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Tooled up

If you look back over the last 40 years, certainly since the Mod revival, the development of products for both the Vespa and Lambretta has gone through a huge revolution. It’s a process that shows no signs of abating and is a natural progression from the significant advances in technology elsewhere. Something else has changed in the scooter world though, and that’s how we work on them. That might sound strange, and I’m not necessarily referring to techniques but rather to the tools we use and where we work.

Let’s start with the essential tools and

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