Luna Badge Range

Here is the Luna Badge range

Luna gives us 'lunar' from Latin lucere, meaning "to shine."  As the race to be the first person on the moon gathered pace, Innocenti launched the Luna range of Lambrettas.

The Italian market models were called Lui. A small chromed 'I' badge was fitted to the leg shields just underneath the head set and they had a Lui badge. The export market models were called Vega or Cometa with the Lui badge being replaced with a Vega badge.

These badges are available here at Scooter Surgery.

 I would welcome any information about them.

A brave little scooter

Andy came into the shop today and told me about his brave little scooter which he took on a run of several hundred miles. This included the Wrynose Pass which is a mountain pass between the Duddon Valley and Little Langdale.

There is a single-track road which runs over it which is said to be one of the steepest roads in England with gradients up to 1 in 3. The road continues over to Hardknott pass. 

Andy recounts some quite hair raising stories about the adventure he and his TV175 had. She pulled him all the way without breaking down.  A feat indeed and a credit to his engine building.

 

Little Flirt

When Chris's scooter came back from the painter she sat on the bench twinkling.  Chris was looking at her from every angle, the more he looked the more she twinkled.  I said "Chris she is flirting with you" and so she was named, 'Little Flirt.'

Sisters

This is Little Flirt launched in August.
She made her maiden voyage to the Isle of Wight with Chris her proud owner. The pink and white GP is Patsy, she is mine and was launched seven years ago. She averages 10,000 miles a year. Both were built here at Scooter Surgery.

                                                                             



Not a Penny Farthing

This little cutie is not a penny farthing, she is quiet a bit         smaller. Built in 1880 she is a Safety bike, so called because she was fitted with brakes and gears.  She is only one of three left in the world and was here at Scooter Surgery in transit to Italy. And what a pleasure it was to be her keeper. Food for the soul of all who saw her.

My new books ends?

These are my new book ends.

Well I would like them to be.

I think though this cylinder and barrel look better
on the 48 where they belong.

Gung Jue

This Lambretta was named by her owner, Mawgan  who lives in Hong Kong 'Gung Jue' which means Princess in Cantonese.  Pretty but high maintenance and demanding of attention. 



Who needs two wheels?

Or an engine?  Have wheels will travel and Christian demonstrated by coming to work on his unicycle.  

The devil is in the detail

Some pictures to show the progress of the Lambretta 48.  The next big challenge on her are the wheels that have to be completely rebuilt. 

Bruce's James autocycle

Neil has lovingly restored his James autocycle.  We had the honour of having a little hand in it because we remagnatised his flywheel. 

It is amazing to see where he started from and such a pleasure to see another historical bike saved.

Living with a Lui as your daily ride (how to get up that hill)

This is Patrick’s daily machine used for work. So far it has covered forty thousand miles since its last rebuild. All that has been changed is the occasional cable and spark plug.

On the original build it was fitted with a 75 Casa kit running with the original carburetor. It now has a modified manifold to take a modern rubber mounted carburetor which has led to an increase in power across all the range. And Patrick can now get up the hills.

Have Lambretta will travel

This Lammie came in for a rear hub oil seal. Again she has a very proud owner who uses her daily.  The box on the back is for his dog who travels around London with him.  She was a joy to see in her orginal condition.