{"id":7225,"date":"2015-05-09T15:55:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T19:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/?p=7225"},"modified":"2015-05-09T11:21:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T15:21:08","slug":"meet-the-ps-240-the-worlds-most-powerful-vintage-vespa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/2015\/05\/meet-the-ps-240-the-worlds-most-powerful-vintage-vespa\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the PS 240, the world\u2019s most powerful vintage Vespa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me introduce you the world\u2019s craziest Vespa, the PS 240. The scooter was built by a couple of mental patient Vespa mechanics in Hamburg, Germany and it has more horses than the Harley-Davidson Street or many entry-level sportsbikes. 38 hp to the wheel, 4-speed transmission, 200 lbs of wet weight \u2013 we definitely would take this sleeper for a spin around the block. Click through for some details.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Possibly

Possibly the world’s most powerful vintage Vespa<\/p><\/div>\n

Scooters are not exactly known for their power and performance. They are efficient transportation devices for city conditions, smaller, safer and easier to operate than motorbikes. Most scooter owners don\u2019t care about the design or the performance numbers as long as it\u2019s enough to keep the speed of the traffic. So why would you tune a vintage Vespa? The guys who built this special scooter clearly didn\u2019t thought on that when they decided to build the PS 240 that was once born as a classic PX 180.<\/p>\n

\"Monster

Monster exhaust<\/p><\/div>\n

The PS 240 is a remarkably light-weight but very powerful vintage scooter built by Hamburg-based Vespa service Scooter & Service. To achieve 38 hp, the guys at S & S had to reinforce the 239cc engine and its surroundings. Some parts came from a 250cc Husqvarna engine while the clutch was built from scratch by S & S just like the alloy steel exhaust. Other parts were added from a Vespa GS 160, Vespa VB1T, Vespa Rally 180, Kawasaki ZXR1100, Husqvarna WR 250. The frame is very light weight \u2013 the scooter weighs just 200 lbs \u2013 that means that each of those 38 horses only has to pull about 5.3 lbs. That\u2019s a better power-to-weight ratio than a 475-hp Porsche 911 GT3.<\/p>\n

Check this Vespa messenger bag out: Vespa Messenger Bag – Brown<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

\"The

The engine delivers 38hp<\/p><\/div>\n

To cope with the extra power, the Vespa\u2019s handling has been improved with a high-performance brake system and new suspension parts. I don\u2019t think that there\u2019s another scooter out there that features a 4-piston braking system. There\u2019s a 100\/80 \u2013 10 tire at front and a larger, 130\/70 \u2013 10 piece at the back.<\/p>\n

What really makes this scooter rock though is the beautiful paint scheme did by German company Magnussen. The special Vespa has an all black matte finish with a few chrome highlights in the trim and braided hoses. The scooter features a custom solo set so passengers aren\u2019t an option.<\/p>\n

\"It's

It’s all black<\/p><\/div>\n

Source: Scooter & Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let me introduce you the world\u2019s craziest Vespa, the PS 240. The scooter was built by a couple of mental patient Vespa mechanics in Hamburg, Germany and it has more horses than the Harley-Davidson Street or many entry-level sportsbikes. 38 hp to the wheel, 4-speed transmission, 200 lbs of wet weight \u2013 we definitely would take this sleeper for a spin around the block. Click through for some details. Read the full article »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1054,1],"tags":[4603,4602,4604,4605,335,422,4601,4600,103,4599,4598],"class_list":["post-7225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-motorcycle","tag-38-hp-vespa","tag-38hp-vespa","tag-custom-vespa","tag-custom-vespa-px180","tag-mbikebrandvespa","tag-mbikecategoryscooter","tag-most-powerful-vespa","tag-tuning-vespa","tag-vespa","tag-vespa-ps-240","tag-vespa-px180"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7231,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225\/revisions\/7231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}