After riding many different scooters over the years and being a great believer in old-skool Lambretta setups, alongside the reliable plug chop test, it’s about time I bowed to the science behind the workshop dyno tune.
I wouldn't previously have uttered these words from my very controversial mouth, but when needs must and we’re in the midst of our E10 fuel pandemic, it could be time to enlist all the help we can from the specialists in UK scooter workshops.
Now I’d planned to meet up with my old Scooterboy mate, Dean Lloyd, after he’d booked a dyno session with JG Scooters in Grantham; It would have been a good time to indulge in a little scooter porn as he’d just finished reinventing his Spanish Lambretta with a very trick paint scheme along the lines of a Supertune (painted by Richard Galloway at Hobnob Racepaints) replica. As is usual with Dean, it had a twist with a very capable engine inside (a Casa 250cc top end on Casa casing with a five-speed gearbox and Casa electronic ignition). The engine had started life as