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By the time we arrive in Mongolia it will be the end of June so we should be fine!

Thanks. Yes, that is what we are aiming for... Tight schedule...

Happy new year everyone! If you have more inspirational pictures or stories, do not hesitate to share them!

Thanks for your kind reply! Haha, I like this: 'beside planting a tree, building a house and raising his children...'

Tjah, heb je wel is, voordeel is dat het wel beschermt tegen de pekel...

Time to build a vespa! Front fork ready to be put in frame: Started with disassembly of the engine: Drums and rims prepared for sandblaster: Disassembly: 48.000km? Very clean inside! The work continues, splitting the cases after drilling out the well known bolt: And cleaning in order to bring it to the sandblaster: Some better pictures of the coated vespa: Started working on the floor strips and steer now.

Here are better pictures as promissed! Dismounting front fork Removing the pin in order to get the axle out which keeps the swing arm and front fork together Getting the axle out Front fork dismounted The frontwheel axle with bearings Removing small bearing Steer dismounting The non painted part has to come off Heating and the non painted part can be removed Time for some welding Welding Welding and grinding Before After The only rotten spot in the whole frame!! :) Front axle cleaned, time to put the new bearing on and put it in the front fork Swing arm back on the front fork with new bushes and axle and bearings Putted the front wheel axle in and now putting in the bigger bearing That's it for now! More to follow soon!

That means that you have to pay a shitty high deposit. l know better ways to keep my money.

The main reason is that we need a Carnet de Passage for Iran.

Work in progress:

I changed the oil and the seal in the absorber, this should be enough.

This trip is made possible by, amongst others: Also visit: http://www.facebook.com/threebravemen and http://www.facebook.com/maskesvespaklassiekers

Thanks for the replies! Here some updates. The GS is back from the powdercoater: Now I can start the rebuild. Today I started with the front fork, I revised the shock absorber and mounted the swingarm to the frontfork.

Yes, I drove to Paris with my girlfriend, after Paris we went to the coast, to Dieppe. It was my second time on a Vespa in Paris, first time on a 50 special, this time on my GS with P200 engine, I think it is just magnificent to drive through a city like Paris on a Vespa! You are fortunate for living there ;)

Unfortunately I was not able to do a lot last saturday, this friday I have an appointment with a travel agency, maybe after this appointment I can do some work on the GS... For now, let's think back about last summer...

I think it will be wise to have a key to be able to lock the glovebox ;) This saturday I will make the GS ready for powdercoating... For now check other related and non related Vespa and travelling posts on our facebookpage: http://www.facebook.com/ThreeBraveMen

Thanks for your reply! I will post my story here as well. I am thinking about a comfortable seat, a rally seat will be better... @crankhank; you are right about the looks, I will have another thought about the glovebox. I meant the plastic thing that is mounted on a T5 engine, I will put that on the P200 engine. Thanks for the other replies!

The glovebox of a GS is also an option, I know about the reproduction, the only thing is that the glovebox from a PX is bigger...

I tried to safe it but it did not turn out nicely; some bando was used on the front and very large parts of original paint were missing. My last project was a great succes in saving the original colour.

Why Mongolia? Because we are not allowed to enter China and drive to Beijing! ;)

Next year in the beginning of May I will drive to Mongolia on my '62 Vespa GS. Another team will do the same trip by car. The route looks as follows (we won't drive through Iran, google maps doesn't understand ferries): For this trip I will prepare a Vespa GS160. The scooter will stay as original as possible and will be equiped with some original crash bars and a front and rear luggage rack. I will mount a P200 engine with the carter protection of a T5. Also a glovebox of a PX will be fitted. Last week I started stripping the GS. Gs still partly together: Some time later: In the upcoming weeks the GS will be powdercoated and I will start working on the engine and front fork. Also take a look on our blog and facebookpage: http://www.facebook....474179539269276 and http://www.threebravemen.tumblr.com To be continued!

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