Details are scant on this one, but if you’re prepared to put in some detective work, you could have the Vespa equivalent of a tank on your hands. Those P200s run and run and run…

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.

We’re extending our reach today beyond the city limits of NYC and out to our neighboring states. For a little extra effort in coordinating a rental van you can more than cover the cost of additional transportation when you realize that there are gems like this to be found at sub-NYC prices if you’re prepared to put in a few extra miles.

Looking for a spring project. An up-and-running ‘63 Vespa VBB could be yours for $1200.

The folks behind Vespa SoHo and Williamsburg’s McCarren Motors are expanding their empire further into a concept store they’re calling Carbon Negative.

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.

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.

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.

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