Scott, Thanks, as always for the wealth of info you provide. Hot Rod Al was working on a setup for me before his accident. It's an SS barrel bored to accept...
Folks, what's a rule of thumb for adjusting the carburetor on my '64 GS 160? Well, not just a rule of thumb, but how exactly and how much should I adjust it?...
ScooterRS offers tech pages and I found their carb tuning advice to be excellent. Try http://vespamaintenance.com/fuel/carbtune Clarke ... From: "Gary"...
Anyone happen to have (or know where I might be able to find) any extra screws used to attach the dust covers to the underside of the headset on ss180s (or any...
We are probably not many – those of us riding the GS150 regularly. Do any of you have the same problem with leaking float needles? My two VS5's start easily...
I was able to "lap" the float needle seat. To do this I removed the float assembly, unscrewed the bolt thing at the bottom of the float and pulled the float...
I have been thinking of doing just that but were afraid that normal valve grinding compound would be too rough with the delicate needle and seat parts. But I...
Hi, Try here,http://ss180.proboards59.com/index.cgi, i'll have a look for you, i may have one. You can get me via this SS/GS forum. Cheers. ... speedo. ... ...
Hi, My SS is running funny at low revs, it's fine when in higher revs. Any ideas folks? Why not sign up to this free SS/GS and related forum, i'm on this all ...
Jan Try one of the slightly abrasive chrome cleaners...Solvol Autosol, or it's equivalent. As amatter of interest I had this problem on a Sportique and it...
Hi Jan, I ride my GS daily - well, I did until very recently. I also seem to experience the 'gradual flood' you experience; sometimes it will happen over...
Anyone experiment with varying front tyre pressures on their GS 150? Scooterhelp claims the recommended pressure is 16psi - I've been running quite a bit higer...
Dan, I was hoping to hear someone else having that flooding problem in GS150. The idia of emtying the float chamber is well known. I usually shut off the fuel...
There's on eon E-Bay right now...... Um...I think it's in Italy though...so you may have to search all of rest of the world e-bay rather than just a plain old...
I have always shut my gas off on my scoots and let them idle for like 30 seconds before killing the ignition....especially on my GS. It DOES help on the...
Hi Jay I completed the registration form for you board, but haven't received the email needed to complete registration. How long does that normally take? ...
yes. how much would you like for it? what's the condition? are you looking for any parts to trade? Lester ... __________________________________ Start your day...
Hi, My name is Stu, i joined a couple of days ago after finding out about this place on scooterbbs. I have a GS 160 MK 2 which is going in for a few repairs...
I'm not sure what's happening here; what would cause rapid failure of the gear? My last replacement lasted two days. To the best of my knowledge, I'm using...
Where should i go to buy a gs160 front and rear shock? or should i rebuild it? any thoughts? I'm sure this has been addressed before i'm just not so familiar...
Hi Lester, rebuild it. the cool thing about the GS/SS shock is that is is rebuiladble, and the horrible repop one doesn't look the same at all, it's halfway...
The front shock is not available new in its' original form, but, it's totally rebuildable. BUT, the main bit that fails (therefore necessitating the rebuild)...
I don't know what the differences are. I have photos of all three (Vespa Tecnica), they look identical. But, I have my SS parts book and a Rally 180 parts...
... I don't know about the Rally 180, but the Rally 200 cover was plastic while the GS160 and SS180 part was metal. Looked and fit the same though. Also,...
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