Comments on: Do the Lambre Twist!

By: CrocodileJock

CrocodileJock — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:36:00 +0000

Couldn't agree more Gary, although I do have a soft spot for the Vespa GS! Part of the allure of the Lambretta (for me) is that they don't make them anymore… oh, what's that… there's a NEW Lambretta? Heresy! Sacrilege at the very least. I've linked to this article from my Lambretta blog, here: http://lambrettista.posterous.com/how-lambretta-defined-1960s-design

By: Vespamore

Vespamore — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:51:00 +0000

Good article, even though I'm classic vespa thru & thru; I can appreciate good design in all it's forms. My fave Lambretta would be the Series 2 winter model with Spanish mudguard. Some 35mm film shots I've taken of Lambrettas... http://www.vespamore.com/lambretta

By: Baker Alan

Baker Alan — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:47:00 +0000

Totally agree with your comments above - especially as I own and ride a Lambretta SX200 that was built in 1972. When I was 16 (you were allowed a licence at that age in those days) I had one exactly like the one I own today - white, fly screen and three piece back rest and carrier - and that was built in 1967. I ride with The Haverhill Circles Scooter Club, of which we have 34 members, and we go on a ride out most sunday mornings for breakfast and then ride back again. The sense of pride and the looks we get as we ride through the local villages and towns is great and at a lot slower pace than it used to be.
Alan, Linton, Cambridge

By: Jgarrett155

Jgarrett155 — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:55:00 +0000

That brought back memories. I had a GT 200 ( very rear) which I owned from 1966 to 1969.
The only faster scooter in Newcastle at the time was a re-bored SX 225 (very fast) . We both worked at the " Ministry" at Longbenton and would race one another out at home time, he just had the edge and would vanish down the coast road to Whitley Bay. They were great times we were the Bees Knees and thought so too! Often ouside the club A GOGO on Percy St there would be the elite of local Mod scooters , fantastic.
JohnNG . Newcastle-upon-Tyne

By: Stevenpollard10

Stevenpollard10 — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:14:00 +0000

A great piece on the lambretta - I would love another one.

By: Nigelcobra

Nigelcobra — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:46:00 +0000

I love lambrettas I still own a Li150 series 2 with full mod kit I was a sixtys mod from the very start and proud of it we changed the music and the fashions and lambrettas were most mods transport not keen on vespas Nigel age 63