Never could understand why Piaggio just didn't put a battery connection in the darn glove box and have an access panel to get to the engine better.....all that aside, always a pleasure Mitch when you take on a task and give us all the most easy way to go aobut doing something with whats on hand....👍
Why is EVERYTHING on scooters so difficult and involved to work on? I think they do it on purpose. Nothing like removing every screw, bolt, seal and connector to remove a panel to remove the engine to remove the transmission to remove the frame... so you can change a brake light bulb. 😂
Most Vespa 150 repairs are pretty straightforward, as long as body work isn't involved. But THIS fix for a simple clock battery is, indeed, absolutely absurd. And the clock the battery powers is chintzy, somewhat prone to failure, and expensive to replace ($45+) unless you buy from overseas (a mere $25).
Dear Mitch, I am a motorcyclist owning 5 motorcycles but being grown in Italy when 50cc scooters ruled this market, I even have a scooter - a Vespa LX 150. I owned a Honda Joker and a Px125 before and my first road trip ever was on the Honda. Now I'm preparing my Vespa for a tour in Germany next September. I changed its clock's battery thanks to your video. Thanks a lot scooter brother!
Just a public service announcement -- on my 2012 LX150 i.e. there are 2 washers under each of the side view mirror stems. When you twist to remove them, the washers will tend to go flying unless you are careful and pull the stems up exactly straight. If they go flying, they will drop inside and land who-knows-where, leaving you to go and have to hunt them down, lest they end up somewhere untoward, lol. Otherwise, THANK YOU for this informative video! My clock died a while ago, and I've struggled with whether 'the juice is worth the squeeze' in replacing the coin cell battery, but this video has given me a little more confidence if I decide to tackle the project.
Great Video, thanks Mitch. If I need a clock on my scooter, I will buy a stick on version. What a lot of work to change a battery once a year. But again great video and thank you.
Excellant video even better if you chatted as you worked but putting words on screen was good and easy to follow. I wish I watched this before I attempted. Didn’t know how to remove front panel so did it without. Had two screws left over and now see where they came from hahah. Many thanks
Thanks for sharing your tutorial, our question , as Italian fans of Vespa is : who's the Piaggio egineer making this crazy solution ??? Nobody in Itally change the battery ,once is dead , so forget the watch of Vespa !
Mitch, great video... why do they make this such a job to change a clock battery? I enjoy watching you and seeing how persistent you are in sharing the things you like to do with others.
Great video. I found it was enough on my LX 50 to remove the lamp assembly and disconnect the speedo-cable (16mm? nut). The "dashboard" then can be removed (4 philipps screws). Unplug 2 plugs, and you have the dashboard in your hand.
Thx 4 the video! 2 questions: 1 - I read the Silver Oxide battery SR43 has 25% more capacity, so any reason not to use that instead? 2 - How long would you say a first timer who's average with mechanical stuff would take to do this job?
hi and thanks for your videos, they are great! 👍 I wanted to ask you if you know how I can reopen the front door without breaking it, since I have removed all the front and or forgot to put the elastic that makes the door work which now does not open again 😅 .. can you help me?
Hermano eres muy bueno en lo qué haces, deberías de contactar a una marca de herramientas que pudiera patrocinarte. Ojalá y encuentres a alguien que te eche una mano con eso. El que tengas mejores herramientas no te hará el mejor pero si te hará más eficiente en tu trabajo. Saludos desde San Luis Potosí México
If you ever decide to go through that painful process my suggestion would be to use two cables, connect them to the connectors inside the clock and install the battery outside allowing for an easy replacement in the future
Just did this to my LX150. Something to note, there will be an extra connector that goes to nothing. Had to scratch my head for a bit until I realized it was never hooked up to begin with. I believe it was the connector with a pink and blue/white wire going to it.
My battery died on my Vespa GTS300 a few weeks ago Mitch. I think it's too much of a faff just to change the battery on a digital clock. It's such a bad design. Thanks for the "How To". :)
Fun fact about the front Piaggio emblem: the hexagonal shape you find removing it is actually the shape of the Piaggio logo/emblem. They make Vespa logos like this for no apparent reason, maybe just to cut down production costs using the same machinery, even if the emblem used on Vespas has a totally different shape. They do the same on Gilera's emblems, I used to have a Runner 50 and a Runner 180, that's how I noticed that. Dunno why that's so interesting to me...
Too much work, half scooter dissasembled to just change a damm clock battery. BTW, love the lots of different birds sings while you are working in silence. Beautiful place to live in. Cheers!
