Italia with brown seat.

PTB · Post by **PTB** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:04 pm

I put mine down after having it less than 48 hours. I actually hit an oil spill. I kid you not--right out of a roadrunner cartoon. I was fine. Raspberry on my ankle. Bike had a lot of broken/cracked plastic. Headset/bezel was pretty much destroyed.

Anyway, as long as it was in for repairs, I got a new seat and grips. Here's how it looks now.

Post by **jmazza** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:56 am

Man, the Italia looks SO MUCH better that way. Every time I see one I want to do the same thing.

madtolive · Post by **madtolive** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:13 am

i like the stripes you added, are those just vinyl?

Post by **jmazza** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:30 am

ooh didn't even notice the stripes- those are great too.

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:42 am

yummy yummy yummy I got love in my tummy...

lojical1 · Post by **lojical1** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:36 pm

I think I still prefer the grey seat but the stripes were a nice touch. Glad you remembered to match the grips.

PTB · Post by **PTB** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:26 pm

Vinyl? Bah!

Brown electrical tape!

iinigma7 · Post by **iinigma7** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:13 pm

Nice. I was thinking about doing this with my Italia. I'd be really interested to see ALL the brown parts from an orange Buddy moved over to an Italia. Has anyone ever seen this?

Rocketeer · Post by **Rocketeer** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:05 pm

Very impresive PTB!

I just got my wife an Italia for her birthday. I'm working on putting on the brown seat and grips, but I can't figure out how to remove the old grips. What's the secret?

toddrw2251 · Post by **toddrw2251** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:29 am

Razor blade, but I assume you are trying to keep them in one piece.

On bicycles we used to blow them off the handlebars with an air compressor. I am not sure the buddy handlebar is one piece so this may not work. Most grips have a small hole on the end that the air compressor nozzle would fit into.

Post by **ericalm** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:28 am

Most people just cut off old grips. I hear the key to putting new ones on is to use hairspray. Huh!

J3 · Post by J3 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:31 pm

The Italia does look better with the brown seat and grips. I've been wanting to do that to mine. Thanks for the picture. I've changed the mat out on mine to a black one and it looks good. The Prima exhaust is great also for any of you who were wondering. It sounds so much better! Performance isn't that drastic.