1987 Peregrine Perfectionist Scooter

This is my 1987 Peregrine Perfectionist Scooter. This is how I received it. It is all complete and original down to the tires. There will not be much to do here, a little cleanup and some rusty bolts.

Here is a pic of the head tube badge. It is different than all the other head tube badges. What I also find interesting is this is the only time I have seen Peregrine trade marked on the decals.

I took some time to cleanup the scooter and pack the wheels (there was only a hint of grease in them). I was pleasantly surprised the tires still hold air. I am not sure these are the original pegs, but I do not have any reason to suspect they are not since everything else is correct.

As you can see the frame standers are missing from this picture because I sent them to get re-chromed. They were rusted so bad the chrome was peeling. I originally thought I could find NOS was on Ebay, but I discovered that I would have to restore them because the frame tubing is a different size between a scooter and a bike.

Everything here is original except for the cable stop, which I had to replace because the original one was rusted beyond worth.

Apparently Peregrine made a Rang-A-Tang in 16" and a chrome one in 12". The chrome one has been spotted once, but the 16" has not been seen to my knowledge. There are only a known handful of the Perfectionist, which also came in black and white.

I swapped out the rusty deck bolts with some stainless steel hardware. I stayed with the original #2 Philips pan head bolt so they look like the original bolts, just upgraded!

Mid project pic. I need to rebuild the brakes, polish the levers and get the frame standers re-chromed.

I have completed putting the Perfectionist back together. These are the original grips all cleaned up and the original brakes polished up with new cable stops. I was able to re-use the orignal cable housings, but I replaced the brake cables.

The stem and rotor are all original. I did replace the cable adjuster on the stem and new brake cables. Something to note here; this scooter is from 1987, and it does not have a Peregrine rotor. We did not see the rotor until 1988.

These are the original brakes. I polished up the caliper and replaced all of the hardware from another set of Lee Chi brakes to keep them correct. I also replaced the brake pads with Peregrine style Wheel II pads. Because of this, they look new, even though they are original to the bike.

Here are the re-chromed frame standers. I originally thought they were add-ons, but the catalog shows them on the scooter, along with the front pegs. I was able to re-use the original frame stander inserts. Looking at the wheels, I did have to replace the axle nuts and washers after rebuilding the hubs.

Here is another picture of the deck with the replacement bolts.

Here is picture of the scooter complete. I will get a better picture when it is warmer!