/r/VintageScooters
Fans of vintage Lambrettas, Servetas, Vespas, Allstates, Riversides, Henkels, Eibars and anything else that is typically older than it's riders.
What is a Vintage Scooter: All metal, manually shifted with a step-through design. Plastica no Grazie! Post photos, club and rally info, ask questions, share tips, etc.
For anything else, check out r/Scooters.
Welcome to r/VintageScooters. This is the place for fans of the classic Italian styled scooters that started it all.
Please use this space to ask questions, show off your scooters, post rally info and buy and sell scooters and parts. If you have a scooter or parts for sale, please put "FS" in the title. Just keep things on topic, which is 2-stroke, manually shifted, metal, kick started scooters from the 1940s up to 1982 or so. And maybe their clones. As always beware of Asian bodges (and please don't try and sell them here).
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vespa ape
16:07 UTC
Run - is a 1995 BBC Channel 4 documentary about an English scooter club, the A41 Eagles, and their trip to a rally in Porthcrawl, Wales, directed by Angus Cameron.
16:05 UTC
BASTA FURTI alle Vespa, difendiamoci così!
11:27 UTC
Looking for an old photo of soldiers on a Lambretta, seen in Italy
09:57 UTC
Lambretta LD KIT
14:12 UTC
Tutta la verità sui TUBELESS!
17:43 UTC
Fully specced smallframe
17:14 UTC
Vespa 90 ignition help (I think?)
Hello! Been working my way through this 1964 Vespa 90 that sat for decades. Here’s where I’m at and could use some advice on what to try next:
Cleaned gas tank, new mix with Motul scooter expert New petcock Cleaned carb, blew out all jets, cleaned carb filter, changed gaskets Made sure fuel line is free flowing Rebuilt clutch (original was frozen solid) and adjusted cables Drained the gearbox oil, replaced with SAE30
Here’s the scenario and some observations. The engine sounds like it’s kicking over OK with a “put put”. Same goes for if I push start in second gear. It sounds as if it’s starting but I can feel that the engine isn’t fully running. If I pull the spark plug and test it against the engine I can see there is a spark when i move the kickstarter. I’m not sure how big of a spark it should be, but it’s there even if slightly feeble looking. If i put starter fluid in the cylinder, it will sometimes fire up in one kick but in a short while it will die out.
Once in a while it fires up after many attempts and i can fly around my neighborhood for half an hour. Runs strong, gears are all good (and lights and brakes). Even then, after a while it seems to stall and then I can’t get it to start again.
One other note, sometimes there seems to be too much gas when I’m trying to start it without success, to the point where there is a little leaking under the air filter.
Should I replace the whole ignition? Condenser? Or should I be looking at something else? I tried to manually check the timing but I wasn’t able to get a good view of the point moving, nor do i have the gauge to check the gap. Thanks for any feedback! Video is from the one day it was running great.
19:59 UTC
Starting help
Smallframe was running great, went on a ride and it stuttered to a stop. Wouldn’t kick over. Checked the plug (tried a new plug) still will not catch. Any ideas?
My next step will be to clean the carb but does anything stand out?
Thanks
00:46 UTC
Learning a shifty
Experienced in modern scoots and motorcycles, just picked up a vintage scooter (70s Rally 200) and having performance anxiety about learning a shifty. I don't know why, but I'm so anxious about it. No vintage folks near me to learn from, looking for advice, support and any helpful links (YouTube, etc) to help get me started. Thanks in advance! ❤️
02:22 UTC
VESPA farobasso QUATTRINI M1XL
17:33 UTC
65 Vespa Allstate Tire Pressure Recommended?
As the title states, any recommendations on tire pressure?
20:11 UTC
P200E mod question
Hello, I’m looking at a 1979 P200E. It’s in rather rough shape but the price is good. One thing I was considering in the rebuild was to convert the horn cover to a round style. I see some people swap to a T5 style but I’m going for a sleeker look and to minimize the boxy horn area. Has anyone done something like this? Are there other models with a round horn that would be a reasonable fit for the P200E? Thanks!
13:07 UTC
Vespa PX primary gear cush drive
Should the primary gear cush drive be rebuilt as a precaution whenever the cases are split? Or would you only drill the rivets out if it rattled or has play? SIP rebuild videos say always rebuild, most forum posts I've read say check for rattles.
17:15 UTC
Getting in the mindset for my clubs rally in November.
35th running of The Fall Classic in Tucson will be an outstanding time.
03:11 UTC
Evening Sun (Vespa 50 n special)
17:17 UTC
New Sticker
New sticker added to match the previous owners drunken paint job!
14:50 UTC
È successo di tutto! EPICA TRAVERSATA
17:24 UTC
is this a good price?
how much would you pay for this?
19:15 UTC
HO REGALATO la VESPA
16:05 UTC
This is a surprise
22:59 UTC
Auto seat riser
Still have some finish work but got my "proof of concept" to work. This is building a salvage p mostly out of stuff I had like the smallie seat and the headset. Pretty happy with the progress.
21:04 UTC
Incorrect regulator?
I have a 1979 P200e that I bought and brought back from the dead 7 years ago. This that and the other has happened and now I’m happily back to getting it running. Chasing blinker issues I realized the battery was toast. Replacing that, I noticed the ground to the regulator wasn’t connected and assumed I’d pulled it out by accident when messing with the trickle charge wires. I was looking at the wiring diagram and thought this may also be a cause for the battery being dead but looking closely at the regulator I found it only has 4 poles vs 5. When I rebuilt the scooter, I did pull a new wiring harness through the whole thing but I don’t remember replacing the regulator. My question is - can the bike run as is w/o the ground to the regulator since the bike and battery are grounded to the frame or should I order the replacement regulator now? Scooter West has a 5 pole that looks right and is spec’d for the p200e. I can’t figure out if I goofed with the wrong part before or if it just didn’t matter. Prior to being garaged for a few years, the bike ran perfectly and the blinkers did work. I also don’t remember any charging issues. Thanks for the help!
13:32 UTC