HOW TO REPLACE A FENDER ON A VESPA LX150

Hey guys in this video I show you how to remove a vespa LX150 front fender. We have to remove the glove box headlight,switches and speedometer. Then I show you how to remove the front fork and reinstall everything after. Hope this video helps someone out.

[@donaldlee6760]

That was genius of you to use a bicycle headset tool on the Vespa. Good to know that I don't need to buy the special Vespa headset tool if I buy a cheap Vespa with a bent fork as a project bike for my high school kids. I think new forks are easy to source and cost around $500.

[@fishmemmo]

What a genius who designed that!! OMG how can it be that difficult to dissemble a front fender? Italian design on their best.

[@snaakie]

This video was sooo good, it really helped me! Thanks a lot. Weird thing though, I replaced my front fender as well as the odometer cable and now the dashboard screeches can't find anything about it on the internet weirdly

[@papatutti59]

Thanks Blake for the info. Cracked my front fender last week and wanted to remove it, but didn't know how. Thought this would take me a few minute. Damn, did't think so much work was involved. Guess it's gonna stay crack for a while...a long while.

[@BlakesGarage]

papa Tutti yeah it's a pretty involved process as you can see. But all and all it's not that bad just more stuff than you would think from first glance.

[@TWRX_Chuck]

My god that was a ton of disassembly to get the fender off! But be honest... how awesome is that thing? I'd scoot around on that thing in a heart beat!

[@BlakesGarage]

+T-WRX Yeah it really was. I wish you could see my timeline in Adobe Premiere CC for this edit so many cuts and clips.

[@mrstoner2udude799]

My front fender is loose and rattling. Too many brick streets in German Village. I think the screws have come loose. This video will help. Thanks.

[@danvock5560]

How do you open the glove box up if you close it in the wrong position? Can't get it back open

[@aminemamo9311]

Thank you man from Algeria❤️❤️

[@mikengvideos]

How about the Vespa Sprint 2019?

[@theexterminator1639]

Hello, thanks for your videos! I want to know how much play is between the upper bearing cup and the fork? I have a LX and when I use the front brake it click out of place and back in, I think the frame has the wrong bearing cups because when I take of the locknut there is a lot of play between the fork and the upper bearing cup. Please let me know thanks!

[@BlakesGarage]

Should be pretty tight but without drag. Also it shouldn't be too loose and rattle. It's just like the headset on a bike.

[@ronensougrakpam9002]

Is your suspension upgrade??????

[@TheBalrog111]

This is like the PX. What a headache. GOOD JOB ! I think we can all agree that it is the most fucked up design to replace a front guard on any moto/scoot I rekon i could cut a section out of the guard , which would have a lapping piece on the inner made of stiff rubber to keep the mud guard doing its job and also provide lateral rigidity to the guard itself. Can it work ??

[@DrInsane76]

Thanks for this Blake. :-D I dont need to remove the mudguard of a LX150 but an LX50 and i dont think its gonna be that different and still a lot of work. :-S

[@BlakesGarage]

Yeah I’d guess it would be the same. No problem

[@VatoMatoOSRS]

Bruh i wish i was more carefull with it 😁😁😁

[@wrxnate2450]

Holy disassembly batman! Nice work though.

[@BlakesGarage]

+WrxNate Yeah it was like basically building the front end. But well worth knowing how to do it know and teach others with this video.

[@JLozdrummin]

All that work for fender replacement? Wow!!!

[@BlakesGarage]

For real right

[@dphotos007]

Wow looks like I am going to have a Vespa repair tech do it for me. I know I would screw it up.

[@awdxys]

Hey, nice video and good job! I was wondering how much time did it take for the hole task? I am thinking about changing the front wheel fork of a GTS 125. Thanks again for the upload and your time! best regards david

[@BlakesGarage]

awdxys overall probably 3hrs with beading the front brake and all that. But prep and total time was about 2 days because I needed a friend to help.

[@awdxys]

thx for the info! and for your quick reply!!

[@Aikaramba12]

Okay, so now im 100% sure that i won't replace my my front fender! What did Vespa think of when they came up with this fork setup???!!

[@BlakesGarage]

Yeah it's a big task I thought it would have been easier.

