They’re not assumptions, they’re educated guesses based on seeing dozens of these things and spotting the same issues over and over again. The scooter community is well aware of these death traps.

I owned a vintage motorcycle and Vespa restoration shop. I own lots of scooters and this is total crack pipe. This is 100% an Asian (most likely Vietnamese) “restoration”. They are horrible in every possible way. Bondo inches thick. I’ve seen frames from two different bikes welded together. The motors are trash with…

Any scooter people who know their shit (like me) wouldn't go near a Vespa as sketchy as this one.

THIS. The color scheme, seats and chrome accessories, plus the cracking around the badge scream Vietnamese "restoration". You CAN get decent spare parts for Vespas from Vietnam (with some caveats), but I wouldn't even sit on a full-on "restoration" for fear that it would fall apart under me.

Oh HELL no. This has Viet-bodge written all over it. The body is probably welded together from several different scoots, the engine is probably a collection of beer can gaskets and JB Weld and will grenade on you the minute you get it.