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The 70th anniversary of Lambretta’s first production run is celebrated in 2017, and for many readers a visit to the company’s factory site is high on next season’s wish list. Scootering paid a visit to see what remains. Common sense, but we’ll say it anyway: most of the old Innocenti factory site is private property,…

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Scotland is the home of golf, whisky and Glasgow Lambretta. We sent Stan to see what’s on offer at one of the UK’s more northerly scooter workshops. From the outside Glasgow Lambretta is a rather anonymous building situated in the city’s Maryhill district but inside it’s an absolute treasure trove. The name is also misleading…

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Part 2 – choosing your essential equipment Last month we covered some suggestions for deciding what class to race in and this month we look at some of the things you will need. Some essential, some less so… but each item has an importnat place in the kit of a scooter racer.   Leathers, helmet,…

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With his diary and pen in hand, our favourite Italian scooterist took his ‘Negra’ Vespa on another mammoth journey. Now returned, Christian lets us peek at the diary highlights of his epic adventure across the Balkan Peninsula. Thinking about a trip across the Balkans always brings with it a taste of adventure. Even today, years…

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The summer of 1979 saw the Mod revival sweeping across the country. What had grown out of a vision from the minds of several purists was now a full blown movement. Mod bands filled the charts and with the release of Quadrophenia imminent, the revival’s popularity appeared limitless. There came a moment when Mods started…

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from Manchester Mancunians to Angels in Macclesfield… Maico Bill recalls one of the best weeks of his life, with his club pals, scooters breakdowns, beers and parties! It was midday during August 1964 and I was just finishing off a service on my German Maicoletta 250cc scooter when Dave arrived on his Lambretta Pacemaker. All…

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A LIFETIME OF LAMBRETTA WITH A FEW RECORDS ALONG THE WAY Plenty has been written in the scootering press about Frank Osgerby over the years and rightly so with that he has achieved. From circuit racing to record breaking Frank has done it all – he’s not only raced Lambretta but has been instrumental in…

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