Modern Vespa

Do you need a clock on your scooter? Or do you want a thermometer?

Until now, I've had a stick-on clock on my wife's 2012 LXV 150ie. Unlike most modern Vespa models, the LXV does not include a clock.

Installed a chrome clock from Clocks4Bikes.com. This nice chrome clock even has a button at the bottom of the face for lighting at night. I like the open back and easy access.

Here is the stick on (before) and the chrome (after). Install took less than 5 minutes, as proven by this clock.

If there was room on the handlebar on the other side, I would add the thermometer.

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Also showing how a thermometer might fit on a GTV 300ie. I already have a clock on this one, but will add an ambient thermometer. Fits 3/4 into its normal seat along the bend. Nice and firm. The bend reflecting on the chrome still gives it a great look.

Awesome! I've seen this before on a Portofino LXV.

Now that I know it will actually fit the GTV with the tall screen installed, I do believe I must get the thermometer for mine.

Great pics, great post.

I have the same clock on my LXV. You can rotate the bezel, BTW, so that the face need not be angled as it is on your GTV.

Scootchef did the pair:

Clock and Thermometer on a LXV 150 - Sweet

I've got the clock and now I know the temperature gauge will fit on the other side, I'll get that.

Clocks4bikes actually have a Vespa page now, showing Scootchefs.

http://www.clocks4bikes.com/vespa.html#2

I have the same illuminated clock on my motorcycle (Sadly, there is no place to mount one on my ET4...That job is done by an old wristwatch strapped to the mirror stem.)

Clocks4bikes is a great product sold by great people. Highly recommended.

I also had one on my 2005 Honda Shadow (without the light), very well made and good looking. Ross, the gent that makes them and wife Linda were sooo nice to deal with! I definitely recommend them and would buy again!

The great thing about retirement is not needing to know what time it is!

Looks like a great item for those who are still slave to a schedule, however.

I have put a pair of the Clocks4bikes instruments on my PX200 mirror stems using dense nylon blocks shaped to build up from 1cm to 7/8 inch. This is a possible solution for any scooter that doesn't have exposed handlebars.
They are superbly made and very accurate. Ross and Linda are delightful to deal with, even from this far-flung outpost of the world.

I'd love to get the thermometer version, but like you don't have exposed handlebars. What are these dense nylon blocks you talk about? Is it something homemade or something I can buy in a store?

You'd likely have to fabricate them yourself or have them made to your specs. You can get the raw materials from industrial supply companies such as McMaster-Carr or MSC Direct or possibly from a local plastics supply house.

Ah, I see. Thanks!

I cut a 7/8 inch circle of dense nylon from a sheet nearly the same thickness as the width of the clock and thermometer mounts. This will fit inside the mount designed for a 7/8" handlebar. Then I drilled a 1 cm hole in the exact centre and cut a slot across the block almost 1 cm wide into one side of the central hole. That gave me a slotted entry into the hole which enabled the block to be popped onto the mirror stem; this is because the stems have two bends preventing the nylon block from being threaded on from an end. If the slot is slightly less than the hole size (which must fit your mirror stem) you can force the block onto the stem and it will click into place and not come off easily. The grub screw in the clock/therm body is then tightened up on the nylon block with the slot at right angles to the screw which pinches it tight.

Hope this helps.

Kenm, thanks for the details. Maybe as my DIY know-how SLOWLY increases I can do this.

muriel, This is the one I have, maybe the pic will help give some perspective of the back side of the clock for mounting (note that the one shown is for a 1" handlebar not a 7/8" that a vespa would use, but the look of both backside are the same). I would think the objective is to build up the space/gap between the handlebar and the backside...that's where the Foam comes in...kinda like a "spacer/filler?"
p.s. I have to tell ya, the battery amazes me....lasts well over a year, even in extreme heat!

Here are pictures of the thermometer on my GTV. I've ridden about 1,400 miles with this ambient thermometer attached, and it holds as solidly as ever.