This press release landed just after we sent edition 52 of ScooterNova magazine to the printers, so rather than keep you waiting until the next mag, here's the big news for T5 owners – SIP Scootershop have a new big-bore kit for you! The T5 as standard featured a Nicasil-lined aluminium 5-port barrel which gave … Continue reading New 199cc kit for 125cc Vespa T5 Scooters
Don't you just love it when a plan comes together? No, this is not a story about the A-Team, but the further history of a rather famous Lambretta S-Type from Arthur Francis Scooters Ltd in Watford, Herts. The scooter pictured on the front cover of Practical Scooter & Moped in March 1967 has a fair … Continue reading Lambretta AF S-Type TJH 25D – the history continues!
Despite everyone in the world of scooter manufacturing favouring automatic (CVT) engines these days, Italian firm Piaggio have launched a new version of their three-wheeled Ape, with a 4-speed engine. Launched back in the 1940s shortly after their Vespa scooter, Piaggio developed the Vespa Ape (as it was known back then) as a small commercial … Continue reading New geared 200cc Ape from Piaggio
This is more a post to point you in the right direction for some 100% genuine and rare scooter porn! Get your tissues at the ready and start drooling...Rimini Lambretta Centre have been tasked with stripping and rebuilding one of only two remaining Innocenti Lambretta twin-cylinder scooters from the 1960s. The engine was previously on … Continue reading Rare Lambretta 200cc prototype twin cylinder – Innocenti test scooter stripped for rebuild
