Api di Ken

[kjjohnson]

MPR2T+25908+ left for Maine, USA today to join another Vespacar P501 Pianale - Ken -

[kjjohnson]

Manuale per Stazioni di Servizio is now available for download from our website - Ken -

[kjjohnson]

MPR2T+25908+ 1983 Piaggio P501 Vespacar Pianale has seen Niagara Falls on her way to Maine, USA - You can follow her trip on Stew's Blog http://www.seeyouinitaly.com - click on Stew's Italy blog - Ken -

- At it's new home -

[olandese volante]

steve should learn from wolle how the ape should see niagara falls
could not put anything on that damned blog.

[kjjohnson]

I've uploaded two movies on our website "Vespacar in Bayfield" and "Off to Maine, USA" which were taken when the boys were leaving our house to take the P501 to Maine, USA - Ken

[kjjohnson]

My friend Paul from Maine, USA made this fuel guage for his P501 - Ken -

[kjjohnson]

Stew's Vespacar and Paul's Vespacar get to meet each other in Maine, USA - And guess what arrived at our house in Bayfield yesterday in this trailer? - Ken

[aronne]

pentarò?!

[kjjohnson]

If it was a Pentaro, Olandese would slash his wrists - No, it's MPR2T+25727+ - Ken

[mondoape]

Great depliants! Can I add them to the section "Depliants"?

[kjjohnson]

Of course you can - It was almost as exciting as bringing home the Ape! There's also a P501 Owners Handbook (a photocopy) which I've got to scan and make available. It's printed in English/French/Spanish. - Here are some more photos that I took the day of it's arrival - note the different controls on the handlebars, particular to Canada/USA Vespacars - Ken -

[kjjohnson]

She's in my garage and started working on it. Clutch cable had broken so a silly fix was made (which didn't work long plus there was a new cable in the box!) - Can't believe the underside which is very clean and with little to no rust anywhere - New mirrors, cabin beading, windshield wiper and must change the oil, about 1 1/2 litres in it now (too much) and go over all the cables (a heater cable was used for a shifter cable and it broke- new ones in the box!) - Ken

[kjjohnson]

- I put on a new wiper arm & blade, new cabin beading, new turn signal lenses, door straps. Then I pull the clutch/shifter handle to remove the broken clutch cable - and I find a gear shifter cable had been used (too small an end) so a copper tube spacer was used to take up some of the room in the handle (it's soft so was worn and very loose). This is what I usually find whenever someone has tinkered with a Vespacar - Ken

[kjjohnson]

Well, look what's arrived in Canada and unfortunately not by me! - Ken

[olandese volante]

ya shou be appy
stick to the good looks