T' old ignition

Lambretta owners in the 1980s were often ridiculed by their Vespa counterparts over the issue of reliability and, namely, getting the thing to start. It was okay for those owners with a brand new PX. Having ultra-reliable electronic ignition producing a crisp bright spark was a match made in heaven when the fuel greeted it. Even on cold mornings, there was never an issue firing up, with it purring like a kitten almost instantly. For

Lambretta owners, it was a different story altogether. Quite often it was a counting game - how many times the kick