My Honda Helix clock runs off of the the scooters 12 v. I’m sure it’s reduced voltage. Vespa should be ashamed of themselves for making such ridiculous, time consuming job of changing a bat’tree. I sure hope the bat’tree was included with the package it came in. Ha ha! I really like your videos Mitch!! Have you ever owned a Helix? The best scooter ever! So comfortable!
Yeah! Same with Burgman, Vespa 250, 300cc... that have clock like helix... wish vespa 150, 50cc do the same thing... this is too much work for tiny battery haha. Thank you so much! Oh man I never had a helix before... I really hope to find one to restore... I hope someday?! 🙏🏼
Hi. I have 2014 LX 125 V3. Not same battery and same way change. But your video how to change battery way. AG10 battery using mine. I use AG13 Np 😁✌🏻 thx
I recently did this but found it's slightly easier to leave the rear handlebar cowling in place and just remove the clocks from it. 4 screws hold them in place, easily accessible once the front handlebar cowling is removed. Less work than undoing all the rear cowling mounts imo.
I have a gt200l, could I just leave the back side upper cowling on and take out the clock from the front?… always a pain to line up everything, feels like the plastic tabs are going to break in the process
Hallo Mitch can you help mi about my scooter I have gilera runner 125 ccm 2009 4t in good condotion.I have one problem but i cant find reason.When i start scoot ,and drive about 1 kilometer with full throttle,then stop and turn off.After that it cant start I have to wait about 20 min and after that it start normally.Please help
I would check to make sure air filter is clean, carburetor is 100% clean? Jets all clean? Intake tube cracked? Check the hoses ... it did to me once with Piaggio Fly and found out a hose is cracked and manifold intake is cracked
@Mitch's Scooter Stuff okay thank you in few days i will check hoses first then everything else i hope that is problem because fly and runner have same machine ps your videos are the best keep going
This is madness, i am amased you didn't have to remove the engine to replace the clock battery😱, my LX will spend the rest of its life without a clock. I'll just use my wrist watch to know the time.
persino a cambiare una candela devi fare delle acrobazie,( io ho rinunciato ) te ne sarò grato se mi fai vedere come si fa lx 150. praticamente ti indirizzano ad un meccanico professionista che sarebbero le loro officine autorizzate. grazie del video.
Sì, cambiare la candela su LX è un dolore ... ho un tutorial su quello ... è nella mia playlist LX sul mio canale, puoi cercare "candela Vespa LX" e il video verrà visualizzato
nice video mitch ,can you help me please dude ,i have a weird scooter ,its a nipponia miro 125 gy6 long case ,which is really a 129cc,but they class it as 125cc in the uk ,it has a long stroke engine ,and a weird size cylinder barrrel which is 74.9mm in height , from what i researched thats much bigger than the normal gy6 qmi barrels in height ,i know im rambling lol :P ,the question i have is, there is a metal pipe coming off the exhaust by the end can ,that then it goes to pipe which leads to a canister thing under the rear of bike ,it does,nt goto the petcock or the cylinder head ,what is it ?? i know abit about scooters but im a sportbike dude , i usually ride gsxr750srad 98fi ,but due to an accident ,the bike is totaled and i had to have knee surgery . so now im riding a scooter until my leg is better ,i have owned the scooter for 4 years , she,s great for nipping into town and short journeys ,she,s quick for 129 cc 68mph top speed :) can you help dude ,regards sion :)
And while you have the headset off, do yourself a favor and change your brake fluid. People rarely change it and if your clock battery has gone dead it’s probably time to refresh the brake fluid.
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Thanks! Just one question... how long can I expect this to take? (Novice here!)
Well, just did it. It seems my model was a bit different but it took me about 60-75 min. Thanks for your video!
for clock
That. Was a lot. 😮
Came here to change the clock battery, left knowing I'll never know what time it is when riding 😅
Thanks for the descriptive video. Now I understand why most Vespa drivers prefer to drive without this watch after a few years 🥴
Never could understand why Piaggio just didn't put a battery connection in the darn glove box and have an access panel to get to the engine better.....all that aside, always a pleasure Mitch when you take on a task and give us all the most easy way to go aobut doing something with whats on hand....👍
Yeah I agreed with you! Thank you!
One word - Italy 🇮🇹
Why is EVERYTHING on scooters so difficult and involved to work on? I think they do it on purpose. Nothing like removing every screw, bolt, seal and connector to remove a panel to remove the engine to remove the transmission to remove the frame... so you can change a brake light bulb. 😂
Most Vespa 150 repairs are pretty straightforward, as long as body work isn't involved. But THIS fix for a simple clock battery is, indeed, absolutely absurd. And the clock the battery powers is chintzy, somewhat prone to failure, and expensive to replace ($45+) unless you buy from overseas (a mere $25).
