Modern Vespa

Hello all,
I have a question re. power boost and service...

My vespa GT has 5000km on the odometer, time will come when I will need service the little beast. Changing the oil, filters, lyres, rollers and wherever else... Perhaps, this would be helpful to other newbies as well, if someone could post a summery in what order and after how many km/miles does one change what? Also, since I am changing the rollers (when the time comes) is there some kind of better rollers and the vaiomatic to gain some power?

Thank you.

Do be sure to get your GT it's first "break-in" service at 1000 km

Normally I would recommend taking it in to the dealer for this 1st one,
then starting your self-service routine afterward
It's pretty key to look over the scooter & make sure it's breaking in properly

The maintenance schedule should be in your manual
If you've lost your copy, do post that
and folks here can help you out

You can find the information you seek here:
Service Intervals



Enjoy!

Harvey

Because of it's age, you should also replace the brake fluid.

Thanks!
I've been looking for that

I've added a link to the Service Intervals page under the Wiki's Maintenance Procedures, so you get to it from the Wiki's main page.
Hopefully it will be easier to find.


Harvey

I read an interesting review on the Dr. Pulley Slider Weights in Scoot Magazine issue #51 by Josh Rogers that is promising. I know that Scooterworks sells them but I am not sure that they are available for the GT200. They promise quicker throttle response and a little more top end speed. I would like to hear if they are available for the GT200's and how they're working.

Thank you all for all of your input. I did allot of reading and searching but I wanted to ask anyway...

There are so many opt. on everything it is just so overwhelming.

I was wondering if this is the ROLLER set to go with: http://www.sip-scootershop.com/DE/Products/M5111885/Variator+MALOSSI+Multivar.aspx

or that DR. PULLEY or the POLINI??

Also, I have read that SAVA tires are the way to go with, we can get them here and I was going to go with them but I read somewhere that there are HARD and SOFT opt. what is that all about and what models are the ones to go with?

Hi Tunin, welcome to MV...

Hard tires, ride longer.. but have less traction. Soft tires wear out fast but have great traction. So you have to find a tire, that has a good balance of both, you do not want to have to change your rear tire ever 2,000 or 3,000 miles, but you do not want to slide to a stop at every intersection, or have the scoot slide out from under you on a sharp corner either. There are a lot of threads here about tires, and for the most part they will most likely confuse you. As there is no overwhelming winner as to which tire is the best. Different people want different things out of their tires. I do not race my scoot on a track so I want tires that last , would love to find some that I can get 10,000 miles out of a rear 10inch tire, but then I would like to have 3 or 4 million dollars handed to me, no stings attached too... Neither is about to ever happen. So hopefully someone can recommend a tire you like and will enjoy having on your scoot. I have heard good things about the Heidenau K61's, I just ordered a set for both my scoots and will change them out as needed. The Micheline Pilot city and sport get good reviews too. I think it is the Pirellie's that get good reviews and the Stock Sava's that no one likes because they wear out so fast.

Now as for your original posts, there are all kinds of things you can do to improve performance, just remember they are all going to drop your mpg. So read through the reviews and follow ups on each one. Individually they do not offer much improvement but I think those that have done several of the upgrades have gotten a nice performance boost, but not sure if the mpg drop was cumulative or if it stopped being affected after a few of the changes.

Thank you. I went back and for searching for the right answer on the tires and as you said, it is all way to confusing. Now I know why people look at me weird when they ask me to elaborate something about photography and IT and I start of with the tech stuff... I am the other guy now, all confused...

Try going back to several of those threads every now and again, when you have a fresh rested mind, and read through them. You will pick up more and more after awhile, and be able to figure out just what you want. Like I said, I have already got my next set of tires for both scoots, and ordering or buying the tire you want to next try before you need it is a great idea. That way when you need a new tire, you have it ready.
Now this brings up the other point that goes back and forth on this site, (there is not right or wrong answer to this one either.) Do you take the scoot to a shop and say "Change My tire" like you would for a car, and pay bunches, or on the end of it, like me; you can change them yourself, I have the Harbor Frieght mini tire changer, and the Marc Parns tire balance along with the MojoLever, so I can take care of it all myself. but that is me.