[@Aikaramba12]

+Blake's Garage what a stupid setup xD

[@ArvindArvind-vu5yz]

very nicr work

[@gergelygorcs8345]

If you disassemble the front caliper, you don’t have to flush the break line.

[@garretttkach3792]

what kind of editor did you use?

[@BlakesGarage]

+Garrett Tkach 27" iMac 16gb Ram 256GB LaCie External Thunderbolt SSD as my primary drive and Adobe Premier CC.

[@raaanjo]

any links on where to get an affordable front fender? Thanks

[@BlakesGarage]

I got mine from the local Vespa dealer painted from the factory. Everything is pretty cheap

[@raaanjo]

Blake's Garage thanks for the response man. Cheers!

[@simplyfilms3153]

My middle bolt is stripped. So bummed

[@invasion1824]

Holy fxxk! All that just to replace the front fender!!!? Better not break the fender on my Vespa then!!!!!!!!

[@zebedeeboing]

Good God man!! How the bloody hell do u put this thing back together again ?? Humpty Dumpty would’ve been so much easier !!

[@unknownguy1123]

I did this with a Piaggio Zip SP. It's a nightmare pulling almost the whole front end off.

[@BlakesGarage]

Yeah it's definitely a big task. Not that hard just more than you would think.

[@WhiteWingSTI]

You practically disassembled the thing. It looked better with the exposed handle bar.

[@BlakesGarage]

I know right not much left. Yeah I could see some one making a cool Handel bar style

[@draperb1]

Vespas are the shit, I got a fly 50 when i was 14 and terrorized the streets with that until I got my Subaru.

[@BlakesGarage]

Hell yeah that's awesome! It's really the only way to do it when you have a permit you can go anywhere by yourself so cool.

[@Doctoranthetardis]

It's almost as if they wanted to make it as hard as possible

[@BlakesGarage]

For real though lol 😂

[@danicaicedo]

Oh my God!!! all this complex procedure just for remove the front fender? Are you sure that doesn’t exist a another simple way? I have a Vespa GTS300 but the design of fender it’s the same, mine is not broken but is scratched and I thought unmount it to fix it.

[@BlakesGarage]

This is it man unfortunately

[@danicaicedo]

@@BlakesGarage Thanks good man, for my side the scratch will be a lot of time. Have a good day, greetings from Quito, Ecuador.

[@graemeraeside1220]

Great video and so helpful .. but what a stupid design !! three silly bolts to hold the plastic fender on.. and all this effort to change it ...unfortunatley i had the same thing guy reversed into the front of the bike

[@BlakesGarage]

graeme Raeside yeah it’s a pain. But worth the effort.

[@IVIiles]

Just a fender takes all these bullshit ? Cant you take the front wheel off and do it under it ?

[@BlakesGarage]

Miles per hour Yeah its a lot of work. No there's not an easier way. Watch the hole video and you will see that.

[@danicaicedo]

Miles per hour is not possible because the fender it’s a close piece (shit design) your must unmount the wheel the suspension and the caliper brake system

[@IVIiles]

Yeah, realise this a must job recently as i went through the same, the hole at the fender is way too small.

[@bergLei]

Wtf.... I just want to change a fender

[@BlakesGarage]

For real right 😳

[@east225]

Too much complicated just to change a front mudguard. Scary will have to think twice before buying a vespa.

[@luispeugnet74]

men oh men, that is the long way around, to many switches to unplug, there is a better video and simpler procedure, check on youtube: " vespa fork cups replacement in easy way" no need to go this way.

[@danicaicedo]

Luis Peugnet please publish here the link... thanks

[@luispeugnet74]

@@danicaicedo hi Daniel I will try to upload the link,

[@luispeugnet74]

I could not upload it, but justo type: vespa fork cups replacement in easy way. It is a red vespa

[@anthonywilliams6764]

Too much silly stupid talk, not enough common sense. I saw an Indian guy in a crummey workshop take the steering column out, and replace both top and bottom bearings cups and cones, replace the front fender, in half an hour and the bike was back together on the road. You took off the inner glovebox cover for no practical reason, and made a mountain our of a molehill with this simple task. Too bad that the customer has to pay for your time !!

[@robertm5100]

Anthony, seems to all of us you never replaced not even a tire valve cap.... too bad, you should try to do something instead of criticizing.