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.

The lucky Scottish scooterists over at Vivo Scooterists in Edinburgh recently got to try out the LML Star 4, the European incarnation of the Indian Vespa Clone, soon to be re-badged here in the USA as the 4-stroke Stella by Chicago’s Genuine Scooter Company.

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.

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.

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

A seller in Fresh Meadows, Queens has a serviceable black 2005 Stella up for grabs with just 1130 miles on the clock. It has some electrical gremlins but sounds like it just needs either a new battery or five minutes of a trained eye.

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.

Two weeks after completing a three month rebuild, the PX needs a little TLC. Riding home in the worst possible conditions late on Sunday evening – dark, with high winds, rain, and heavy traffic – I took a spill.

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.

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.