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12.30.03

• A Lambretta drive side bearing and oil seal removal page has been added.
• A Lambretta five plate clutch installation page has been added to the tuning section.
• I am now working on a Primavera and have started added pages about the engine. A smallframe crank page has been added to chronicle the different crank types.
• A PDF file of a Primavera crank has been added.
• A page on the Vespa Polini 130cc kit has been added.

11.21.03

• A Lambretta Series III engine removal page has been added.
• A Lambretta flywheel removal page has been added.
• A Lambretta crank removal page has been added.
• A Vespa GL150 (VGL1T) wiring diagram has been added.
• The ACMA GL150 wiring diagram has been updated.
• Another Jet Board has been found and added to the Jet Board serial number page along with more serial numbers.

11.07.03

• The entire engine section has been split into the four main Vespa engine types.
• I've been working on a Vespa small frame bike and have added a load of small frame engine work pages.
• An older Vespa engine split page has been added.
• A small frame crank has been added to the crankshaft page.
• A Vespa 100 Sport barrel has been added to the barrel page.
• More info on the MotoVespa 160GT has been added thanks to an email.
• Great pictures of a Vespa GL have been added to the Vespa VGLA1T page.
• Someone finally sent me images of some Douglas bikes to update the 152L2 and Sportique pages.

10.13.03

• Sorry for the lack of updates, but I had to study for some professional exams (which I passed)! Anyway, the site has been upgraded to 1GB of disk space so I am now able to offer all the parts and owner's manuals as PDF files at full resolution with full bookmarking for easy use. Check out the new parts manual page and owner's manual page to download one.
• A Vespa 125 (VN1T) parts manual has been added.
• A Serveta Lambretta Series III parts book has been added.
• A page on how to remove a Vespa small frame engine has been added.
• The MotoVespa GT160 page has been updated with new pictures.
• A MotoVespa owner's manual covering the 125N, 125L, 150L & 150F has been added.

8.16.03

• A Lambretta gearbox rebuild page has been added.
• The MotoVespa 125N page has been updated with a 1958 model image thanks to an email.
• The MotoVespa 125L, 125N, 150F, 150L, 150S pages have all been updated with bore, stroke, horsepower, tire sizes, and carb info.
• An ACMA 150GL electrical diagram page has been added.
• A MotoVespa 150S with battery diagram has been added.
• My VBA w/electric start P200 engine diagram has finally been updated.

7.18.03 - Sorry for the wait...but there is a lot of stuff!!

• The Vespa 150 VL3T parts book has been updated thanks to First Kick Scooters. Now it covers the entire range from the VL1T to the VL3T.
• A Vespa 150 VB1T parts book has been added thanks to First Kick Scooters.
• A MotoVespa 75PK and 125N parts manual has been added.
• The MotoVespa 160 page has been updated with gear ratios, years of manufacture, and voltage and timing specs.
• The MotoVespa 150S page has been updated with bore and stroke and a wiring diagram page.
• A MotoVespa 150S owner's manual page has been added.
• The new Vespa GT200L and GT125L have been added.
• Two Indonesian Vespa models have been added to the Vespa serial page, the PX Excel and the Exclusive.
• The VNL1T page has been updated with pictures.
• The oil pages have been finally updated with info emailed by Chris Schachte.
• I have made corrections to the definitions of 'advance' and 'retard' on the Malossi 210 install page.
• A page for the Vespa PK50XLS Plurimatic has been added although the info is slim.
• The ACMA 125N page has been updated with serial number info.
• Corrections and serial number info for the ACMA 150GL have been updated.

5.30.03

• We are heading out for a vacation. I won't be able to respond to any emails until June 15th.

5.26.03

• The Vespa 100 Sport electrical diagram has been updated with ignition switch connections.
• The Vespa GS160 and SS180 parts book has been made into a single 19MB PDF file.
• The Vespa GS150 parts book has been made into a single 19.5MB PDF file.
• The Vespa 90 owner's manual has been made into a single 8.5MB PDF file.
• A Serveta Jet 200 owner's manual page has been added although it is all in Spanish.

