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[25 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 84 views]

I replaced the back drum brakes on my PX150e last night. All in all the job took about an hour and a half, and certainly went much faster than the front brakes did a couple of weeks ago.

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[2 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 107 views]
Keeping drum brakes in tip-top shape

What the hell is a greased brake actuator? Click on inside for our top tips on keeping the drum brakes on your scoot in fine fighting shape and boosting your stopping power.

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[1 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 87 views]

While the Bay Area is a few hours from NYC (especially by scoot,) we’ve added San Francisco’s excellent First Kick Scooters to our honor roll of links.

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[1 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 110 views]
How to replace Vespa drum brakes

Coming from scooterlounge.com, an excellent site we haven’t profiled before, is a great tutorial on replacing worn out brake shoes on Vespa P-series scoots and similar.

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[25 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 63 views]

Replacing the hand grips on your vintage Vespa is an easy cosmetic upgrade thanks to the nice folks at Scooter Mercato.

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[25 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 73 views]
Vespa PX150e - video slide-show

NYCS is proud to present its first (albeit low-tech) original YouTube video. A start to finish slide show of the recent PX rebuild.

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[19 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 549 views]
Vespa PX/Stella/Bajaj gear oil change

Click on inside to learn how to change the gearbox oil on your two-stroke scoot. This little extra effort during winterization can prolong the life of your ride.

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[8 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 171 views]
Vespa LX/S euro-turn signal conversion

We’ve covered this simple mod briefly ourselves based on Baksvn’s excellent step-by-step, but who better to give us a detailed step-by-step video walk-through than everyone’s favorite Florida scooter girl, Maureen.

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[7 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 401 views]
Vespa PX150e restoration – step 13

Step 13 proves to be lucky number 13 as I wrap up the restoration and take the PX out on her maiden voyage. Click on through for before and after photographs and more.

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[30 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 279 views]
Vespa PX150e restoration ­– step 12

A couple of small things to wrap up and then the scoot is ready for its test run. Take a look inside to learn about headset re-assemby and hooking up the front brakes.