Do you have a custom paint job on your scooter, or an
interesting story to share?
Send digital
photos and tell us: Who? What? Where? When? How?
A picture may be
worth a thousand words, but a story that goes with the picture
is much more interesting.
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Jim Akins says his Chetak is
"running great and looking good".
Chrome on black always looks
good. With the whitewalls and split seats
a very nice classic look is achieved.
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Ronnie
Bautista's 03 Chetak has chromed side cowls
and chromed front fender. Zippy tires
and a Piaggio nose round out the
modifications. |
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Biotech Pest Control
uses a sidecar (that's
crawling with ants) attached to their Bajaj
Legend to effectively advertise their
bug-reduction business. |
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Bruce Davis rode his Legend
on a 2333 mile vacation to Baja Mexico.
From Tijuana, to Cabo San Lucas and back to
San Diego, Bruce said his Legend was
"comfortable and performed flawlessly". |
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Custom paint job,
custom seat covers, carefully selected
jacket, next thing you know, you look
like a bumblebee zipping down the road.
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Here's Michael
Lawless getting his "custom"
daughter acquainted with his custom
Legend.
Michael says he
doing his best to get the next
generation involved in scootering.
At 3 months old,
Olivia has already made it known
that she's ready to ride.
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Chris Lundstrom
has modified his Chetak in the "Mod"
fashion. Not many things can
sneak up behind him with that view
of the rear. Chris, those
mirrors look a little like an
airfoil. I wonder if you
tilted all of them just right.... |
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"I've had 10,000 miles of fun
and great new friends and am
looking forward to many years of
dependable riding to come.
(this scooter) has been one of
the most pleasurable purchases
I've ever made!"
Roy Mandabach |
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Michael
Mortimer parked his two-tone
Chetak in front of the pet
cemetery at the Presidio in
San Francisco for this
picture.
San
Francisco, with its hills,
parks and many diverse
ethnic enclaves is a great
place to explore on a
scooter. |
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Jack Marquis
started out flaming his
helmet, he liked it so much
he decided to do his Cyber
Green Legend as well. |
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I had my engineer friends
weld up a custom steel
trailer and hitch ball
bracket to 5 solid mounting
points on the rear of the
Legend, and it pulls the
nifty little trailer almost
effortlessly. The heavy duty metal construction,
powerful engine and real gears instead of the usual slip prone drive
belt make this the perfect "Sport Utility" vehicle for my
Beachside lifestyle. Damien Esmond |
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BMW
Saffire Black Metallic paint really sets this custom Bajaj apart from
other black scooters. Built by Patrick Brendan O'Dea for Juan Hernandez.
Started life
as a 2001 white Chetak. Featuring: Sava Reflex tires, red rims, POC pipe, Corsa saddle, and a
chromed Vespa horn cast. |
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This black and yellow Chetak, owned by
Noemi Margaret has been dubbed
"Butterbee" |
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Mark Denoncourt's '03 Chetak looks very retro indeed.
Love those moon hubcaps. |
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Len Im from the left coast presents this very '60's look
Chetak. I flashed back to car hops on roller skates and food trays
hanging off the side window when I saw this. |
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Our dealer in Scottsdale, Arizona, Luci's Joyrides, loves
decorating scooters. Here is their Aladdin's theme. |
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Tim
Ballard, our Portland dealer, gives the checkerboard and chrome treatment
to this Chetak, note the absence of the front glove box. |
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Great Balls of
Fire! Mario, from Eugene Oregon, says he tries to ride
every day the weather permits. |
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Barry
Gwin, of San Francisco Scooter Centre, was asked by a customer to make
their Chetak look like the shop racing scooter... thus the first SFSC
Racer Replica. |
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Cameron
Wallace of Houston, TX, gets lots of compliments on this quietly
elegant custom paint job. |
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Ellen Deming's home-made paint job and retro split seats give this
Chetak a distinctly classic look. |
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