VESPA LX 50, Workshop Manual

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Headlight adjustment
Proceed as follows:
1 . Place the vehicle, in running order and with the
tyres inflated to the prescribed pressure, on a flat
surface 10-m away from a white screen situated in
a shaded area, making sure that the longitudinal
axis of the scooter is perpendicular to the screen;
2 . Turn on the headlight and check that the bor-
derline of the projected light beam on the screen
is not higher than 9/10 or lower than 7/10 of the
distance from the ground to the centre of vehicle
headlamp;
3 . If otherwise, adjust the right headlight with screw
« A ».
N.B.
THE ABOVE PROCEDURE COMPLIES WITH THE EURO-
PEAN STANDARDS REGARDING MAXIMUM AND MINI-
MUM HEIGHT OF LIGHT BEAMS. REFER TO THE STATU-
TORY REGULATIONS IN FORCE IN EVERY COUNTRY
WHERE THE VEHICLE IS USED.
CO check
- Remove the RHS fairing
- Remove the air-box cover and its aluminium
manifold, by removing the clamp shown in the fig-
ure
Attach the exhaust gas collection tube to the sec-
ondary air rubber manifold. Such joint must be
sealed in order to guarantee accurate CO read-
ings.
- Start the engine, adjust the idle speed to 1,700 ± 100 rpm and check the CO value is equal 3.5 ± 1%
Maintenance
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