There is a pride to working on your own bike....
Dear Mitch, I am a motorcyclist owning 5 motorcycles but being grown in Italy when 50cc scooters ruled this market, I even have a scooter - a Vespa LX 150. I owned a Honda Joker and a Px125 before and my first road trip ever was on the Honda. Now I'm preparing my Vespa for a tour in Germany next September. I changed its clock's battery thanks to your video. Thanks a lot scooter brother!
Just a public service announcement -- on my 2012 LX150 i.e. there are 2 washers under each of the side view mirror stems. When you twist to remove them, the washers will tend to go flying unless you are careful and pull the stems up exactly straight. If they go flying, they will drop inside and land who-knows-where, leaving you to go and have to hunt them down, lest they end up somewhere untoward, lol. Otherwise, THANK YOU for this informative video! My clock died a while ago, and I've struggled with whether 'the juice is worth the squeeze' in replacing the coin cell battery, but this video has given me a little more confidence if I decide to tackle the project.
Mitch made me want a scooter lol. He is the best at clearly explaining the task. I want him to have some power tools so bad lol.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos Mitch!!
I appreciate that!
Duidelijke uitleg Mitch. Het was daardoor een makkie! Bedankt.
Molto chiaro e trasparente! Bravo!
Great Video, thanks Mitch. If I need a clock on my scooter, I will buy a stick on version. What a lot of work to change a battery once a year. But again great video and thank you.
Perfect explanation. Thanks brother.
This tutorial can also be used to change the clock battery on 2010 Piaggio Liberty 4T Delivery. Great video as it is not that hard to do on its own.
Great to know! Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼
Excellant video even better if you chatted as you worked but putting words on screen was good and easy to follow. I wish I watched this before I attempted. Didn’t know how to remove front panel so did it without. Had two screws left over and now see where they came from hahah. Many thanks
Thanks for helping me to help my beloved Vespa
Happy to help
love your videos Mitch!! best wishes from germany
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your tutorial, our question , as Italian fans of Vespa is : who's the Piaggio egineer making this crazy solution ??? Nobody in Itally change the battery ,once is dead , so forget the watch of Vespa !
Thanks Mitch..very helpful..cheers
thank you, its great tutorial, you are a Master.
I love your videos, man... I have a Scooter to, is a Peterson 80 cm3 and is broken. 😢😢
Greetings from Argentina.
Mitch, great video... why do they make this such a job to change a clock battery?
I enjoy watching you and seeing how persistent you are in sharing the things you like to do with others.
Literally just sat through this and was like hmmm... welp.. I guess I'm not THAT worried about what time it is. 🤣
Merci
Très bonne video
Le pas à pas et très pédagogique
Great video. I found it was enough on my LX 50 to remove the lamp assembly and disconnect the speedo-cable (16mm? nut). The "dashboard" then can be removed (4 philipps screws). Unplug 2 plugs, and you have the dashboard in your hand.
👍🏼👍🏼
Great video Mitch, nice and clear...🤙.
Thanks! 🙏🏼
Thx 4 the video! 2 questions: 1 - I read the Silver Oxide battery SR43 has 25% more capacity, so any reason not to use that instead? 2 - How long would you say a first timer who's average with mechanical stuff would take to do this job?
Thank you for your help. You are great ! Greetings from Poland
Happy to help!
Siema mordo
hi and thanks for your videos, they are great! 👍 I wanted to ask you if you know how I can reopen the front door without breaking it, since I have removed all the front and or forgot to put the elastic that makes the door work which now does not open again 😅 .. can you help me?
Thanks Mitch for showing those screws I forgot what went where 😅
Mitch: you're a genius.
Hermano eres muy bueno en lo qué haces, deberías de contactar a una marca de herramientas que pudiera patrocinarte. Ojalá y encuentres a alguien que te eche una mano con eso. El que tengas mejores herramientas no te hará el mejor pero si te hará más eficiente en tu trabajo.
Saludos desde San Luis Potosí México
If you ever decide to go through that painful process my suggestion would be to use two cables, connect them to the connectors inside the clock and install the battery outside allowing for an easy replacement in the future
Very good video, thanks!
You are welcome!
You make it looks so easy... thanks man i think i will just look at my watch...lol
You can do it!
Just did this to my LX150. Something to note, there will be an extra connector that goes to nothing. Had to scratch my head for a bit until I realized it was never hooked up to begin with. I believe it was the connector with a pink and blue/white wire going to it.
