You used to be able to find a tatty but competent vintage scooter for reasonable money without much trouble. Those days seem to have passed. Most scooters have either been restored, or junked at this point. There's not a whole lot left in the middle. Here is what looks to be a pretty good Lambretta for sale on eBay. It is kind of on the lower end of the scale in terms of condition, but it looks like the kind of "beater" scooter that you could really have fun riding while you upgraded all of the systems on it. The price at this point of the auction isn't terrible at $2k, but I would think it would sell for somewhat less given the condition. It would take big dollars to restore this scooter. I guess we can wait and see!