5.10.03

• A Vespa 100 Sport page has been added.
• The USA P200E pages have been updated with the ignition switch connections.
• A small frame clutch replacement page has been added.
• The tools page has been updated with a small frame clutch puller.
• The MotoVespa 125L and 150S pages have been updated with images from readers.
• The Vespa 90 page has been updated to illustrate the difference in engine door sizes between older and newer models.
• A small frame gearing overview page has been added to the tuning section.

5.6.03

• The Vespa flywheel removal page has been broken into a P Series flywheel removal page and an older Vespa flywheel removal page.
• PX200E, PX150E, & PX125E battery/electric start and non-battery wiring diagrams added.

4.27.03

• The MotoVespa 150S page has been updated with some pictures.
• A Malossi 210 installation page has been added.
• Tha Lambretta crank installation page has been updated.
• A wiring diagram for a non-battery kickstart Vespa PX200E has been added. Battery & electric start version to follow soon.

4.8.03

• I updated the Vespa clutch side oil seal page. It didn't really show how to do the job right..so now it does.
• I updated the Vespa crank install page to show an image of a properly installed crank against the clutch casing.
• The engine tips section has now been broken into Vespa engines and Lambretta engines.
• A Lambretta crank installation page has been added.
• Installation pages for a Lambretta Series III flywheel side oil seals and drive side oil seal have been added. Other Lambretta models are similar.

3.30.03

• A Lambretta Li150 Series III owner's manual page has been added.

3.26.03

• The electric start TS1 project has progressed. Click here to see a movie of a preliminary test.

3.18.03

• I have included a MotoVespa section on the Vespa serial number search page. The search does not yet work for the frame numbers but if anyone can email what info they have on Spanish Vespas then maybe it will become more and more informative.
• The Vespa 125TS page has been updated.
• An image of a 1966 Allstate has been added to the 788.94360 page.

3.6.03

• I found a rare PK service manual to help any owners of PK50s through PK125s.

2.23.03

• A P series fork bearing replacement page has been added.
• Pictures of a nice VB1 have been added to the Vespa VB1 page thanks to an email.

2.9.03

• The GS150 (VS5T) page has been updated with some mechanical and cosmetic changes in relation to the frame numbers (like the rear light change).
• The GL150 electrical diagram has been corrected thanks to an email.
• The list of updates has been broken down in to years to speed the load time of the what's new page.

2.1.03

• A GS160 service manual has been added thanks to scans from Gregory Skochko.
• The Vespa ET4 page had been split in to two separate pages for the ET4 150cc US version and the ET4 125cc European version thanks to separate emails from Chris (Control) and Tim of the Exit 17 Scooter Club.
• The Vespa serial search engine has been updated for all Italian bikes until 1993.

1.25.03

• An owner's manual from a Vespa Douglas Model G has been added thanks to original scans from Kelvin.
• Unfortunately all owner's manuals and parts books scans have been revised with a watermark in the corner. If you download one and find the watermark obscures the info let me know and I'll change it. Hopefully this will curb people selling scooterhelp scans for $$.

1.11.03

• I have revised the start page to include one new section (other two stroke projects) to include a space for the Jet Board project, and also leaves a new space for a future section. The new section will be called "scooter related projects" and will be all the various projects like programmable variable ignition timing, internal headset master hydraulic cylinders, electric start ideas, electric fuel valves, and other fun items we have been working on that don't really fit in any other category. It should be up when I get enough material together.
• More ads have been added to the Lambretta sales literature pages (sent in by Kelvin & Oscar Norlin).
• The ET4 page has been updated with specifications thanks to an email from Tim at Exit 17 S.C.

1.7.03 (Happy New Year)

• I made some more progress on the Lambretta electric start feature,
• Updates to the V15T and Vespa Douglas Rod pages.