Hi, good job man. I have one question: how can i adjust the light beam? It's too high and I don't see much of the road.Thanks
8:41 Always turn the screws counterclockwise first to avoid making a new thread in the plastic.
My battery died on my Vespa GTS300 a few weeks ago Mitch. I think it's too much of a faff just to change the battery on a digital clock. It's such a bad design. Thanks for the "How To". :)
Yeah bad design 😂🤯 You're welcome! Ride safe! 🙌🏼
genial mitchs!!
very very very helpful thank you
You're welcome!
thank for sharing !!
I love your videos bro♥️👍🏻
Thanks Hadi! 🙏🏼
How similar would this be for a GT200 Granturismo (2007)?
PERFETTOOOOOO !!!! Spitze !!
Fun fact about the front Piaggio emblem: the hexagonal shape you find removing it is actually the shape of the Piaggio logo/emblem. They make Vespa logos like this for no apparent reason, maybe just to cut down production costs using the same machinery, even if the emblem used on Vespas has a totally different shape. They do the same on Gilera's emblems, I used to have a Runner 50 and a Runner 180, that's how I noticed that. Dunno why that's so interesting to me...
Great video. I don't think I will bother now, what a nightmare 😮
Genius, thanks man
You're welcome!
These steps for a Gt200L as well?
Thank you for the video Mitch. I think I'm gonna just look at my watch...
You’re welcome! Yeah haha it’s easier than replace the battery hard way 😎
thank you
Incredibile!
I love the silence. No speech distraction.
Very good exemple No unessary talk ... You are the best thank you
Thank you! 😃
Really good video, deffenitely helped. But on 8:25, what is that bow with some liquid. Always been confused.
Brake fluid
Too much work, half scooter dissasembled to just change a damm clock battery. BTW, love the lots of different birds sings while you are working in silence. Beautiful place to live in. Cheers!
Yeah it sucks, wish Vespa could design something better than this. Haha yes strong bird community over here 😄 🤙🏼
Hey! I was wondering long this battery will last? Thanks!
I guess a few years? 5 years? not sure
Thanks, nice sequence ; > )
😄🤙🏼🤙🏼
Verry good 🎉
Thank you! Cheers!
My Honda Helix clock runs off of the the scooters 12 v. I’m sure it’s reduced voltage.
Vespa should be ashamed of themselves for making such ridiculous, time consuming job of changing a bat’tree. I sure hope the bat’tree was included with the package it came in. Ha ha!
I really like your videos Mitch!!
Have you ever owned a Helix? The best scooter ever! So comfortable!
Yeah! Same with Burgman, Vespa 250, 300cc... that have clock like helix... wish vespa 150, 50cc do the same thing... this is too much work for tiny battery haha.
Thank you so much! Oh man I never had a helix before... I really hope to find one to restore... I hope someday?! 🙏🏼
un euro di pila un lavoro sovrumano!! complimenti agli ingegneri Piaggio ! hanno studiato per fare le cose male.
Haha yeah 😆
Hi. I have 2014 LX 125 V3. Not same battery and same way change. But your video how to change battery way. AG10 battery using mine. I use AG13 Np 😁✌🏻 thx
Well that was insane
Haha yup, it sucks to do so much work for that part 😆
I recently did this but found it's slightly easier to leave the rear handlebar cowling in place and just remove the clocks from it. 4 screws hold them in place, easily accessible once the front handlebar cowling is removed.
Less work than undoing all the rear cowling mounts imo.
I have a gt200l, could I just leave the back side upper cowling on and take out the clock from the front?… always a pain to line up everything, feels like the plastic tabs are going to break in the process
What if the front cover is stuck and cannot get loose as described at 1:43 ?
Hello, I want to switch the counter to zero (vespa Lx 50cc) please
Mittchhhh yardımına ihtiyacım var.Türkiye de 301/386 pil bulamadım bu pil yerine başka hangi pili kullanabilirim
Vespa gts 250 için
I did exactly as you did, but it still doesn't work, could it be something else?
Mitch it's been awhile since I've seen a video how have you been doing lately awsome vespa by the way is that a 80cc
Hey thanks , it's 150cc ... also 50cc body is the same too
@@MitchsScooterStuff oh my nice I'm glad you were able to help look forward to your next video .
I have an Italjet Millenium 125 and it was just as painful to change the battery as this one. But hey! It is gonna show the time for two years!😅
Soooo well desing jaaaajajaja. My sister had a vespa lx 50cc and i suffered the same pain when the clock stop working. It's just ridiculous.
😆👍🏼 I feel ya!
