Maureen’s back with a simple but important maintenance consideration for all four-stroke Vespa owners and machines with a similar set-up: How to take up the slack and adjust your rear wheel drum brake.

I’ve just upgraded my semi-hydraulic Vespa set-up to a fully-hydraulic brake. Take a look inside to see how it’s done.

I’ve got hydraulic brake fluid on my mind this week. So it’s great timing to unearth the latest four-stroke Vespa maintenance video from Maureen in Florida – when and how to service your brakes.

Experienced scooterists have said it. If you want to upgrade to disc brakes, skip semi and go for a fully hydraulic set up. Now I’ve learned it too.

If you’re like me, you may be using the advent of spring to attend to a few maintenance matters on your bike. If you’re a Vespa P-series owner or a Genuine Scooter Company Stella owner one matter on your list may be a new front shock absorber.

The humble spark plug. A more important beast in your scooter than I have been giving it credit for. Learn the basics inside…

Changing a worn brake cable has turned into removing the entire front-end of my Lammy. The things we do for love…

Never let it be said that I don’t take advice from others. When reader Chris said that spare tire racks can damage your Lammy, I investigated.

I spent a frustrated hour last night fighting the fading sun and incoming cold attempting to run a new front brake cable (inner wire and outer sheath) through the steering column of my Lambretta. Thankfully there’s help out there.

The advent of warm weather in a Lambretta owner’s life can mean only one thing. Riding? No – wrenching. I’ve had a mental to-do list all winter. A small set of niggles I want to set straight (in some cases literally) before the riding season enters full swing.