Star Vespa - HighLine Classic Vintage Vespa & Lambretta Scooters

STAR VESPA

TOOLS

Having a good tool set is essential to fixing your bike with minimum effort. We have outlined a few of the essential tools; there are others that you will need as you repair the engine. These basic sets will help you tackle most frame, headset, electrical, wheel and carburetor problems. A torque wrench is not essential, but it will save you having to break out the helicoil set to re-thread your engine case. As a rule of thumb, if you don't KNOW the torque, tighten the fasteners until they are SNUG or until the lock washer is flat, overtightening aluminum is really risky, less is more in this circumstance.

General Tool Kit
A Roadside Set of Tools

Here is a list of some of the common tools you should bring along on road trips:

- Spark Plug Wrench - Any automotive sparkplug wrench will do.
- MultiDriver & Bits - Magnetic style; #1 & #2 Philips head minimum.
- 2 Pairs of Vicegrips - For pulling cables and bolts. One long nose and one standard will do everything.
- 1/8" Ratchet Handle - 1/8" Drive with the following metric ratchets: 10, 11, 13, 17 and 22mm.
- 1/8" Torque Wrench - For wheel nuts and carb work.
- Extensions and Adapters - 1/8" extenstion, and 1/8"-1/4" adapter for the 22mm ratchet head.
- Tire Gauge - They're all the same - use 22psi in front 28psi in back.
- Punch - for driving out bolts.
- Open Ended Wrenches - For setting up cables. Possible sizes include: 7, 8, 11, 13 & 14mm.
- 13mm Box Wrench - For stripped out wheel nuts and 13mm bolts.
- Needlenose Pliers - Helpful for tricky situations in tight spaces.
- Electrical Connectors - Get an assortment of different sizes of spade connectors.
- Clamp - used to secure the fuel/oil line.
- Wire Strippers - This style allows you to get in tight places.
- Cables - Buy a few gear change cables (they do everything in a pinch)
- Spark Plug - Carry a spare plug at all times. B8ES and B7ES work very well on stock machines.
- Body Hardware - fly-cover screw, cable nipple, headset screw, rear wheel cotter pin, Cable trunions.
- Fuse - For battery bikes; 8A 12V Euro Style.
- Spare Keys - Just in case.
- Wire Cutters - For cutting long cable excess and wire in tight places.
- Crimp Tool - Used to crimp electrical connectors.

Hammers
		Left to Right. Household Hammer Rubber Mallet
Metric / SAE Feeler Gauge
		Used for gapping spark plugs and spacing engine components such as the gearbox. This tool is made of accurately machined fins of metal. A 25 fin tool will suffice for most applications.
Flywheel Extractor
		This tool threads into the flywheel and uses a separate bolt through the middle of the tool to apply even pressure to the flywheel. This tool is used in engine rebuilds.
Digital Multimeter
		A digital multi-meter can help to track down shorts and measure the voltage on energized circuits on the bike.
Soldering Iron and Solder
		Soldering irons can help to make permanent electrical connections, reinforce old connections and tin control cables. Shown here is a butane torch style soldering iron. these are portable and provide plenty of heat. For Solder, use 60/40 mix in any gauge you like.