Articles to help keep your Classic Vespa Scooter in tune.
Category Archives: Vespa Maintenance Guide
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 [...]
Vespa Oil Tips
Your scooter needs oil to keep from seizing up and to keep the gearbox working properly. The big question that is often asked is what oil sh [...]
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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Vespa Scooters – The Essential Buyer’s Guide
Veloce books, the British motorsports publisher responsible for at least half of the decent scooter books available out there, has published [...]
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 [...]
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How To Clean A Rusty Vespa Gas Tank
The best way to clean a rusty gas/petrol tank is to use muriatic acid. Muriatic Acid is generally available from your local hardware store [...]
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WHAT VESPA MODELS ARE SIMILAR – A Guide
Originally Published at Star Vespa Following are the similar styles so you can figure out what parts might fit your scooter. We can’t [...]
Classic Vespa Largeframe Clutch
Saturday, 23 February 2008 The largeframe Vespa clutch has remained almost the basic same design since the early Vespa Models. The Cltuc [...]
Class Vespa – Flowchart of Faults
Originally posted at Star Vespa. The flowchart helps you find and resolve common problems with Classic Vespa’s Scooters. [...]
How To replace The Gear Selector – Classic Vespa Largeframe
If you are undertaking a complete engine rebuild or if at some time you may find the need to undertake a replacement of the gear selector if [...]
Repairing A Classic Vespa Scooter Gear Selector Box
The Selector box rarely needs attention; however, it is an integral part of the transmission and can break down just like any other moving p [...]
Vespa Oil Seals Maintenance: Flywheel Side
Courtesy ScooterHelp.com Oil Seals: Flywheel Side There are three main oil seals in a Vespa engine: Main bearing oil seal (at the crank): Ke [...]
