departure and the tour, it was almost 200km that were covered without any problems. A stable touring engine with [...]
Last Saturday the 4th Aachen Kickstart Rideout took place. Official pictures are shown here. We took the chance to test our Silver Fern project. All in all we drove around 200km without any problems. We also took a short distance on the autobahn and it was just great. It is a really good touring engine […]
Installation of the Vespatronic ignition The installation of the Vespatronic requires real interpretation work on the subject of electrics. To make matters worse, the fact that the currently enclosed connection diagram is not correct. If you were to believe the circuit diagram, you would simply have to put the ground and excitation voltage together and then put them back on the connections 1 and 2 of the CDI [...]
The assembly of the Vespatronic needs a lot of TLC and improved interpretation. A further complication is the fact that the attached wiring diagram is not correct. According to the wiring diagram, the mass and excitation voltage would be simply put together and distributed again to the ports 1 and 2 of the CDI. It […]
The goal is slowly in sight. Still attach the shift cables. For the clamping nipples, you should use the variant with pressure plates. The brass plate does not damage the cable and can be used again. For the sake of simplicity, we equip the Silver Fern with a complete set of clamping nipples and adjusting screws. The neutral position [...]
The Silver Fern needs a new brake system. We use a complete LML disc brake for this. A T5 fender is to be mounted on the new steering tube. Since the T5 mud flap is a bit smaller, it is necessary to move the bracket on the side. The existing holder is therefore removed and the point at which it is to be welded on is prepared. [...]
As already mentioned, the inlet of the 28th Keihin is a possible problem area. Because the inlet is slightly above the lowest position in the tank, there is a risk that the flow of gasoline will be obstructed by an air bubble. To avoid this problem as much as possible, we are installing a fuel pump. The petrol pumps that are usually used are more than [...]
The next step is to install the clutch. The spacer has a bevel around the hole on one side. The side with the chamfer belongs in the direction of the crankshaft, as the crankshaft stub usually has a small radius at this point in order to counteract the notch effect. The crescent wedge or Woodruff Key should as far as possible [...]
We clean the motor housing thoroughly with brake cleaner and compressed air before assembly, because after all we have produced quite a bit of aluminum chips. To install the bearings, we heat the motor housing with a hot air blower to approx. 90 °. The ball bearings are treated with cold spray. Almost all bearings are shrunk in this way. The only exception is the B188 for [...]
The gearbox selection depends on the engine concept, or on the expected performance curve and the respective application. To this day there have been repeated attempts to improve the poorly graded PX gearbox for tuned engines. Above all, the legendary 5-speed gearbox, which has failed several manufacturers over the years. Some rare Vespa Sprint […]
With bearing dummies, we insert the crankshaft into the engine housing to measure the control angle. We will soon have the storage dummies available for you in the shop. The two halves of the housing are fixed in the stator housing with the 4 nuts and the cylinder is mounted to measure the control angle. The Newline likes rather low steering angles. At the outlet under [...]
Today we are preparing the Malossi 210 for installation. So that the full depth of the original overcurrent ducts in the motor housing can be used, the windows in the cylinder base are expanded. Remove the depth of the channels and transfer it to the cylinder base. The window is first roughly cut out with a cutting disc. The important thing is not to the final dimension [...]
The new heart of the Silver Fern comes from a PX200 motor housing on which we put an MMW Evo2 membrane box. The lower part is mounted first for marking. The inlet is roughly milled using these markings. After we have removed what feels like 2kg of aluminum from the inlet area, the rough shape looks like this. [...]
The “Silver Fern” comes from the close circle of friends of the SCK and will be used again this year after a long break for everyday life and trips to Vespa meetings. We would like to introduce you to the associated engine concept here. We are aiming for a performance of around 25HP with a lot of pressure in all positions. With sufficient torque [...]
Only a few more steps separate us from hooking the engine into a test vehicle. As a test victim for our Polini engine, we use the well-known Silver Fern. When assembling the pole wheel, make sure that the groove hits the crescent wedge exactly. Then the flywheel nut is tightened to 65Nm. Don't forget the washer! The rear brake drum [...]
Only a few steps left untill we can dyno test our new engine. The engine will go into the Silver Fern and be tested for Rally going and daily commuting then. While fitting the flywheel care must be taken that the slot in the flywheel cone aligns with the woodruf key. Afterwards the flywheel nut […]
The Scooter Center Team made its way to France. A visit to the Scootentole Challenge on the Mirecourt racetrack was planned. With the SCK Racer and the Silver Fern in our luggage we set off towards the Nürburgring. A first stop at the 24-hour race and then went over the Belgian Ardennes towards France. At the racetrack [...]
The Scooter Center team was en route again. This time a visit to the Scootentole Challenge at the Mirecourt race track was planned. With the SCK Racer and the Silver Fern we were off. First stop was made at the legendary Nürburgring. We watched a bit of the 24 hour race and then set off […]
The Vespa PX models were never famous for their good brakes ... Even Piaggio saw this and in 1998 gave the Vespa PX a modern brake update. A well-gripping and stable brake has been standard since then. From now on we offer you an inexpensive option to convert your old drum-braked PX to this modern technology! All Vespa PX [...]
Modern butyl hoses for Vespa and Lambretta The new bgm hoses have been specially developed according to our specifications for the needs of classic scooters. The tuning measures and, accordingly, the performance development has skyrocketed here in recent years. There are modern disc brakes and a great chassis with the bgm shock absorbers. When it comes to tires, we benefit scooter drivers [...]
