Hello everybody and welcome to my Vespa tips tricks and hints. So today is
checking the tire pressures on your Vespa this should be pretty standard if
you've got the same tire sizes as these. So this is the tire pressures that you
actually need so front 26psi, rear 29psi if carrying a
passenger it needs to be 32psi. So what you're going to need for today is a foot
pump because I'm old-school, I like to use my foot but obviously you can use an
electronic one you need a decent tire gauge again you could have a digital one
but I'm old school so this is just a manual tire gauge and obviously
you're going to need a foot because I'm old school and I like to pump the pump.
Oh and also you're going to need a nice cup of tea because halfway through
you're going to want a nice brew. Right let's get cracking so first of all let's
get the, oh know first of all we'll just show you the rear tire it's a 130/70-12
So let's get the tire cap off and let's just test the pressure.
So gently push in well push in quite hard and then it pops out let's have a
look at this so this is showing 24psi should be 29 to 32 on the rear obviously
29 if you are on your own 32 if you've got a passenger or something in the boot
section if you've got one of the rear carriers. So this is a front tire 120/70-12
Again should be pretty standard of course all other Vespas so same
pressures didn't have to be this particular Vespa model. So let's get the
cap off and let's test this one so push it in and that really looks low, so this
one is showing about 20 psi this should be 26 psi so I've been a very naughty
boy driving around under-inflated which is not good news
for your miles per gallon and also it's not very safe either. So let's get a foot
pump attached. My advice is don't buy a cheap foot pump. I went through about 3 of them.
Absolutely rubbish, I ended up buying a decent one which cost a lot
more I've had it for years, always get what you pay for in this world. Right
these are pretty inaccurate but it's kind of a rough idea.
Let's get pumping pump up the jam pump up the tire.
So what I do is go by this gauge but this as I said earlier this is
inaccurate but I would over inflate it because it's easier to let air out with
the tire gauge the proper one.
So let's just test the pressure again.
This is showing about 34 psi so this is too hard so we need to let some
air out of this, so just to let the air out just push on the tire valve very
gently don't push it all the way in and then you'll hear it hiss like an angry
snake. Don't make a snake angry by the way whoa.
Why would you? Alright let's test this so this is showing 29 psi perfect because
I'm not carrying any passengers and I'm not planning on it and also if you were
carrying passengers there's obviously the suspension that you can adjust whether
it's hard or soft that can be for another video right now let's go to the
front tire but before we do that I'm feeling a little bit thirsty! 'hey careful
man there's a beverage here huh'. Oh that was a nice cup of tea.
Very nice, right let's get this pump on. It's quite inaccurate but let's get pumping.
I'm old school you could use an electronic digital one but you know good
exercise.
Alright let's test the pressure right this is showing 29 psi it should be 26
so that's a little bit too hard let some air out. 26 psi perfect there you go don't
forget to put your tire cap back on the valve cap. So thank you to my foot pump.
Thank you to my tire gauge, thank you to my Vespa, thank you to my foot and leg,
and thank you to everyone out there for watching and that is the End. So hope that's
helped somebody out there so thanks for watching. Bye.