Lambretta Innocenti Update Sheets

I’ve recently been enjoying reading through some old Innocenti update  over recent weeks, both to answer a few questions from fellow scooter club mates, and also for an article in the forthcoming edition 21 of ScooterNova magazine.

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Back in the 1950s and 60s, Innocenti of Milan sent out these update sheets to inform of changes to their product range of both two and three-wheelers, so that importers, concessionaires and dealers knew had the latest information. Updates could be as simple as changing the make of spark plug fitted to a scooter, right up to replacement frames and forks being used.

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The update above announces the change from 4-pole to 6-pole stator plates in 1962 on the Li Series 3 Lambretta range.

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The ring-binder I have came from Martyn Scully of the Barnsley Vikings SC and while not complete, certainly gives an interesting insight to the ongoing development of the scooter and three-wheelers at the factory.
Looking back on it now I’m sure dealers at the time must have cursed Innocenti whenever anything changed significantly, but in a world before CAD and other computer aided development this is how it happened; it was all down to men in brown coats in a factory’s R&D department.

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You’ll find more on these sheets in the brand new edition 21 of ScooterNova magazine, published on 25 August 2020. And if you pre-order or subscribe before 21 August 2020 then you’ll also receive a FREE double-sided A3 poster with your magazine too!

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