66' Cento

quadmodrophenia · Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:03 am Post subject: 66' Cento

Purchased from Memo at WCLW and in the middle of coming back to life

And now with pink

Waiting on crank to get back from the machine shop then the engine goes in.
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Rudy · Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:26 am Post subject:

That is the perfect color for those scoots!
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th' Cap'n · Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:57 pm Post subject:

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e rock · Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject:

quadmodrophenia · Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:56 am Post subject:

Most of the rubber is on (thanks Suzi) and I'm tired of only having pictures up of it completely taken apart.
Debating whether I should prime the fork and wheels or just clean up the original white until I get around to properly shiny painting the whole bike.
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Grumpy225 · Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:18 am Post subject:

quadmodrophenia · Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:03 am Post subject:

Original accesory mirror that was ripped off somewhere in the last 40 years, my girlfriend has a burn on her right cheak and fell in love with the bike because of the hole so it stayed.
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quadmodrophenia · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:16 pm Post subject:

Starting to dry fit a few things, I thought I had new fork bearing but no, cleaned up the fork and stabbed it just to get it off the ground, also seats are back from being re-covered and since the lady is 5' nothing the low profile should work out very well.

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th' Cap'n · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject:

Short people like the J's! It's coming along nicely.
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sx200krissy · Joined: 20 Sep 2008 Posts: 29

That's totally wonderful that it's pink!!! It makes me very happy that I was able to part with it, and now it's being brought back to life pretty much how I thought I would do it. I bought that bike in Tomah Wisconsin, on my way home from a Madison Rally in 1991. We (about 9 scoots, and me with mom's car and the UHaul trailer driving support) stopped at a gas station, and this local guy says to us, I gots one of those on my farm, do you want it? So we drove out to his place, there it was against the barn, outside, sitting for years. We picked it up for $50. and heard stories about how there was a dealership nearby that sold Lambrettas. We also picked up a Rally 180 on the way home. I bought some parts for it in Manchester England (pre internet) from some guy that was advertising Cento parts for sale in Scootering. I hope you can get it running. It was half way apart back when I got it, and then I took the motor apart more, and left it sit for, well, almost 20 years. Then I sold it to GOGO for money off my sx rebuild. Every bike has it's story. LOOKS GREAT!
Krissy in Minneapolis

brownrigg · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:47 am Post subject: Re: I used to own that bike!