Modern Vespa : Steering found itself broken when I bought it, safe to ride?

Steering found itself broken when I bought it, safe to ride?

OP Eins UTC details Member 1997 LML Piaggio NV 150 Joined: UTC Posts: 32 Location: Nicaragua
OP Eins Member 1997 LML Piaggio NV 150 Joined: UTC Posts: 32 Location: Nicaragua	UTC quote Hello, I bought my scooter with broken steering, when you moved the handlebar the front wheel would not turn. Safe to ride? Thanks. Kind Regards, Jorge Vidaurre

Ginch UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti 74 Super, 75 Super, PX project, LML off-roader and '66 Blue Badge Smallframe Joined: UTC Posts: 9049 Location: Ballarat VIC, Australia
Ginch Veni, Vidi, Posti 74 Super, 75 Super, PX project, LML off-roader and '66 Blue Badge Smallframe Joined: UTC Posts: 9049 Location: Ballarat VIC, Australia	UTC quote No Jorge. Sitting on the scooter you will see the head of a bolt approx. 100mm below the speedo on the right-hand side. Tighten it up using a 13mm socket. If it's already very tight then you may have other problems. Have a look on Scooterhelp.com for a manual/exploded diagram to see how it all fits together.

jimmyb865 UTC details nothing at all Joined: UTC Posts: 9656 Location: westla
jimmyb865 nothing at all Joined: UTC Posts: 9656 Location: westla	UTC quote You need to check the collar and see if its loose.

mighty_triceratops UTC details Addicted '79 P200 Joined: UTC Posts: 926 Location: Chicago
mighty_triceratops Addicted '79 P200 Joined: UTC Posts: 926 Location: Chicago	UTC quote Is a scooter safe to ride if you cant steer it? I would go with NO!

Fabio0922 UTC details Hooked Allstate 1963 Joined: UTC Posts: 396 Location: Melbourne (Australia)
Fabio0922 Hooked Allstate 1963 Joined: UTC Posts: 396 Location: Melbourne (Australia)	UTC quote Eins wrote: Hello, I bought my scooter with broken steering, when you moved the handlebar the front wheel would not turn. Safe to ride? Thanks. Kind Regards, Jorge Vidaurre You joking , right ? No! No! Not safe

Speed_Kills UTC details Addicted Mostly Lambrettisti Joined: UTC Posts: 648 Location: SF, CA
Speed_Kills Addicted Mostly Lambrettisti Joined: UTC Posts: 648 Location: SF, CA	UTC quote Get good and drunk, cause it is going to hurt when you come down if you try and drive that scoot. Wacha got there?

jamesjohn UTC details Ossessionato 1970 Vespa Rally 180 Joined: UTC Posts: 4145 Location: Denton Tx.
jamesjohn Ossessionato 1970 Vespa Rally 180 Joined: UTC Posts: 4145 Location: Denton Tx.	UTC quote obviously English is not his native language. lets see some pics if you can swing it.

1978P200 UTC details Hooked p200 Joined: UTC Posts: 157 Location: Tujunga, Southern Cali..
1978P200 Hooked p200 Joined: UTC Posts: 157 Location: Tujunga, Southern Cali..	UTC quote The bearings might be frozen.. Drop the forks and check..

SFvsr UTC details Ossessionato a lambretta or two Joined: UTC Posts: 3724 Location: San Francisco
SFvsr Ossessionato a lambretta or two Joined: UTC Posts: 3724 Location: San Francisco	UTC quote 1978P200 wrote: The bearings might be frozen.. Drop the forks and check.. Huh?

Grumpy UTC details Molto Verboso px200 Joined: UTC Posts: 1269 Location: london
Grumpy Molto Verboso px200 Joined: UTC Posts: 1269 Location: london	UTC quote + 1 on what Ginch said first regarding the nut, then you have to start digging. Grumpy

jimmyb865 UTC details nothing at all Joined: UTC Posts: 9656 Location: westla
jimmyb865 nothing at all Joined: UTC Posts: 9656 Location: westla	UTC quote Don't do anything. Leave it the way it is. Go back to your bicycle and loosen the handle bar stem and then come back and ask the same question.

Tishabet UTC details Hooked 1974 Rally 200 (US), 1974 Primavera 125 (US), 1963 Solex 2200 Joined: UTC Posts: 137 Location: Boston-> Kuala Lumpur -> Seattle
Tishabet Hooked 1974 Rally 200 (US), 1974 Primavera 125 (US), 1963 Solex 2200 Joined: UTC Posts: 137 Location: Boston-> Kuala Lumpur -> Seattle	UTC quote Probably needs new muffler bearings.

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