Scootering

The deadly cocktail

For a few years, the old-fashioned 'Fred in a shed' method of tuning scooters had slowly but steadily developed into something of a more noteworthy process, providing something akin to decent performance. Don't get me wrong, there had been plenty of spectacularly epic failures along the way, but it seemed that light was finally at the end of the tunnel... but could that just be a train coming the other way? Though the TS1 age was now upon us, many still got enjoyment out of tuning the good old tried ‘n’ tested cast-iron Lambretta barrel. Many hours spent in the

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