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New item: Lambretta Floor strips set S2

scootRS — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:31:51 +0700

We've added the following new item:

Lambretta Floor strips set S2
$19.95 (£12.95 | 15,55€ | CA$20.98 | AU$21.90 | ¥1,676)

Set of 4 runners for Series 1 - 2 models.

Same as Italian? No, much better! If you've closely examined Italian repro floor strips - the ones sold by all Italian suppliers are the same make - you've seen how they are quite poor actually: rough, thin, varied and dented.

We decided to make our own inhouse as part of our ongoing series of trim items made as original, but about half the price of Italian repros.

Considering ours are much better quality than the Italian repros, and now the best available anywhere in the world, that's a very good deal!

Take a look at the close-up photos and compare yourself.

New item: Lambretta Mudguard front turning S2 Serveta

scootRS — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:09:56 +0700

We've added the following new item:

Lambretta Mudguard front turning S2 Serveta
$95.00 (£61.68 | 74,06€ | CA$99.93 | AU$104.29 | ¥7,983)

Primered. Turning front fender.

New item: Hydraulic disc ScootRS Vespa kit stainless steel

scootRS — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:13:48 +0700

We've added the following new item:

Hydraulic disc ScootRS Vespa kit stainless steel
$29.00 (£18.83 | 22,61€ | CA$30.50 | AU$31.84 | ¥2,437)

For our Vespa kits. (Not for Piaggio/Grimeca kits.)

New item: Sticker mod 70mm

scootRS — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:09:38 +0700

We've added the following new item:

Sticker mod 70mm
$3.95 (£2.56 | 3,08€ | CA$4.15 | AU$4.34 | ¥332)

Stick on. 3D, not flat. Very nice!

(There are more photos of this item on our site.)

New item: Vespa S top floor strips stainless steel

scootRS — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:20:15 +0700

We've added the following new item:

Vespa S top floor strips stainless steel
$39.00 (£25.32 | 30,40€ | CA$41.02 | AU$42.81 | ¥3,277)

Beautiful high quality polished stainless steel replacements!

Complete set of 6 show-stopping replacement floor strips. Very easy to fit, same as your rubber floor strips. These are for the top 6 pieces. (See related items for the bottom.)

By the way, they're not slippery unless you plan to wear bowling shoes and dance in the rain while driving.

(There are more photos of this item on our site.)

New item: Vespa GTS panels flag sticker

scootRS — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:02:27 +0700

We've added the following new item:

Vespa GTS panels flag sticker
$11.50 (£7.47 | 8,96€ | CA$12.10 | AU$12.62 | ¥966)

Pair.

Straight and true scooter rims

scootRS — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:27:08 +0700

A nice email today:

I have installed your 12v wiring loom and 12v non-battery CDI kit with stator and am very pleased.

Your tubeless rims are excellent, too, and you can quote me on this:

I had the wheels balanced to sort out a vibration issue and I was eliminating possibilities (turns out it was the front brake drum). The mechanic said they were very true, no different than countless others he's worked on for modern Vespas or motorcycles: no warping, and they only required a small 7oz counter-weight.

Great, glad you liked them. Their trueness was actually mentioned as an additional benefit over standard rims in the Scootering review back in 2004 when first released.

Vespa or Lambretta tubeless rims, $49 - what are you waiting for?

(We also make our own high-quality and true regular Vespa rims and Lambretta rims inhouse, read about why they are better than others.)

Australia: we have one stainless steel Lambretta petrol tank there

scootRS — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:27:02 +0700

UPDATE: SOLD! Thanks.

Anyone in Australia want a stainless steel Lambretta petrol tank?

We have one in Australia, sent by mistake, so you can have it with FREE SHIPPING! (Or maybe to NZ with cheap shipping?)

You can ~~pay the $63 here~~ to order it. One only and it goes to the first person!

(We'll refund any extra orders and remove this when sold.)

Vespa T5 disc brake conversion

scootRS — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:25:27 +0700

Here's a post we came across:

Re: front disc conversion on a T5 Classic. what's involved?

I've fitted a few in my time and at the moment the new ScootRS [Vespa] front disc conversion kit seems to be the best buy.

A little fiddly but nothing someone with a small knowledge of mechanics wouldn't be able to fit. The master cylinder housing is a great idea with only a small modification to the lever housing. The rest just bolts on only bleeding the hose can sometimes be tricky.

Our Vespa PX disc brake fits T5 and start at $219 for the hub unit, $289 with master cylinder and everything.

Vespa CDI kit (electronic ignition)

scootRS — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:12:38 +0700

A nice email today from a customer:

Thanks to your installation manual, I mounted the CDI kit this weekend and it works perfectly. So, again, thank you for your help. I really appreciated it.

Have a nice day.

If you have a classic Vespa scooter, our Vespa CDI kit is the best around, based on a PX system so you get great output and reliability with common parts if spares are ever needed. It also includes absolutely everything in one kit. (We do the same with our Vespa smallframe CDI kit.)

Bright halogen 12v lights and a set-and-forget steady ignition on a classic scooter? It's a conversion we do to every Vespa we restore for good reason.

How to prevent dangerous tire blowouts on your scooter

scootRS — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:46:04 +0700

Here is some recent forum discussion about how to avoid dangerous tire blowouts on Vespa and Lambretta scooters:

Is there a manufacturer, that makes those flatproof tires in a 10x3.5 that would be good for the [LML] stella? havent found much online, but it would be great to know i wont have a catastrophic blow out. there have been quite a few scooterists around here get very badly injured due to blowouts recently. most recently a couple with no medical insurance had a blowout on a honda elite going about 60, and were both roadrashed head to toe and injured badly. one of them was nearly killed. they had to sell their other scooters to pay for treatment.

And in reply:

Your best bet about preventing catastrophic blowouts is to start using tubeless rims and tires.

And the pudding with the proof in it:

I have the ScootRS tubeless rims and Michelin S-1s and was able to ride out a front flat at somewhere around 50 [mph].

So, in review we have 2 options:

No tubeless rims? “Quite a few scooterists” suffering blowouts and some are “nearly killed.”
With ScootRS tubeless rims? As designed, “was able to ride out a front flat at 50 [mph].”

Conclusion? No solution will ever be perfect given that our old scooters all depend on skinny tires and valves, but if every Vespa and Lambretta used ScootRS tubeless rims, classic scootering would be substantially safer.

That's why we invented them and since released in 2006 our current v.3 tubeless rim has never failed. $49 in 4 colors, or $89 in high-grade stainless steel. What are you waiting for?

Restored Vespa VLB scooter

scootRS — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:11:11 +0700

Here is a scooter a customer designed and custom ordered from us. What do you think?

Scooter: Vespa VLB
Main color: other
Notes: Light blue Sprint with a PX fork and our disc brake kit with a modified fender to fit it and our new VLB type master cylinder support. Also nice handlebar signals operated from the switch. Tuned exhaust and 24mm PWK carb.

(See all 10 photos of this scooter on our site.)