If you’ve been keeping an eye on the Australian scooter market, you’re probably already aware of the Royal Alloy brand. If you haven’t, this British company that builds scooters in the classic Italian style has been growing its presence here in the past few years. Now, it’s about to grow even more…
It’s a somewhat convoluted story, but Royal Alloy was born from a British business that had originally started refurbishing old Lambretta scooters – adding modern running gear to original, reconditioned platforms. That business, known as Scomadi, found a ready market in scooter-mad Brits, which was big enough that the move from refurbishment to full manufacture of new scooters in the classic style was viable.
Made in China, and later Thailand, Scomadi still exists today, but disputes over who contributed what to the Scomadi design led to court action and ultimately a severing of ties between the parties. In the midst of this, Royal Alloy was born in 2016. Like Scomadi, Royal Alloy is a British company, but with all its manufacturing in Asia.
Since Royal Alloy was founded a little over seven years ago, the brand has gone from strength to strength, adding
