June 2013 issue of Scootering magazine now on sale - including Editor, Andy's review on page 7 of RETROSPECTIVE SCOOTERS book www.scootering.c...
7 Sticker for My Vespa
Another lovely capture from Dido Mihajlov taken in Madrid - have featured a few of Dido's cool vespa shots on here before....
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Vespa Super Sport 180 unearthed
Came across these images of this lovely 1967 SS180 still in it's original Monza red paint on Scuderia Vespa Svedese. Blog writer, Seagrove has just purchased this scooter & am pleased to see he will be keeping her all original; just sorting the mechanicals to get her running well.
Read the full story here on Scuderia Vespa Svedese...
SpringScoot 2013
Like the composition & atmos in this shot by Film&PhotoArchivist taken at the19th Spring Scoot, Portland, Oregon, US.
Full set of fotos from this event her...
Vespa photography
Contax IIa, 50mm Sonnar 1.5, Tri-X, 777 Panthermic
Very nice shot from justinmaas of what looks like an Allstate, cool pennant too....
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VTR24H Race 2013
Awesome shot from iamascooterist taken at this year's VTR (Vespa the Resistance). Check out the full set of excellent shots herewww.iamascooterist.com Team Vespa Barcelona's VTR Facebook page here...
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New Vespa 946
Ferdinando Innocenti Lambretta History
Ferdinando Innocenti
Ferdinando Innocenti Ferdinando Lambretta Innocenti was born in Pescia on the first Sep 1891. His father, Dante Alighieri Innocenti, a smith, shortly affected to the city of Grosseto, wherever he opened a ironmongery store in Via Galilei, whereas continued his activity as a smith. some years later a second store was opened in Corso Giosue Carducci. Ferdinando, when having completed his third year in an exceedingly tech, started his activity along with his father and his blood brother Rosolino (son of his father's initial marriage) at the top of the "Ferramenta Innocenti"...
Handlebar Adjustable Front Brake Lever For Vespa
Handlebar Adjustable Front Brake Lever For
'06-'10 GTS250, '09-'13 GTS300, '07-'13 GTV 250, GTV300, and '08-'13
GTS250 Super, GTS300 Super, '05-'09 Granturismo 200, '06-'13 LX150 (all
models), '07-'13 LX50, '07-'13 S150 (all models), S50.
This ingenious adjustable brake lever features six position
adjustment which allows greater confidence when applying the brakes,
especially for riders with smaller hands.
Position can be adjusted on the fly; no tools are required.
Replaces OEM part number 497042 (ex 646833)
Installation instructions are not included, but this lever...
Healing Exhaust Ointment
We've all been there:
The graphite exhaust bushing on the GT/GTS may last a month or a year
but seems to always blow out when you are far from home or a shop. So,
we learn from our mistakes, order two of them and toss one in the pet
carrier, the other in the tool box so that the next time it goes out we find that it's been crushed by tools and other things bouncing around.
Well, not anymore.
Introducing "Healing Exhaust Ointment", A heavy duty plastic case that
safely stores your exhaust bushing, assuring it's in perfect shape when
you need it mo...
Immobilizer reset to "new" on some select models
We have started resetting some immobilzers for lost key situations. Piaggio, Vespa, Gilera, and Aprilia scooters have used several kinds of immobilizers over the years. Some are in the dash (500s mainly), some are in the ECU (EFI scoots), and some are a seperate box (mainly the carb scoots).
If your immobilizer is in the ECU like all the fuel injected scooters, we cant do anything with those currently. We can read the transponder numbers in the ECU, but dont have blank transponder chips to burn that info to. We are working on a solution here. It needs more research work.
If your immobilzer...
Vespa GTV 300
Hi everyone, I'm new here and just wanted to introduce myself and my new
Vespa GTV 300 in Sienna Ivory. It's so much fun to ride!
Cute....and the scooter ain't bad either!
Seriously, welcome to MV. If you've been bitten by the Vespa bug,
you're in the right place. There are a lot of great people here with
years of experience. ...
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East Coast Classic Event
The East Coast Classic runs the weekend of May 31-June 3 so that's out and so maybe we push it out further in June.I see a big Argentine at the grill again.
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How To Scooter Repair
So you buy a scooter and something breaks. Who is
going to fix it? Well, if you've bough in person from our retail store
in California,? we have access to parts, shop manuals and we will
have mechanics trained to fix your scooter. All you have to do is
bring them in.
But what if you are located outside of California, we
have a few suggestions for you. You can try contacting local
motorcycle (or better still, scooter) repair shops. If they are not
very enthusiastic about working on a Chinese scooter, no worry! Have
them contact our tech support department directly....
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What is a Scooter?
Well, here's what Wikipedia has to say:
A scooter is a style of two-wheeled motor vehicle
traditionally defined by characteristics such as a step-through frame,
wheels less than 16" in diameter, a
nd an engine located below the
rider and to the rear.
That pretty much sums it up. Motorcycles have an
engine mounted in the middle of the frame with a gas tank above it.
The rider sits astride the engine with the gas tank right in front of
them. Motorcycle wheels are also typically larger (over 16" diameter)
than those on a scooter. Another major difference is that the...
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Wow Piaggio Welcomes New Dealer
Piaggio would like to welcome a new dealer to our National network, Jeff’s Bikes and Bits are located in Mackay Queensland and after commencing operations in November 2005, they have expanded to their current location at the Cnr of Tennyson & Gordon Sts. Their new Air Conditioned showroom provides ample space for the wide range of Bikes and Scooters. They have factory trained Mechanics on hand to help you with all your Motorcycling needs. With two street access, the workshop is easily accessed via Gordon St, so you will find that dropping off your Bike, for a service, easy. Their service...
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VESPA S SUPERSPORT 50 CC
Moteur Monocylindre Hi-Per2 2-temps avec pot catalytique deuxvoies et système d'air secondaire SASAlésage x Course 40 x 39,3 mmCylindrée 49 cm3Carburant Sans plombAdmission/Distribution Par clapets dans le carterRefroidissement Par airDémarreur Électrique et kickLubrification Mélangeur automatiqueEmbrayage Centrifuge automatique à sec avec tamponsamortisseursTransmission Variateur automatique CVTCadre Coque en tôle d'acier avec renforts soudésSuspension avant Monobras avec ressort hélicoïdal et monoamortisseurdouble effet
Suspension arrière Ressort hélicoïdal et monoamortisseur hydraulique...
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Lambretta 125 Special del 1965
In the mid 1970s the Indian government saw an opportunity in the capital
equipment leftover from Innocenti’s activities. Seeing an opportunity
to create vehicles that would meet the needs of the poor and low income
in that country, India had all the equipment shipped to their location
and set up for new production.The Indian company that would take
on the Lambretta moniker was Automobile Products of India, otherwise
known as API. API’s own rich history began in 1949 in what was then
known as the British colonial city name of Bombay. Today renamed Mumbai,
API started with the licensing...
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Vespa verde
Cool shot from Dandee Fleming in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dandee's website - www.thedandee.c...
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