OT/ Any Cushman guys in here?

[mytlo56]

Damn, turns out my neighbor has one of these little things and it's just cool as all get out. Looks just like a baby HD Fat Boy. It's gonna' be a bad ass'd bobber when he's done. Pretty cool stuff.

[manyolcars]

I am member number 168 out of 12712 in the National Club. What do you want to know?

[long island vic]

i just picked up an allstate scooter. looks like the american graffiti one. anyone know about them

[Uncle Pancakes]

Vic: Allstate (Sears) sold a lot of different bikes made by various companys under their Alstate name. If your bike looks like the one from AG it is a Vespa and it should say made by Piaggio in Italy somewhere on it. Probably a 125 or 150cc bike. They were the same as Vespas except for the "ditch finder" front suspension which has only a spring and no kind of dampner/shock absorber on it. Cool little bikes and you can get most parts for them. Oh yeah and Cushmans are cool espically the early deco looking ones!

[flamedcoupe]

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[Action Girl]

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i just picked up an allstate scooter. looks like the american graffiti one. anyone know about them

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Yea, I have a 65 Allstate that's in progress on a full resto. If you have the one with the spring but no front shock you can get a vespa VBB front fork and swap it out to drastically improve handling. The stock fork is similar in ride to that of a pogo stick. Mine's a 125 and when I rebuilt the engine I put at 150 top end on it. There's tons of performance stuff available for those engines. Essentially, the Allstate Vespa is a pared down Vespa VBB/VNB. Nice and curvy styling and aside from the highly sought-after GS, it's my fave.

Pics?

Also... go to www.scooterbbs.com (http://www.scooterbbs.com) it's kinda like the HAMB for scooter folks.

Stacey

[Action Girl]

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Yea, and my Dad's in the closet about his Cushman... he got his before I bought my Allstate. It's gonna be badass when it's done. I think his is a Highlander.

Stacey

[Gracie]

My 56 Allstate has a plate identifying it as a Vespa inside... check yours out, I would think it does too somewhere...

[long island vic]

ya its a vespa.. it has a spring seat any idea wt year it is? it needs a chassis its rottted where you put your feet are they available?

[Jerry Reed]

Here's a pic of the 1964 Vespa VNB I restored last winter. I put a 150cc VBB motor in it with a performance exhaust. It was a blast to ride, but I sold it and bought my 53. I had a flat black 64 Allstate before the Vespa and the ride was kinda sketchy with the fork without a shock on it. Boing boing boing. The Cushman Eagles rule. They're alot harder to find and pricey around these parts.

[Jerry Reed]

Maybe the whole scoot will show up this time.

[briggs&strattonChev]

im building 2 cushman trucksters right now (actually have been off and on for like 4 years). They are a three wheeled truck thing like cops drove around on and marked tires. Also called meter maids. They have 18 hp OMC engines with 3 on the tree trannies. Supposed to do 45 mph.

[Action Girl]

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ya its a vespa.. it has a spring seat any idea wt year it is? it needs a chassis its rottted where you put your feet are they available?

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The one thing that sux about Vespa's is that when the frame is gone you have to replace the whole frame because of the design. You can't really get replacement floorboards, legshields etc. You can get frames from private sellers and some shops as well. There's a plate on the bike near the fuel tap that should have numbers identifying the model. The vin numer is on the left side of the bike on the frame just below the side cowl. With either set of numbers you can go to scooterhelp.com and look up the year of the bike.

Scooterhelp is awesome by the way...

[so-cheap]

I'll have to one up everyone....my father has a 1961 Harley Davidson Topper.

Similar to this one.... Except his is black with flames...

http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/harley/topper591.jpg

PS I found this site while searching for a pic...

http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/harley/harleymain.html

[subrock]

here's me and one of my vespas. I've got 2 allstates, 1 VNA , all converted to p200 motors. 1 is full out race tuned, one is a rat bike, and one is getting restored as we speak.
this is my daily ride
http://scoot.net/gallery/bbs/small_pic0078.jpg

[Jerry Reed]

This is even better than a Harley Topper. It's a 165cc bobbed Harley hummer that I restored last summer. Here's a pic.

[mytlo56]

Now that is cool!

[Crestliner]

A old (older than I am) friend has 3 0r 4 vespas in the sixties and a couple step through cushmans. His health is going downhill fast and he is wanting me to buy them. Now he knows the value and I don't. If anyone is serious about them I will try to help you and him out. Please DO NOT inquire unless you are serious and have the money. They are fifty miles from me. Forgot they have all been restored.

[Jerry Reed]

Thanks mytlo56. I really liked that bike alot. I'm looking for another one to restore, but there kinda expensive so I might just have to build me a Triumph bobber. About the same price, but the Triumph will go over 50 mph and I can put a pillion pad on the rear fender so the wife can come along.

[so-cheap]

JERRY!!! Very Nice.

[luckystiff]

there's a '51 simplex near me for $1200. i've wanted one for a while now and this one is decent but not currenly running and i haven't had time too look into more but i'll probably just wait for a cheaper one to show up. that hummer is killer....ken...