Scootering

Scratching the race itch

Paul Green

For the last eight years my old 1990s, totally original spec Group 4 race Lambretta has been sitting on a bench in my garage. Many will know the story of how it found its way back to me after I’d sold it 18 years previously. It was virtually untouched and remains possibly the only totally original 1990s Group 4 bike still in one piece.

That aside, she’s an incredibly sentimental possession for me, as my dad did some of the engineering and was always with me

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