1978 Vespa Grande Overview- Systems, Starting and Performance 

The little container under your seat is to help with the 50:1ratio. It is a mixing cup. If it is a original, those are very highly sought after. Thank you for The time and effort showing your super cool Vespa Piaggio Grande.

I absolutely love seeing as young man like yourself so knowledgeable about this and general mechanics all together.. Keep up the good work bro

In Italy, Piaggio was selling the "Ciao" back then, so this one was sold under the acquired brand Gilera as "Gilera CbA" ;-D

The small metal bottle under the seat is an oil bottle and its marked for different oil/gas ratios.

Thats awesome man i love yer video, you cant find to many videos about the Vespa Grande its all Ciao and stuff. Mine is a 1980 red vespa grande with the snowflake mag wheels. i have upgraded a Ton of parts on this bike and got mine up to 39mph so far. If you have any questions about parts i might have some insight and help for ya. us vespa grande guys gotta help each other out and stick together right. Cant wait to see the end product of yer restoration

great video, very informative, i love you

This is awesome! I would be interested in knowing where you’re allowed to ride this bike? Is it street legal? Does it have turn signals? Where can’t you ride it? Looks like you live by the beach. Would be a cool shot if you had the ocean in the background and you drove it on the beach. Thanks! 🙏

I have an 81 piaggio grande and in the battery compartment there is an aluminum cylinder with 2 prongs. A grey wire is plugged into one prong and a red in the other. Just below that cylinder is a black square box about an inch by an inch square. With 4 prongs on the right a green wire is plugged in, o bottom is a red that is spliced from the cylinder to a female plug end I don’t know where it goes. On the left a white wire is plugged in and on top is and empty male prong. When I got it the spliced red was taped with an extension going to the pos of the battery and a black ground going to the neg terminal. What are those 2 parts and what plugs into to empty male prong on the black box?

Hey, I have the same bike. I was wondering where I could buy some parts to fix it up?

Can you give me a place to find plastic covers for my vespa grande.

I have one of these bikes but I need a lot of parts to fix it. Do you still have any parts or do you know where I can get some. Please help me, I can't get a driver's license because of my blackouts and I can't walk very far anymore

Where would you find the vin number on that bike I have one very similar ?

Would you buy another?

What's the oil to fuel ratio you run this

What is your engine size

How did you manage installation of throttle slides and cable in the new carb?