Please do petrol metre remake
Forget it I’ll buy a watch 😉
😂😂👍🏼
So i changed the battery but the Clock is still not working, is there something i can do?
Hallo Mitch can you help mi about my scooter
I have gilera runner 125 ccm 2009 4t in good condotion.I have one problem but i cant find reason.When i start scoot ,and drive about 1 kilometer with full throttle,then stop and turn off.After that it cant start
I have to wait about 20 min and after that it start normally.Please help
I would check to make sure air filter is clean, carburetor is 100% clean? Jets all clean? Intake tube cracked? Check the hoses ... it did to me once with Piaggio Fly and found out a hose is cracked and manifold intake is cracked
@Mitch's Scooter Stuff okay thank you
in few days i will check hoses first
then everything else
i hope that is problem because fly and runner have same machine
ps
your videos are the best
keep going
This is madness, i am amased you didn't have to remove the engine to replace the clock battery😱, my LX will spend the rest of its life without a clock. I'll just use my wrist watch to know the time.
Vespa speedometer cable change please
OK !😉
You got to be kidding !! Who in his right mind designed this ? Wow... I thought Italians were great engineers.
1 tane pil için o kadar söküm çalişmasin yada direk digital işikli takardim akü göstergesi ısı cc
En mi moto cuando se gastó la pila ya nunca más ha vuelto a funcionar ni se la pienso cambiar solamente da la hora
Damn that's some serious work for a battery... How lost lasts one? If it's gonna die within 12 months I ain't be doing this s*it...
ok, watch on my hand is enough fo me :D
Как он легко снял кожух с фарой. Я, на своем LX 50, никак снять не могу, как будто приклеен.
What a pain in the ass just for changing a battery! I hope that "LOOPACELL" last at least one whole year, otherwise, "Oh my fucking god!!"
so you dont need to disconnect all the wires...its should be (hard indeed) but possible to replace the battery even without removing whole "head"
persino a cambiare una candela devi fare delle acrobazie,( io ho rinunciato ) te ne sarò grato se mi fai vedere come si fa lx 150. praticamente ti indirizzano ad un meccanico professionista che sarebbero le loro officine autorizzate. grazie del video.
Sì, cambiare la candela su LX è un dolore ... ho un tutorial su quello ... è nella mia playlist LX sul mio canale, puoi cercare "candela Vespa LX" e il video verrà visualizzato
ah fammi avere il link del video per te. th-cam.com/video/3vbeJ4bgvPA/w-d-xo.html
@@MitchsScooterStuff Grazie mille gentilissimo.
Guess I'll just remove the strap from a cheap watch and glue it over the clock on my new to me vespa 😂
haha
😎😎👍🏼
🤙🏼🤙🏼
nice video mitch ,can you help me please dude ,i have a weird scooter ,its a nipponia miro 125 gy6 long case ,which is really a 129cc,but they class it as 125cc in the uk ,it has a long stroke engine ,and a weird size cylinder barrrel which is 74.9mm in height , from what i researched thats much bigger than the normal gy6 qmi barrels in height ,i know im rambling lol :P ,the question i have is, there is a metal pipe coming off the exhaust by the end can ,that then it goes to pipe which leads to a canister thing under the rear of bike ,it does,nt goto the petcock or the cylinder head ,what is it ?? i know abit about scooters but im a sportbike dude , i usually ride gsxr750srad 98fi ,but due to an accident ,the bike is totaled and i had to have knee surgery . so now im riding a scooter until my leg is better ,i have owned the scooter for 4 years , she,s great for nipping into town and short journeys ,she,s quick for 129 cc 68mph top speed :) can you help dude ,regards sion :)
Why do we need to remove the horn cover? 🤔
Make easier to reach for screw under the headlight, and easier to remove when horn cover is not in the way
And while you have the headset off, do yourself a favor and change your brake fluid. People rarely change it and if your clock battery has gone dead it’s probably time to refresh the brake fluid.
Yup good idea! I will mention that in headset removal video
Cool
Thanks 😎🤙🏼
Nuh, I won’t be doing that, it has disaster written all over. I’ll put up with the blank clock readout.
8:20 do you see broken loops?
Hmm no I don't ?
It’s on both sides of the rear headset, at the top right next to the grip.
😮😮😮😮
I know 🤦🏼♂️
I'd rather be late.
😂😂😂
Alter Schwede ! Für eine Uhr Batterie,mus man halbe Roller ausernander nehmen 😮
Very very difficult. All this work, just to change a battery.
Yeah bad design 😆😤
This must be why Europeans have such nice watches.
Think al just use my wrist watch