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MUM'S THE WORD

Everything slimmed down in the 1960s and it wasn’t just the curves of Marilyn Monroe that gave way to Twiggy’s svelte outline. Both Innocenti and Piaggio put their products on a weight loss programme. The resulting designs were undoubtedly classics, ultimately becoming the mainstay of the 1980s rally scene. With a seemingly inexhaustible supply of slimline Lambrettas and a rot-free Rally for less than £100 very few 80s scooterists had time for older models. Thankfully those days have changed and one man with an eye for a curvaceous bodyshell is

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