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My Lambretta SX
The Lambretta SX scooter has always been close to my heart, ever since the mid to late sixties when you had to be either a Mod or a Rocker. At that time I was just too young to ride a motorcycle or scooter but loved the whole Mod fashion thing.
My friends were in the main older than me by a couple of years which meant they were allowed to own those beautifully polished Vespa's with chromed bubbles, which are great scooters, but better than that a couple of them had the stunning Lambretta 200 SX. The thing I liked most about the SX was that it seemed longer than the Vespa, which not only enhanced and streamlined it but also seemed to give more room for a pillion to ride in comfort.
The whole Mod thing was great, living in Newcastle meant there was a real buzz, however if we wanted to try these wonderful machines for speed we had to head to the country, probably into Northumberland. As a passenger I felt as if we were doing 90 mph, however in reality the Lambretta SX was only capable of speeds around 75mph.
I recently discovered an article about a guy called Sunny Anand of vespabretta, in India, who renovates and rebuilds scooters. The thing caught my eye was a picture of a perfectly restored Lambretta SX 200 with Union Jack side panels; it was absolutely stunning.
It was great to read that he felt he owed his existence to the Lambretta; apparently in the sixties his Mother was a young Mod cruising around New Delhi on her blue and white SX. These days he has a passion for restoring, and has set up a business in New Delhi.
With his fully trained workforce of around twenty people they import and strip the scooters down to their component parts before lovingly restoring them to look like new. They replace any rusted or worn parts before putting them on a jig for trueness, then finally reassembling and painting. All parts are genuine replacements sourced from the likes and vendors of Innocenti / Piaggio.
As a company they are aimed squarely at the motorcycle and classic car enthusiasts although you can tell that his first love is the Lambretta. Restoring between 10 and 15 scooters a month they will ship anywhere in the world and guarantee satisfaction. It really is great to see someone so passionate about scooters being able to turn a hobby into a thriving business.
The Lambretta was a sixties icon. Find out more with vespabretta, there is a huge range of Motorcycles, mopeds and scooters together with apparel and accessories at http://www.vespabretta.com
About the Author
Prachar is a freelance writer
lambretta 50 cc motorbikes??
i was wondering if anybody knows where/ if you can get lambretta or Vespa with 50cc engines.
also does anybody know of any other 50cc bikes that don't look like those horrible moped scooter things?
well lambretta and vespa are scooters
you really need to look at early 1980's vespa mopeds, they are the ones that are miniatures of their big brothers with gears and clutch.
later vespas are twist and go and they are usually based on the minerelli horizontal engine made under license in india and china
other than the likes of the aprillia and the gilera which use a much modified suzuki engine ( believed) the others use an engine based on the Honda C50 horizontal engine this is used in the SACHS MADASS and the AJS DADDW 50 as well as other small chopper based mopeds
Even a trials bike is made using this engine
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