While the scooter is being painted there are five jobs that you can (and should) be doing:

Clean the wiring loom with degreaser and inspect it: Usually, after all these years the outer sheath will become brittle and have bits broken off it.
Fixing the sheath: Don’t ignore this, as the sheath prevents the inner wires from [...]

Continue reading " Vespa restoration advice page - Wiring loom "

If the occasion ever happens that you are in the back woods of now where land and you are out of two-stroke oil and a seller of the stuff is no where to be seen for miles.”DO NOT RIDE IT MILES“or you will be pushing it a lot more than the miles you rode with [...]

Continue reading " Scooter tip of the week - You run out of two stroke! "

Powder coating your scooter? Here are my top five tips….

1. Firstly, if your panels are dented get the blemishes leadfilled, not bogged (fibreglass bog falls off in the ovens).
2. Strip the frame down to the skeleton, this includes plastic bits (they’ll melt) and the [...]

Continue reading " Restoration tips - Powder coating your scooter "

1. Take lots of photos!
When stripping your scoot for restoration, take lots of photos of the machine before you lay a spanner to it. This will help later when you need to run the cables, wiring loom and fitting funny shaped items. There is nothing worse than having to re-run cables because the steering [...]

Continue reading " Restoration tips - Vespa, Lambretta or any other motor scooter! "

Its a 1974. . . a work in progress. We found it in Grandfield Oklahoma, and paid $250 for the Vespa, assorted books on how to fix it, and a useless battery. Oh well, it’s very complete, down to the mirrors with only 3,000 miles on it. Poor scooter doesn’t run yet, but its nice [...]

Continue reading " Vespa restoration project | antique motor scooter restoration "