Scooter Lambretta is capable to overtake Ferrari

The European fans of tuning periodically recollect mark Lambretta which has become already almost legendary and build on its base scooters which are ready again, as well as decades ago, to beat records of speed.

Last working out has presented recently club of fans of this mark 100 mph Lambretta Club from Great Britain, from a county West Midlands. On the basis of classical model Lambretta the extended dragster-prototype, called to become the fastest scooter on a distance in a mile quarter has been created.


The maximum speed of this device is declared in 180 km/h. Thus wheels and brakes at the car completely correspond to the original, and here the engine have changed – 250-cubes forced motor.

For evident demonstration of a steepness of the turned out car joint arrival of racing "Lambretta" with Ferrari F40 has been arranged. That is interesting, Lambretta has won!

The first scooter Lambretta has let out in 1947. Manufacture proceeded to 1972. In an industrial ruler of the company at that time, except scooters (motor scooters), there were also three-wheeled motor-trucks and the motorised bicycles. Now the owner of the rights to known mark in past Lambretta is company Lambretta S.A based in 1979., (Switzerland) based in Lugano and having Italian "daughter" Lambretta Srl in Milan. Models of scooters Pato (PT) 125 and Pato (PT) 150 became the first models Lambretta after revival of legendary mark.

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Peugeot Speedfight3 - timely updating

In 12 years after release of first model Speedfight, and through 8 after announcement Speedfight2, company Peugeot hastens to present new generations of the fighter - Speedfight3.

It is necessary to tell, ruler Speedfight is known enough in europe, and even to Ukraine, after all the total of the sold scooters of this mark makes more than 500 thousand copies. Besides, scooters Peugeot Speedfight are well-known as qualitative, modern devices with sports actual design.

Speedfight3 adequately continues the sort, combining the checked up technical standards with modern technologies and adapting to new requirements of the market. The scooter became longer on 12 sm, the wheel base has grown on 3 sm that means increase of comfortableness of a trip. The scooter hardly became wider, but the sitting height has decreased on 10sm and makes now 800sm.


Safety is a key priority for company Peugeot, therefore on the scooter establish 215 mm a disk brake in front (the disk became on on 20 % more). In a combination with two-piston scobe, brake system Speedfight3 unequivocally inspires trust.

The scooter is completed with a two-stroke engine in volume 50 cubes. It is offered two complete sets for buyers: more economic Speedfight3 50 AC air cooling, or more effective Speedgight3 50 LC liquid cooling (in the second variant the disk brake instead of drum-type is behind established). A bit later in ruler Speedfight3 all will be added model of the scooter with the four-cycle one-cylinder motor in volume of the same 50 cubes

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