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1960 VBB 10″ Front Wheel Conversion
The original 1960 VBB were fitted with 8″ wheels and small brakes and as a consequence did not handle as well as the large frame Vespa [...]
How to Remove the Clutch – Classic Vespa Largeframe
All you need to know to remove a Clutch from a Classic Vespa Largeframe Scooter. [...]
Vespa Sprint Veloce, P/PX125, P/PXP150 – Malossi 166
Click here for a .pdf version of Malossi’s instruction manual. Malossi’s installation instructions (above) are pretty goofy but [...]
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How To Replace Classic Vespa Hand Grips
Originally Published at Scooter Mercator Replacing your classic Vespa scooter hand grips is easy, does not cost much and improves the [...]
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Handy Tips for Your Vintage Vespa
Originally Published by Gasoline Some handy tips for you to keep your scooter in order: Fuel Mix: Every litre of 95 octane unleaded [...]
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How to Change A Classic Vespa Rear Brake Shoes
Originally Published : VespaMaintenance.com For those of you with crappy brakes, this tutorial is identical for both front and rear brakes. [...]
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Splitting A Classic Vespa Tire Rim
This is one of the more common questions in the scooter world: "How do I get my @#&! tires off the @#&! rims!?!?!" Here is a method tht I ha [...]
How to Upgrade The Stock Exhaust for Performance
from smallframes.com Most Smallframes have a completely useless exhaust, which does nothing except produce a nice put-put-put sound. The sta [...]
How to Check you Plugs.
A plug chop simply means looking at the sparkplug to determine how you are jetted at a particular throttle stage. The only tricky part is in [...]
Running A Vespa Engine Rebuild For the First Time
Courtesy AntiqueVespa.com OPERATING & MAINTENANCE Before cruising your new scooter, please get yourself familiar with the following feat [...]
How to Make your Own Classic Vespa Spark Plug Cable
Originally Publishes: Vespamaintenance.com If your bike ever becomes really hard to start or a pain to keep running, it may be caused by a w [...]
