Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Rare Vintage Vespa Pinups on eBay

Vesbar-de has some great looking NOS decals available on eBay. These are limited stock and they are having a buy three get one free deal to go along with it.

Vespa Sito Plus Pipe Installation

My pipe arrived from the good folks at Motorsports Scooters in San Diego. I got to installing and have posted this tutorial on how to install it. It is a very easy process that any begginer can do, and the results are well worth it.



The pipe in all its cardboard boxed glory.







14mm nut which needs to be removed. It is easiest to remove when you take the rear tire off or deflate it.





13mm nut can be removed without taking anything else off. You may need to knock on the pipe with a hammer to loosen it from the engine.








The pipe installed and ready to go. The overall top speed and acccleration is improved by about 5 MPH, and the perfrormance increase is really noticable, especially when riding two-up or when riding hills.

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Whitewall Tire Paint by Örn Sigurðsson

After looking for whitewall tire solutions, I came across this whitewall paint developed by Örn Sigurðsson in Iceland. It runs for $25 a can, which is the perfect amount for doing three 10" tires. I will post a tutorial on the paint and a review...when it arrives.


Friday, December 02, 2005

Sito Plus 125/150 Exhaust

After looking into options for improving speed on my px, I have decided to go with the sito plus exhaust. I have tried many different parts sites but they all seem to be out of stock. I finally got lucky and found a good deal on ebay. When it get here I will post a installation guide as well as a review of its performance.

Thursday, December 01, 2005

2005 Vespa PX150 Serie America

I got my hands on a Vespa PX150 in Salt Lake through craigslist.org. It was used with only 300 miles on it, so it is not broken in yet. I will post reviews and some of the new features on these models.