Back in 1986, British scooterists looking to buy a brand new geared scooter were faced with a rather unpleasant choice. This was the beginning of an era marked by corporations shedding their history, rebranding at astronomic cost. Over in Pontedera, not only did the P Range look doomed, so did the Vespa brand. Although it was still a couple of years away, the replacement was to be called Cosa and most scooterists sneered. Over in Spain, Serveta was trying to wring a third decade out of its Series 3 tooling by adding some plastic mouldings and calling it Lince.
