How To Install Rims & Tires on a Vintage Vespa

[@stuartbutler2986]

Just been trying to change rims and tyres on my px.This was a great help.Thanks very much.Ride safe from the UK.

[@Maddpunx]

Great video, just done a set of 3 whitewalls and new rims for my 62 Vespa 152l2 🙂

[@johnrichardson9367]

Very informative Video Robot , much easier than on a motorcycle , all the Best

[@brianeastman3547]

Gorgeous old scooter man

[@adrianfbird]

Nice collection of bikes

[@betolinni]

Def gonna buy some tires from you. Support what you are doing Robot!

[@rainehewlett4561]

question..is it ok to mount the tire with the deep side of the rim on the clutch ( left side )..because when i mount mine facing the right side ( motor side ) my tire rubs on the spring..bike is 1979 et3.

[@Vochobarboza]

Greetings from Costa Rica...

[@dksfollies4772]

This applies to all vespas from 60s to present . Thx

[@mopedbabes1869]

Great video guys. Maybe i will change my Vespa also with this cool tires.

[@VespaMotorsport]

Go for it!

[@imothy]

hey robot, great content, love the channel. Do you ever worry about the rims pinching the inner tube when assembling the two halves together?

[@VespaMotorsport]

Yes, that can happen easily if you're not careful. That's why we slightly inflate the tube before bolting the rims together. Usually prevents that from happening.

[@CherniavskyDen]

Hi Robot, I have a question about a PX. I’ve soon gonna park my PX for a winter. It’ll be stored in cold but dry garage. What is you advice to do with it before leaving it (maybe I need to take away the battery?) and after the winter? Do I need to clean the carb, like you told about GT 200?

[@VespaMotorsport]

This is for modern Vespas, but the same could be applied to a PX. Hope this helps...studio.kzbin.infoRBzhQ8mGiL0/edit/basic

[@CherniavskyDen]

@@VespaMotorsport Thanks for the answer! The link is a bit broken, but I've managed to find a video you've mention!

[@fredbert4048]

wheels off jack up ac50 ,,,,best thing come out the usa ..

[@ardav951]

My wife keeps shouting: We got you covered

[@CherniavskyDen]

Wow! So easy! How not to love PX???

[@chudleyflusher7132]

Nice. Thank you.

[@kengerard1540]

Jeff, why not nylon stop nuts? Put the lock washers in the trash.

[@saven305]

das war spitze !!!!

[@mitchcrancher6337]

Wouldn’t have called that PX vintage myself 😃

[@westwayelectrical7032]

That's the third video in a row you've made from your garage....have you been sacked?? 😂🤣

[@allens7476]

He probably did all of them at the same time.

[@geraldscott4302]

It's actually nowhere near that easy. I used the old school vintage style tires, because I wanted the right look, and don't ride my Vespa that far from home. I used Ru-Glyde tire mounting lube, and really fought with it. Don't try to bolt the halves together with the tube inflated any more than it was to begin with, it will spread the tire beads farther apart. You have to9 be very careful when trying to force the studs on one wheel half into the holes on the other half far enough to get a nut on the stud. The wheels are made out of very thin, soft steel, and the flange is easily bent. After getting one nut on a couple of turns, I wound up using three small padded C-clamps between the first stud and the second to spread out the pressure on the inner flange so as not to bend it. It took me about an hour to an hour and a half PER WHEEL to get the old tires off (they don't just come right off after deflating the tube, breaking the bead, and removing the 5 nuts, they are really stuck on there) and the new tires back on. If you are using your old wheels, definitely use new split washers. They are one time use only. I actually had 3 -4 of the washers break while removing them. I suggest getting new grade 8 nuts and washers.

[@kiratbhangu6972]

What's your instagram bro

[@staffh3815]

Go tubeless, plain dangerous split rims

[@man0sticks]

I’m on the same set of split rims since 1984. Lucky to be alive I guess.

[@staffh3815]

@@man0sticks yea you are mate front wheel ,puncture, blowout on split rims ,instant flat scary,just saying ain't being a smart arse, couple of hundred quid for some sip rims and tyres job done

[@safarijonas3490]

Agree