The story of Lambretta factories in Spain and India is fairly well known, but those in South America have remained a bit of a mystery to many outside of the countries involved. Until now...With big thanks to Alex at El Siambrettista, we at ScooterNova magazine are proud to have an extensive article in edition 47 … Continue reading For the first time – the story of Siambretta Lambrettas
For the Piaggio Group, it was motorcycles that took centre stage at the 2023 Eicma Show in Milan today. But the smallframe Vespa range did get a minor makeover with some new colours and technology too. Their press release begins: “Milan, 7 November 2023 - The Piaggio Group attends EICMA having consolidated its position as … Continue reading Updated Vespa Scooters at the Eicma Show in Milan
The home of ScooterNova magazine, aka the former Lambretta Museum in Weston-super-Mare. A couple of beautiful 1950s Lambretta LDs that were part of the display there. This pair were produced by Innocenti in Milan, the red and white one on the left being a later model of the LD range. Despite it's age and capacity, … Continue reading 1950s Lambretta Scooters
As we approach show-season here in Europe, a new Vespa GTS has been spotted on the roads of Vietnam. But what can we expect for 2023 from the classic Italian marque? The scooter was spotted, despite it’s disguise, and photographed by Hoang Son with the story later published on https://tuoitre.vn Details of whether this was … Continue reading New 2023 Vespa GTS 300 – suspension and other upgrades
If you're in the market for a new classic scooter, or fancy treating yourself to something a little special, you might want to get along to the Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham tomorrow for the next H&H Classic Motorcycles auction. It has 49 scooters in total up for grabs, mostly Lambrettas and Vespa but a couple … Continue reading More Rare Classic Scooters at Auction
Regular readers of ScooterNova magazine may have noticed in the latest edition an advert for a specialist scooter auction. Coincidentally in the same magazine we featured a rather rare scooter that will be for sale at the same event… Over the years I’ve seen numerous car and motorcycle specialist auctions dabble in selling … Continue reading Rare scooters for sale at specialist auction
