Showing posts with label Lambretta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lambretta. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Lambretta + Carello for Vespa

The headlamp in it's place.

I've been doing some scooter work as well as tending to my newly bought moped.
In order to get my Lambretta TV 175 series 1 going, I moved it to my friend Jim. He has the tools, a lathe, a weld and more, and he knows how to use them. The other day we started out with some of the electrics, it's certainly a tight fit in the headset.
Next task was to help me with the brackets for my Carello half moon fog lights. The ones bought at the Imola fair and that will end up on my Vespa 160 GS. Another friend had the crash bars, an original accessory from the 60's. Thank's, C!
Unfortunately the brackets I had bought had a inner dimension of 25 mm, and the crash bar tubes are 19 mm...
Jim made some washers on his lathe and the mounting was no problem, as you can se.
The chainguards, two of them, to my moped (motobici) Svalette was missing. With a strike of luck two spares can turn up the coming week. Fingers crossed...

It's a tight fit with the electrics and cables.

Not ready for start yet...

The Carello fog lights mounted on the crashbar...

...which will be fitted to my Vespa 160 GS.



Friday, 16 September 2011

Indian Lambretta for sale


This beauty are for sale in India right now. No, I'm not being ironic because this is an original Lamby 150 from the maker API. So much more desirable then the fake "Acmas" and other weird stuff.
In the advert it only says that it's a Lambretta in running order. But according to The Indian Lambretta Guide by Fanatic Scooters based in Brighton, it's a Lamby 150. The sidepanels obviously differ from an italian series 2 Li 150, but are original for a Lamby 150. Two single saddles instead of one long.
Lovely, I think the condition is superb!
And the price is right, approx € 300! How do I get it home?