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at first learned of the plan to create a new piston-port Lambretta cylinder at the Milan Motorcycle Show in 2019. As usual we were catching up with our Italian contacts, which included Tim Boardman. At that time Tim was working with Tino Sacchi, but was also pursuing his own projects. This included a collaboration with Adolfo D’Artagnan, president of the Lambretta Club Lombardia, and Franco D’Aqua, a CAD designer with Brembo, to design a 198cc five-port barrel

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