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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.

A recent Vespa VBB customer wrote in to say he got his scooter registered after a bit of document wrangling:

It takes 1 hour and $50CAD to clear customs. It takes 30 minutes and $115CAD to get the bike registered.

Thanks for everything, you guys make a truly great product and I'm having a ball riding around town.

Glad to hear you're on the road and enjoying your Vespa!

Books are very helpful but if you are want to see how to do scooter maintenance or an engine rebuild on your Lambretta or Vespa, maybe a DVD is the answer?

Take a look at scootertechniques.co.uk and the DVDs they offer.

A nice customer email from Germany just came in about our tubeless rims which we make for both Lambretta and Vespa scooters:

Just received 3 tubeless rims with Yokohama tyres mounted and as always delivery was extremely quick and the rims are top quality - can't wait for winter to end now so i can get them fitted and on the road!

Thanks again for another great product!

Nice, thanks! Glad you like them. Enjoy finally scootering around without worrying about blowouts from punctures.

Looking to replace the mirrors on your Vespa GTS or LX or other modern scooter?

Here are some very sleek scooter mirrors for $8.95, or the same but slightly bigger scooter mirrors.

Black metal. Very nice quality! Solid and stiff. And they are reversible to fit both sides.

Perfect!

Of course they also fit classic scooters and are great for bolting to our disc brake kit master cylinders, Vespa or Lambretta. Here's the bigger version:

For T5 owners we've added a Vespa T5 seat cover so you can spice things up a bit with oxblood red, tan, green, blue, etc. - or go with luxurious black or brown leather!

The regular seat covers are only $33, while the leather are still a reasonable $78.

Following on our earlier post, here are some more photos from the other day just before we closed of our Vespa tubeless rims as we finish them up.

In these photos you can see the inner pieces finished and then welded into the rims. After a few more things are done they'll be sent off for painting.

Here's an email we just got the other day from Simon, a UK customer with an update about his Lambretta tubeless rims:

Hi.

I bought 3 x tubeless rims for the Lambretta with the Yokohamas fitted. Been using these daily for 1.5 years now and looking to buy another set.

Glad they've served you so well that you'd want more. That's the best endorsement we could hear and we've heard the same thing over and over from customers using them, whether Lambretta or Vespa.

No tube = no worries about dangerous blowouts from punctures as on old-style regular rims. Our current v.3 tubeless design has been out since 2006 and has greatly enhanced rider safety on the race track as well as on roads around the world. If you haven't gone tubeless yet, what are you waiting for?

After completing the first batch of Lambretta tubeless rims as we posted the other day, here are some new photos as we move on to make our Vespa tubeless rims.

First you can see the left-overs after we stamp out the middle section, then the middle section having the 2nd stage done where we bend the tabs up.

Afterward the middle with be stamped out and we can then weld them into the rims we are meanwhile producing. So far a few stacks in different stages are done.

You can currently pre-order your Vespa tubeless rims. The 1st batch is not too far off and will go out to those already waiting.

We've been busy making tubeless rims of late, but also standard Vespa wheel rims for you old-timers and Luddites ;-)

We've posted 2 new videos while making PX/VLB type Vespa wheel rims at our factory.

One reason our Vespa PX rims are uniquely great is we use removable studs as you can see in the photo. On rims elsewhere, you can never remove the studs to chrome and machine polish the rims nicely or to replace a damaged stud. Go here to read and see why we make the best quality Vespa rims you can get anywhere (chrome or regular).

Yeah!!! Finished!!!

Here are some photos as we finished the first of our new batch of Lambretta tubeless rims. Some are white, some silver, some black and will go out to the first customers who pre-ordered while we redid some molds. The rest of you who pre-ordered will be done in turn.

You can see one photo of one mounted as well, looking very nice indeed. (If wondering, the dimple marks are where we spot weld them.)

We've already started the Vespa tubeless rims too, and will post about them next. You can pre-order them right now.

If you recall, in 2006 Scootering Magazine, in their 2nd big review of our tubeless rims, wrote the following:

The ScootRS Vespa tubeless wheel rims are very similar in construction to their Lambretta rims. ... All in all, a snug fit. ... I finished off the testing by riding two-up to Holland for the weekend with no problems to report. ... As it has been suggested previously [about their Lambretta tubeless rims], using tubeless tyres is in theory a major advancement in scooter safety with regards to how they react following a puncture. The rims manufactured by ScootRS appear to do exactly as they say on the tin.

Notice he said “appear to do”!

Now 4 years later the editor of Scootering has written an update for everyone about our tubeless rims he put on his PX200 back in 2006 “to see how they fared”:

Their first trip was on the rear of the scooter when it went two-up to Holland for a custom show soon after the article. Since then it has been to a rally and race-track in France, numerous places in the UK, as well as being used as a commuter scooter and workhorse.

Sometime during all this the tyre emigrated to the front of the scoot, and even after spending six months in the garage without being ridden while I was off enjoying the Vespa GTS, the PX was pushed back into service and the tyre with the ScootRS rim needed barely any air in it.

As such once complete and fitted the ScootRS rim has done exactly what it's meant to.

Good to hear! -Notice this time he didn't say “appear to do,” but rather “has done”?

Seeing we haven't had a single return or problem with the design arise since we came out with our current v.3 tubeless rim 4 years ago, and many nice emails from customers about how they prevented sudden blowouts and accidents, you too can expect our tubeless rims to do “exactly what they're meant to”. They have indisputably been proven on road and track around the world to be safer than regular rims.

What exactly are you waiting for?