Basket Case

apologise for any offence caused to ardent Vespisti but much as I love my PX its clutch is awful, and it’s not alone. Thanks to an antiquated design and some rather vague manufacturing tolerances, many PX clutches act more as an ‘on-off’ switch than an effective control. Although the ‘Cosa clutch’, first introduced on the scooter of the same name and later standardised across 200cc models, was a major step forward it still leaves a lot to be desired. With my PX in their workshops it made sense to ask Martin and Michael Daley to see if there was anything they could do to improve things. As they’ll go on to explain, it was also a good opportunity for them to