A friend of mine dropped this off for a shine and lube. Looks pretty original. I’m just going to clean up a few things and slap some fresh grease in it. Sadly the top tube decal is kinda jinky.
Vista Torino 500
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It is amazing how much of the Stingray they copied. All their parts are marked Vista just like Stingray from grips to seat totires. I wounder what the price difference was at the time.
It’s a cool looking bike, there’s not much info about them.
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Yes I tried to find some info not long ago and no not much out there. They must have sold in low numbers as I just do not see many of them. I really like them and I'm surprised they don't have more of a following. They used mostly the same componants as Schwinn who just bought their stuff from others so did Vista. I thought I heard they were a Columbia product or maybe Columbia made the frames I can not recall. They even used the same Astabula fork Schwinn was putting on the Stingray there fork crown was a little different. I had a Columbia 3 speed from the "70s that had Araya S-7 rims on it. Schwinn had let some of there patents run out by that time so it was easy to copy them.
Does anyone reproduce these top tube stickers?
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I have not seen them but there a few guys who can make them. I'm sure there is someone on this site otherwise maybe over on the Cabe.
A good friend of mine is going to make some up. Thanks!
I broke it all down so I can shine it up. I’m leaving the kick stand on it. So far I haven’t found any info on removing it. So I’m leaving it on.
Neat bike. Vista made great grips.
I finally got everything cleaned up and slapped back together. My buddy scanned the original sticker and recreated some vinyl replacements for the top tube decal.
