Welcome to the Scootering Essential Maintanance Guide

Those who saw the painting guide we recently gave away free with copies of Scootering will already know that we wanted to give our readers some extra value in the magazine, and so we’ve been busy collating these handy supplements. We had a series of articles on various topics running over many months in 2016/17, but the challenge for the reader was, as always, having to go back and find each instalment when it came to needing the information at a later date. So we’ve pulled it all into one place for you, to keep close at hand ready for future reference. “But where’s the Vespa stuff!?” I hear you cry. Well, don’t worry, those of you who believe there is an anti-Vespa conspiracy, will be pleased to hear the mammoth Vespa Tuning & Upgrade Mega-feature will be with us next month, all 12 parts, spread over 48 pages in all its glory. But in the meantime, please enjoy the Lambretta Essential Maintenance Guide… it’s a belter.

05 Never break down again...

A simple set of pre-flight checks, to keep you on the road.

12 Fuel lines

A seemingly trivial component, but if neglected the results can be devastating.

14 Cables

Stiff clutch action or sticking throttle? Making sure the cables are correctly routed is of utmost importance.

19 Simple maintenance checks

Those hard to reach components can still be checked, if you have the know-how.

23 Chains

Stretching, slapping, rattling, slapping, snapping and grinding... sort the issue now.

25 Hubs

From binding brakes to dodgy splines, make sure your hubs are in order.

29 Loom

The spaghetti junction nightmare explained, in layman’s terms.