Picked up the PX150e this morning from Robbie over at Scooter Bottega so I finally have a chance to take some photos. If you ever need a service. He’s definitely your man in Brooklyn. Robbie serviced the bike with new oil, gear oil, cable tightening, spark and battery top-up. I’ve also gotten legal with my inspection sticker and plates from Friday’s visit to the DMV.

I bought the bike with legshield crash bars and a front luggage rack. I’ve removed those for now. They may or may not make it back on the bike but for now I want to preserve the classic PX silhouette.

Down to one wing mirror. The missing one is going to need some WD40 before I can get it to where I need it to actually see out of the damn thing.

First order of business will be to address the worst of the rust before the weather turns:

The footboard

The footboard will be my first target. The riveted foot rails and rubber should come out easy enough and are easily replaceable from Scooters Originali or a whole bunch of online stores. Once they’re off it’s a matter of sanding back down to bare metal, filling, more sanding, priming and more sanding. A whole paint job can wait, but I want to treat the rust before it becomes more than just a surface issue.

Right-side Cowl

The cowl rust will be a good place to hone my sanding and filling skills given that they’re easily detached. Soon enough this lovely red is going to take on the familiar ghetto camouflage of paint and primer.

Front fender (mud-guard to us Brits)

The front fender can wait because I’m going to replace this outright. It was dinged up before, but thanks to a minor, er, scrape I took last week (getting used to a manual shift again takes some practice) it’s definitely got to go. Unfortunately there’s no easy way to get it off. Removing the entire headset and forks is not something I’m going to address immediately.

Rear fender and bumper

Finally the rear fender is going to need some work. The plastic bumper is cracked and hanging on by a wing and a prayer, but I’ve sourced one at Motorsport Scooters as a replacement and they’re cheap. The rust is another matter and is going to take some elbow grease.

I’ll post more photos as the work begins.

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