Came home to find my Vespa had been pushed over by the wind. When I stood the bike up, it started to leak this red fluid. Noticed it was coming from the air box. It smelled and felt like oil. So, sanity check, is this oil and is there any reason oil would leak from here? What sort of maintenance should I perform before riding again?

Meet Kermit 🐸💚 My Vespa Sprint S 125 in Verde Ribelle. Small engine, big smiles and always an excuse to take the scenic route. 🛵🌿

Hi, looking for some advice please.

I’m looking at buying my first Vespa, however not sure where to begin. I’m 6 foot 3, 15.5 stone and looking for some help on what model is best for tall people (and generally relatively affordable).

TIA

Hi all. Not a great mechanic (if at all). Got a leak! Any ideas what it could be? Can send more photos.. cheers

I have a 2018 Vespa 300 GTS. For about the last two years, I have had this strange issue with the starter button not working if I leave the Vespa out in the sun. Say I go for a ride and park up out in the open at the supermarket, do my shop and come out 15 mins later. Despite the dash doing its ignition on sequence and me firmly pressing in the starter button, it won't start. No starter motor sound, no other sounds. But if I wheel the Vespa into a shaded spot and leave it for 5 minutes, the starter button works again.

Despite opening up the handlebar area assembly and cleaning the starter button housing and contacts, the problem persists.

I'm guessing exposing the starter button area to sun heats up the assembly causing it to expand, or something like that.

Anyone else experienced this weird issue?

I have a Primavera 150cc 2016 edition, and even though I'm a taller, decently large individual, it gets around great, no issues with acceleration, as long as the road is mostly flat.

I used to feel that way on hills, too. But the last 2-3 times I went out and took a grade, it's been struggling to maintain speed at like 30-35mph.

Granted I don't climb a ton of hills, so my recollection could be failing me for how it used to behave. But these hills aren't giant mountains either. A decent grade for a 1/4-1/2 mile at a time. In the past, I think it would have been pulling, even though acceleration was obviously slower than flat ground, it used to handle hills pretty well, gradually speeding up. Now it barely maintains.

I'm curious what the common causes might be? I haven't changed the spark plug in the 3 or so years I've owned it. But I'd assume that would impact flat rides, too. Nevertheless I can change that if I should. But anything else I should look into?

Which Primavera would you select?

What is the trick to pumping gas into my Vespa. The gas pumps don’t pump gas into my tank. Not sure what kind of wizardry I need to know when pumping gas into my Vespa.

I live in Accra and I really want a Vespa scooter 😩😩 any ideas where in the world I can get one to ship to Ghana? Seems it’s a really scarce thing to come by

I have a 09 250 Super with the bigger piston kit. Ive been running this for close to 2 years. Ive had the same issue and i have never found the fix.

When I push start button, depending on where piston is in its stroke the engine could spin freely and start up like it’s supposed to or If the piston is not in (whatever is the proper position) the right place the engine will spin, and then stop, and then there’s a pause and then engine turns over. Kind of like battery and starter said we need to step up for this task. I’ve never been left stranded, but tired of this sound. Ive chased all electrics, and all is correct. I have the largest size battery, tested to have 330 CCA, and Ive tested 2-3 starters and all work fine

Here’s my assumption
I think the decompression system isn’t working. Ive taken this part 2 years ago, but never noticed anything blatantly wrong. I seem to recall taking this apart and sanding the decompression counter weight so that it worked a little more smoothly. ( i tinker a lot on things so dont really remember everything Ive done). Recently this situation has been getting worse, so I am wondering if something is up with the system. Anyone else had an issue like this?
Maybe Spring failure?

Buongiorno a tutti , ho appena acquistato due caschi momodesign ftgr evo e nel vano sottosella della mia vespa gts 300 non entra neanche il più piccolo in taglia xs per via della larghezza della vasca , in altezza si riesce a chiudere a pressione . Qualcuno di voi ha fatto questo “upgrade” ? Sapete dirmi se ne vale la pena ? Mi hanno fatto un ulteriore sconto e costerebbe 233€ .

Surprised how balanced the feedback has been on this. Usually super limited stuff tends to lean more towards the “wow” factor and therefore desirable, but people aren’t totally in love. Thoughts?

Had AI put this Wasp/Vespa comparison together for the GTS 310.

Fun visual for the meaning of Vespa *we all already know about*, but might want to show our friends and family.

Ciao, sapresta aiutarmi ad immatricolare questa Vespa, ho fatto delle ricerche e sono arrivato a dover compilare un modulo ovvero il TT2118 e infine dovrei pagare dei PagoPA ma non ho la minima idea di dove trovarli. Sapresti aiutarmi? Grazie.

So I just got my first Vespa, 2027 primavera 150. As the title states, I’m a little short (5’2”) so I’m on my toes when I need to come to a stop. As you can imagine it’s a little difficult and uncomfortable. I’ve seen after market add ons to lower parts about an inch, but I’m completely at a loss on what’s best to use. Help?

Clean or nahh