Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today is the Vespa GTS
and how to remove the wing mirrors maybe they've gone rusty or you've
bought a brand new pair so I'll show you how to remove them and then we'll refit
them and adjust them so before we get started let's have a lovely cup of tea
right let's get cracking and the tools that you're going to need today is a 17 millimetre spanner and
a tiny Allen key this is the front of the Vespa GTS here and the first thing you need to do is
remove these two Allen bolts here so take your tiny Allen key make sure you get a really good
fit and then turn it anti-clockwise to remove this bolt then put that down somewhere carefully
then remove this rubber cap here this just stops any water getting inside the handlebars
slide up the wing mirror
then remove this plastic fascia again slide this up the mirror now to stop this keep bashing around
and it might actually break just put a bit of tape on there just to stop it sliding back down
now what you need to do is just have a bit of brute strength and you're just turning this
anti-clockwise to remove the wing mirror now you might need to get a grip on the front wheel just
to hold it steady this is obviously difficult as I'm only using one hand if you're using two
hands it should be fairly simple there's a link above now where I review and ride the Vespa GTS
300 this model here this is a 2013 model these are quite heavy so be careful when you're undoing
it because at the end it will just fall off so just get a good grip on it near the end
great stuff that's that one removed now go to the other side this is absolutely identical
so slide the rubber cap up the wing mirror
I've already removed the nut on here again just going to put a bit of tape on
here
undoing this anti-clockwise
there's a link above now about how to change the battery on a Vespa GTS and ideally you want to
replace your battery about every five years for a really good quality battery almost done fabulous
right this is what it looks like without the wing mirrors on now maybe you've bought a new set
and you're going to be refitting them now to refit it you literally just line it up in that thread
make sure it goes in nice and smooth you're turning it clockwise
now because this is the same wing mirror it should fall back into exactly the same position if you've
got a new pair of wing mirrors you will need to adjust them so you've got that locking nut
there on the top and you lock it into the closest position that you can and I'll show you that next,
I've put both wing mirrors on now so what you need to do is just sit on the Vespa
this gives you a good view of what you're going to be seeing behind and how to adjust them
now get it as close as you can so you've got a good view behind
when you've done that what you do is you take your spanner
put it on that locking nut there put one hand on the wing mirror to hold it still
and then tighten that nut up clockwise and that is tightening that into position
so on this side here I'm holding the wing mirror and tightening that nut
get that as good as you can and then later on I'll show you how to
do any fine adjustments on the actual wing mirrors now let's put this fascia back on
just put that nut in and tighten that up with your Allen key
doesn't need to be really super tight then just slide this rubber cap down
and you've got that small part there which goes into the gap
make sure that's the right way around it fits in nice and flush then
then to do any finite adjustments on your wing mirrors again sit on it as if you're going for
a ride we've locked them into position using those nuts but now you can make any finite
adjustments actually on the mirror and that's too much obviously so you want to make sure
you've got a good view straight behind it's on a slight ball joint swivel here
so you've got a fair bit of adjustment on here just to make any slight small changes
I'll tell you what I'm pretty happy with that another cup of tea I think
and then we might as well go for a quick ride why not!
The mirrors on the Vespa GTS are fabulous some of the best ones I've ever had on a
Vespa or motorbike they stick out nice and far and you've got a really good view behind
If you've got any questions about this Vespa then I'll be happy to answer those in the comments
down below there's a link above now about how to replace the headlamp bulb on a Vespa GTS
always brings a smile to my face when I go out for a ride on this, really is a nice ride
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