MOPED ARMY

Doorknobs.

Dellorto on the side.

Italjet belt buckle.

Thank you for sharing your unicorns with us.

Just gotta keep searching. This bike came from a guy with at least 50 old Italian bikes. I met him when I needed a rear Grimeca 7" brake plate for my Testi.

He had two of these conquistadors, so he sold me the one he wasn't gonna restore. At a great price, too.

Fun part, was it was up on a ten foot high shelf in his warehouse, lined grip to grip with 10 other bikes, and it was a struggle to get it down.

Should be a pretty easy restoration/ customization. The black frame paint is in great shape, and the only colored parts are the fenders and tank, so a little bit if black touch up, some sandblasting and paint on the others, clean and rebuild an engine (which is a 90cc three speed, according to the specs, capable of 60mph stock) new spokes, maybe some new alloy rims, some wiring, seat upholstery (I'm looking at you, Dan Hetu...)

If I didn't have other bikes to do first, I'd have this done in a month or less.

Ok so I lied. I said I wasn't gonna get started on this for a while.

Tank and fenders are getting sandblasted, motor is done, carb is soaking to get all the crust out, all the rusty parts are evaporusting, frame is washed, cleaned, and semi-waxed.

New rims and spokes are on the way, tank decals are coming, and I'll be ordering tires, shocks, fork booties, etc later tonight.

Once the carb is rebuilt and the exhaust is polished, I'm gonna see if it fires up. Probably tomorrow.

This will hopefully be "done" in a few weeks.

And I'm waiting on parts for my customer's Fiorelli, so I'm not gonna be behind on that.

I just couldn't help myself. This bike is rad.

Looking good. I need to rehab a few wheels too. Is Treatland the best source for rims and spokes?

Treats has several types that would work. The Radelli are a good choice, thanks. Still looking for alloy type like they use when lacing up E-bike wheels. Probably too pricy for the junk I'm working on.

God the tank is ridiculous id put a different one in Lol this gets the trophy , fill up once a year

This is almost done. Rims and tires coming tomorrow, decals on the way from Italy, it'll be on the road next week.

Sweet! That front drum is huge!!

Yup. Painted the tank and fenders semi gloss black and silver, clear coated it, then used a 3M pad to knock down the shine so it matches the older parts.

some of the smaller parts I stripped and did semi black. Left the frame and fork alone, just cleaned it.

Also did the seat. Used a harbor freight kneeling pad for the foam, shaped it, and then used this stretchy, stick on vinyl I bought off eBay.

The seat had that VW door trim plastic coated metal stuff from the factory, so I didn't have to sew anything.

Didn't think it would work, but it came out better than my expectations. It's got a few lumps where I didn't smooth the foam out enough, but I'm ok with that.

Almost forgot... I cut and sewed a 2" leather guitar strap for the tank strap. (edited)

Looks like a gt550 drum

I love this bike. Good work man!

Pretty much done. Just needs lights and switch hooked up. And decals whenever they get here.

Won't start. No spark. I'll figure it out in the morning.

You are the best. Simply the best.