Back in March 2024 a rusty old Lambretta DL200 Electronic was offered for sale via auction. Its appearance set social media pages alight with comments and opinions from 'experts' about whether this classic scooter was fit for the bin or the road. So what did you think? Would it ride again or not? Scooterist Stuart … Continue reading Were you a Believer or a Doubter? The Lambretta DL Electronic Auction Scooter
In the May/June 2023 edition of ScooterNova magazine (#37) we featured a 1963 German specification Vespa 50 that had been imported in to the UK when new by a Polish lady named Elizabeth Smolen. The late Elizabeth Smolen had escaped from Poland to the west during the 1950s and after arriving in this country set … Continue reading Historic Vespa 50 Back Under The Hammer
The next H&H Classics auction of Vintage Scooters & Classic Motorcycles takes place on 26 March 2025 and there are 62 lots in the scooter section going under the hammer. The oldest is a 1950 Lambretta and the lots include Italian, British, Spanish, Indian scooters, along with one from the USSR too! Lambrettas Under the … Continue reading Classics, Oddities and Unridden Scooters Hit Auction
Okay, so it may not be the fastest Lambretta in the world today, but back in 1951 this 125cc machine broken the world record when it recorded a top speed of over 201kph! Granted it was a factory produced scooter designed specifically for racing and fitted with a supercharger, but that was still a formidable … Continue reading Do You Want to own the world’s fastest Lambretta?
A week from today on Wednesday 14 August, a group of intrepid scooterists set off from Brighton on the south coast to ride approximately 2250 miles around the the coast of mainland Great Britain on ageing Italian scooters, to raise money for the Alzheimers Society. Our friend David 'Henry' Smith lost his Mum three years … Continue reading Grass Skirts, Button Downs – the ‘before we forget’ scooter tour
Earlier this week we had the pleasure of visiting a gent to talk about his one-owner-from new Vespa 125 smallframe. Not only is it unusual to come across such a scooter first purchased in the 1970s and still with the same owner, but his is somewhat of a rare model in Great Britain too. Independent … Continue reading Rare original condition 1970s Vespa in the UK
